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• Re: User Input: Oval's Motorsport Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 3 May 2016 16:50:32 -0700
  ...be a broken head stud, cracked > head, or somehow a head loose enough for coolant to get under the > cylinders and into the crankcase...
• Engine Rebuild week 4 - Valve knock question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 13:47:23 -0700
  ...I can't tell if it is in the valve cover or the cylinder head, but it is definitely the 2 outside valves (1...
• off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 12:17:49 -0700
  ...I'm now faced with the typical cylinder stuck to head issue, and after some tapping and poking with the tools I had on...
• Re: Bus depot exhaust system junk?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:53:28 -0700
  ...The front pipe will not go over the cylinder head studs for the pipe, and > I tried a used pipe and it will not...
• Re: On with its head! (Replacing right head on an '87 2.1 l)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:50:25 -0500
  ...He _is_ somewhat of a motorhead* and at one point replaced the head on a small Ford pickup with a 4 cylinder. He said...
• Re: Need to replace rear hatch struts on '84 Westy & other stuff...
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:12:31 EDT
  ...Thanks. << 1) Coolant drip from right cylinder head --- at the rear cylinder bolt....>> Well, the leak is a telltale sign that the end is...
• Upgrading 1.9 to 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 23 Feb 1999 15:44:02 -0500
  ...My last engine snag was removing rotted cylinder head studs, this time it was the lower engine mounting studs as I'll explain below...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:24:56 -0800
  ...The culprit...me. > > When I installed the head after replacing the gaskets, I was rushing the > job and the cylinder sealing rings slipped down...
• Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 22:37:43 -0700
  In regards to the cylinder head exhaust studs - instead of trying to remove the seized nut why not spit the nut with a nut...
• Re: Hi resolution pictures of Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 20:54:42 -0700
  ...job with the heads on, tho I see your point. > > "I think Iavoided other pitfalls of cylinder head removal.namely stud > snappage and costs...
• Re: 2.1 L WBX Overheat -1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:25:13 -0400
  ...an over heat situation the head studs can stretch enough to let the > > heads float off the cylinders and that will cause leakage that...
• Re: Good local mechanic worked on my 85
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Mon, 10 May 2010 22:50:42 -0500
  ...The very minor was a lengthwise split about 2 inches > > from > > the head and extending for about an inch and a half. That was...
• [vanagon] ceramic caotings/corrosion
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 1996 11:48:51 -0300 (ADT)
  ...The wasser engine is based on the cylinder barrels being clamped under high pressure between the block and the heads, using thin gaskets (yes...
• Transporter/Vanagon 1600 AirCooled.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 95 13:28:12 +0100
  ...No boss or stud to mount a regular thermostat, on this engine it's bolted to the oilfiller opening studs. The crank mounted fan...
• ebay vanagon report item=1837094347
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:56:27 -0700
  ...probably a low compression cylinder in there cracked high beam no overt head leaks but the heads are likely original and have some chalk...
• Re: leaking cap nut? 1.9er
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Fri, 27 Oct 2017 08:40:03 -0400
  ...The stud has failed causing the nut to be loose or the more common the head is cracked. It seems the 1.9L do...
• Re: Vanagon handling.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 17:56:06 -0500
  ...Cylinder head sticking to cylinder sleeve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm in the process of taking off my cylinder head and > the > > > > > sleeves are > > > > > > > sticking to it...
• Re: helicoils, stripped threads
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 06:52:20 -0800
  ...Just start screwing the helicoil into the exhaust flange, and continue turning it into the cylinder head. Then re-install a stock sized stud...
• Re: WBX Recommendations Sought
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 29 May 2014 08:20:23 -0400
  Start by checking the torque on the head nuts. Be careful. If you find one that doesn't tighten or twists excessively the stud...
• Re: My latest Acquisitions....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:30:10 -0400
  ...The usual cause of leakage from the > cylinder area is a combination of the heads loosening and the cylinder > barrels pounding into the case...
• Re: Diesel head gasket blown?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 08:16:37 -0700
  ...With the head off, inspect the threads for the exhaust pipe mount. If they are still in good order, set studs here for mounting...
• Re: Replacing the Head Gaskets (Maybe the Head)?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:43:21 -0400
  ...piston and scored cylinder wall. If this is a head gasket, (inner) the real failure is one or more studs. You're not going...
• Re: Coolant pouring from tail pipe - 1987 2.1
  Historical mailing list - "Vanderzanden Michael (BetP/ESE1)"
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:26:19 -0600
  ...defects in the metal Or a pulled or broken head stud that filled a cylinder up with liquid (but if it did this, it...
• Re: Waterpump and exhaust and rust - Oh my!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:23:52 -0800
  ...another trick .....for a bolt holding a header pipe onto a cylinder head - hit the top of the bolt hard, and sharply, many times...
• Re: 1.9L WBX Compression Test Question
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:14:44 -0600
  ...So he did a compression test on the cylinders. Results were interesting and I would welcome recommendations for further study or repair: the two...
• Re: Leaky valve cover tip of iceberg
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:10:53 -0400
  Vanagon head gaskets do not show failure by letting coolant into the oil. Loose lower head studs will. Are you sure it is coolant...
• Re: 1600 Rebuild Notes...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 03:24:23 -0500
  ...I feel like it could hurt the piston, being hit against the head studs. (note excessive amount of masculine terminolgy in engines- i'm...
• Re: lugs and studs for alloy LONG- Project & quasi TRIP REPORT
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 12:22:16 -0400
  ...wheels & 7" headlight fittings), Derek Drew(wheels), Tirerack(tires), Bus Depot(rear brake components), Vanagain(headlights) and Bugs and Buggies(studs). Helen & Joe Fahy...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 19:32:38 +0000
  ...I had a dickens of a time getting the head off the > cylinders on one side. It was really stuck and I think I...
• Re: compressing piston rings in engine
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:06:00 -0600
  ...rings, cylinders, pistons, camshafts or bearings, but things getting messed up getting to the outer head gaskets. Broken studs and stuck heads lead to...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:40:44 -0400
  ...Don't forget to replace those head studs. Few shops have the ability to do this properly. As for heads, I have only used...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 14:51:05 -0700
  ...I don't goop the cylinder head nuts at that point. I just torque the clean and lightly lubed nuts, and clean studs ....to...
• Re: heads: corrosion and leak prevention discussion.
  Historical mailing list - mark keller
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 10:26:22 -0400
  ...steel cylinder liner would seem to create a sealing and warpage problem for the head. Depending on the relationship of the steel stud to...
• Re: I have first gear back and new clutch finally in...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 11 May 2011 08:19:18 -0500
  ...slave cylinder approaching the Holland Tunnel on my way out of town back to Alabama once. Not fun, but as s student driving a...
• Re: Rebuild longevity
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 11:18:43 -0600
  ...would include: > > > > New (not rebuilt) heads and valves > > New lifters > > New cam > > Top quality new pistons, rings and cylinders, matched and assembled > > Rebushed, balanced...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 15:35:49 -0400
  ...a set of air >>>> cooled cases could make the studs that fasten the cylinders & heads >>>> to the cases strip. We used to install a...
• Back on the list - Sliding door won't latch
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 10:28:25 -0800
  ...The cylinder head gaskets look like they will survive the summer, but must be redone before next winter. The order of business for today...
• Re: Head leak again.... What next?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:10:50 EST
  ...but stretch the studs. Maybe they are already stretched and that's why the leaking. New heads vs old heads, if the old ones...
• to fix or buy $$$
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 23:34:06 -0400
  ...my 1600dp with a gex rebuild or replacing just my heads and cylinders ? my question is, is there a way to tell the condition...
• Re: How to do a head reseal on a diesel vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:59:58 -0700
  ...How to do a head reseal on a diesel vanagon? I have to do a cylinder head gasket job on a friends 82 diesel...
• gex rebuilds
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 05 Jul 1995 23:08:26 -0400
  ...cylinder studs on #3 that came out in my hands > (no wrench required), two helicoils in cases, several small > cracks in cases, cracked head...
• Re: Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - Tom Durkin
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:45:30 -0700
  ...http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/oil_filter_study/ I had a really cherry Subaru XT-6 whose engine bottom end was taken out by...
• Vrroom!!!! Performance upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 12:23:35 -0700
  ...Anyone using the big intake valve heads available now or the 1.25 rocker arms? 2. Any case improvements needed? Should studs with any...
• Re: Air bubbles in coolant 2.1 wbx
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 01:54:44 -0400
  ...Next would be to re-torque the heads and consider studs that are failing to hold torque, (stretching) which probably should be replaced. Dennis...
• Re: Coolant pouring from tail pipe - 1987 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:09:18 -0500
  ...defects in the metal Or a pulled or broken head stud that filled a cylinder up with liquid (but if it did this, it...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:25:47 -0500
  ...a set of air cooled cases could make the studs that fasten the cylinders & heads to the cases strip. We used to install a...
• Re: Good local mechanic worked on my 85
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 May 2010 23:34:51 -0400
  ...The very minor was a lengthwise split about 2 inches from the head and extending for about an inch and a half. That was...
• Dan's Diesel Rebuild Part 1
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 22:35:30 -0700
  ...head to diagnose the damage. I think I can just take off the oil pan and look at the bearings and the cylinder walls...
• Re: Disaster PT. 2
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:32:23 -0500
  ...At about 90-92,000 it > > burned a piston, scored the cylinder, damaged the head. Put metal all > > through the engine. Pulled the engine...
• Re: What can go wrong.....
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 21 May 2017 12:52:10 -0400
  ...micro boiling and vaporizing will do damage to the cylinder > walls and head studs" > > I'm thinking the word "not" might have been accidentally...
• 85 GL running again,MUFFLER SUPPORT RODS NEEDED, also t stat question
  Historical mailing list - Rio D. Rafael
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 20:01:46 -0800
  ...One mounts to a stud on the exhaust pipe at the cylinder head, the other mounts to the engine case. The are 90 degrees...
• Re: How my engine rebuild is going
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sun, 16 May 2004 17:58:56 -0700
  ...These studs are unique in their application as they really work like very high pressure springs keeping the heads clamped tightly to the cylinders...
• Re: oil in coolant... a strange event!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:34:17 -0500
  A sudden coolant to oil flow is often caused by a broken head stud under the rockers. Look there first. The oil cooler failure...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Apr 2005 (#2005-300)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:27:20 -0700
  ...It took me over a month to finish replacing the new heads. No major problem, just broke a head stud and I have to...
• Re: Water Wetter questions...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:47:15 -0500
  ...sleeved cylinder engines. > We don’t see much cylinder damage from cavitation erosion but it is very > common on the head studs. > > As for...
• Decided to Rebuild my 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:47:55 +0200
  ...Lower engine stud has also been stripped previously. Number 2 cylinder was *just* starting to burn a bit of oil. There's so much...
• Re: WTB: One round headlight holdy-inny thing and screws, to '85
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:30:30 -0800
  ...Heater diverter channel Instrument cluster housing Headlight buckets (rounds) Lights (exterior & interior) Grill (round lights) Lugnuts / bolts / studs Steel wheels Ashtrays Front door handles...
• Re: Bentley Publishing was 6 mils lash
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Mon, 15 May 2000 17:43:33 -0700
  ...hydr.lifters, and replacing all the cylinder head studs and oil pump for good measure. The shop I chose to do the work likes...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:21:34 -0800
  ...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes I pulled the cylinders and put in the new o rings ( I had the gasket set). Then...
• Re: ceramic caotings( was Re: The trans)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 May 1996 11:20:06 -0800
  ...We install a 5th head stud on each of the cylinders to help keep things sealed up. I have been thinking more about the...