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Originally Posted by ben parrish View Post
Why no compression? Broken timing belt? Seems odd the engine lost ALL compression at once
It's a chain drive on that one, but they were known for upper chain guide failure.

I'd say junk it. At 176,000, it may be within a short time that another big-ticket repair item has trouble, and would require you to drive it for many more years to get the value of your repairs out of it.

I vote a 2nd on the GTI suggestion.
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