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- From: hollen@megatek.UUCP (Dion Hollenbeck)
- Subject: Re: The FIRE breathing bug! Help!
- In-Reply-To: slhmz@cc.usu.edu's message of 21 Jan 93 01: 40:36 MDT
- Message-ID: <HOLLEN.93Jan22093218@peg.megatek.UUCP>
- Sender: hollen@megatek.com (Dion Hollenbeck)
- Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
- References: <1993Jan21.014036.62968@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:32:18 GMT
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- >>>>> On 21 Jan 93 01:40:36 MDT, slhmz@cc.usu.edu said:
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- Travis> I just found a 1972 super-beetle, 1500cc, sunroof for $200.
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- Travis> The engine starts some of the time (not most of the time...), but when
- Travis> it does, it has absolutely NO compression and blows flames (yes, actual
- Travis> true to life fire) out the right tailpipe.
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- Travis> The owner (soon to be previous owner) says that it is a ring problem.
- Travis> But wouldn't bad rings just burn lots of oil?
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- Travis> I think it is a really bad valve problem. What would cause a bug to
- Travis> spit fire?
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- Travis> Is it worth fixing? With all my VW engine probs, I've never come
- Travis> across a fire breathing bug! Help!
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- Well, I would look at it this way. You can get a longblock for $800
- unless you want something fancy. You then have $1000 invested in a
- sunroof super-beetle. Not bad. There will never be any more Beetles
- in the US and as they die, there will be less. Grab onto this baby
- and fix it up. It's worth it.
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