The '78-'79 Rabbit diesels were German made (round
headlights). Heads and tails above the later US built square
headlight models in quality. The head gasket blowing 1.6 in
your Rabbit was nowhere near as reliable and smooth as the
1.5 in mine. The US cars buzzed and rattled like crazy from
the engine vibration. The German cars are much quieter and
solid.
So there...
BTW: got 60 mpg on a recent roadtrip to San Jose from
Seattle

Ron White wrote:

Well, the '79 diesel rabbit, how can you tell when its not running "****ty"
.Maybe it would be a question of "****ty and ****tyer" . That was my first
diesel ( actually mine was about an '81-'82) still wonder, what was I
thinking. Good luck with the heater.

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Ron White
Boat building web address is
www.concentric.net/~knotreel



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