I had an '88 GL I  bought on a used car lot with 80,000 odd miles and had
an engine failure in 1999 in late October at about 96,000 miles. When the
engine was pulled, the mechanic and I found a yellow tag that said
"Remanufactured by  Volkswagen of Canada". Apparently, that was engine
number two since the car was new - two engines  in less than 100,000 miles
- roughly an average of 50,000 miles each, not a good service life at all.
And I was about to put in the third engine! Three engines in 100,000 miles
- not a good record.

Got good life out of that third engine and still am.  But engine #2 I
wonder about. Was it a fluke or a poor quality rebuild? I guess I will
never know!

John
On Jan 31, 2015 11:05 PM, "James" <jk_eaton@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hopefully Frank Condelli can chime in on this, as there were some fresh
> 2.1s brought into Canada from Germany somewhere around 2010-2011, and I
> think Frank led, or was part of, the group that brought them in.
>
> The VW of Canada 'factory rebuild' program was some years earlier, I
> understand.
>
> James
> Ottawa, ON
>
> > Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 08:54:17 -0600
> > From: jim.felder@GMAIL.COM
> > Subject: Re: Guy's got a low-mileage 2.1 engine for sale
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> > Someone who actually knows what they are talking about may chime in here,
> > but if they are the engines I am thinking about, they were water boxer
> > engines contracted for rebuild by VW in Canada and, for all the effort
> put
> > into them, had a dependability rating about even with the guys at the
> > Firestone store down the street.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
> > camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Not mine, he lives too far away for me to visit.
> > >
> > > <http://bend.craigslist.org/pts/4868614159.html>
> > >
> > > What's a "Canada `Gold star' sticker engine"?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> > > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> > > Bend, Ore.
> > >
>