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Re: Two bolts to mount the alternator bracket to the engine block are just plain missing!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:52:31 -0800
...round thing on >> top of the engine >> ........... >> kinda above the right cylinder head............ >> but I know you know that ! >> >> ( main trans to engine nuts...
Re: exaust removal
Historical mailing list - *****************
Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:30:36 -0500
...1 cylinder head. The > gasket flaked off partially and has started it seems (as indicated by > my mechanics) to erode the engine head. They...
Re: GEX Vanagon Engines
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 20 Mar 2015 22:54:52 -0400
...heads and a better piston-cylinder set or even rings. New heads, upgraded valves? How is the case align bored? Are the head studs...
Hesitation with acceleration
Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
Sat, 13 May 2000 13:22:11 -0400
...We recently had the engine rebuilt due to a broken cylinder head stud. Then engine runs great except for a hesitation when accelerating. The...
Re: Sure. . . Summary: Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:06:49 +0100
...therefore hitting the nut on it's top > > surface with the cylinder head acting as a support. >> > > Given enough room? Dear God, I would...
Re: Head sealants??
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:51:32 -0800
...I'm also >>wondering if I should be putting something on the case-end threads of the >>new head studs I'm installing as...
Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:21:15 -0500
...But there is already a huge amount of torqued down metal to metal contact between the heads and the block and the cylinders so...
Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
Historical mailing list - Mike
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:42:36 -0500
...cylinder-to-case surface problems, cylinder-to-head problems, main bearing studs with sealing nuts, staked rod nuts, oil pump sealing nuts, or head...
Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Mon, 7 Oct 2013 13:10:08 -0700
...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: Disaster PT. 2
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:48:29 -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: Dan's Diesel Rebuild Part 6
Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
Thu, 27 Sep 2001 19:55:30 -0400
...But, because the dasher block PO threw in the head, I have the head > bolts that do fit the block. > > 1)Will it cause...
List of stuff for sale in Vallejo
Historical mailing list
Tue, 18 Apr 1995 18:49:22 -0700
...Heads are factory dual port, new less than 2000 miles ago, bored for 90.5/92 cylinders. Stock cam & lifters were good. Stock rockers...
Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Sun, 8 Jul 2007 10:13:39 -0700
Fellow vanagon types Benny is correct this is a classic problem with the WBX engine outer cylinder head coolant gaskets. The failure of the...
Re: My latest Acquisitions....
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:56:29 -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: Head gasket fun
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Sat, 11 Nov 2023 14:42:15 -0500
...on the head nuts, is > it 37 (Bentley) or 41 ft pounds? > I'm also contemplating doing the oil pump, head studs and rods...
Re: how tight on pushrods?
Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
Mon, 16 Mar 1998 14:17:14 -0500
...first get the cylinder to top dead center, back the adjusting screws completely off the valve stems, turn them back in just until they...
Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 9 May 2013 21:36:34 -0700
...Machined and welded heads with over size valve guides, yes, reground cranks, sometimes just the rod journals, not the mains, reused cylinders, re ground...
Re: Exhaust Leak
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 20 Jul 2001 10:54:45 -0700
...it too deeply) that I have an > exhause leak at the cylinder head. A couple months ago I tried tightening > the bolts real tight...
Re: Super-technical question
Historical mailing list
Sun, 6 Oct 1996 20:42:57 -0400
...The drawings I have are a cutaway engine and a cutaway cylinder head detail, which are limited in use but make great posters, in...
Re: Torque Wrench
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Sat, 5 Oct 2002 11:11:50 -0700
...Know you cannot use a click type wrench for Wasserboxer heads. Only a beam type will give accurate torque for these very long studs...
Re: Air cooled camshaft
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:13:10 -0400
...Proper fix will include removing all the center studs, machining both sides flush and then re-assembling with an align-bore for both the...
Re: Engine Removal
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:17:09 -0400
Craig, send your heads out to a machine shop. They will do a valve job for you and also repair the exhaust studs no...
Re: My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs
Historical mailing list - Ben
Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:53:40 -0500
...touch >>the head, put that engine in the garbage, an >>over-stretch stud is a sign. >>When i torque the heads (and we are...
Re: WBX Recommendations Sought
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Thu, 29 May 2014 20:41:10 +0000
...If you find one that doesn't tighten or twists excessively the stud could be about to break. Most upper head seal failure begin...
Re: Torque Specs - Lug bolts and nuts
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:32:21 -0700
...like on a cylinder head say. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011...
Re: Head sealants??
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 25 Jan 2007 07:10:19 -0500
...I'm also >>wondering if I should be putting something on the case-end threads of the >>new head studs I'm installing as...
compression ???
Historical mailing list - Street Bugs
Sun, 8 Dec 1996 04:58:19 GMT
hi all yet another question i wrote and said i had compression of 120-121-147-165 per cylinder is this much to be...
Re: Click found, but my mechanic needs your help
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 5 Feb 2000 23:25:39 -0600
John, sometimes when I have a problem such as this I safety wire the bold head or nut as the case may be. This...
UPDATE RE: leaking cap nut? 1.9er
Historical mailing list - Dave Bohannan
Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:02:40 -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: My latest Acquisitions....
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:41:51 -0400
...Cylinder has 63 psi compression with leakage at the head, cylinder 2 has 105, and cylinder 3 has "0"while cylinder #4 has a...
Re: 2.1 rebuild - new nuts for case halves-thoughts for all bolted connections.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 10 May 2011 20:37:00 -0700
...on the studs. the torque on the nuts is 37 foot lbs ( or very close to that ) ..not much as cylinder head nuts go...
Re: Engine repair or replacement?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:13:49 -0500
...Get the head to move off the cylinders and don't take the cylinders loose with the head or you'll really be sorry...
Re: Head gasket fun
Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
Sun, 12 Nov 2023 09:05:10 -0500
...on the head nuts, >> is >> it 37 (Bentley) or 41 ft pounds? >> I'm also contemplating doing the oil pump, head studs and rods...
Re: My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs
Historical mailing list - Jerry
Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:04:25 -0600
...My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs Ok, my bad.... the product IS called "The Right Stuff", ha ha ha http://www...
Re: Yet Another Head Pullin' Question.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 9 Feb 2014 23:54:28 -0500
Big difference between a wheel fitment and a cylinder head. Especially a water boxer head! Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
Re: 1.9 Head Gaskets
Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
Mon, 24 May 2004 21:18:49 -0400
...exhaust stud & bolt on the #1 cylinder, making it impossible to keep the header pipe attached. I got a set of heads on e...
Engine options
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:59:25 -0700
...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: <no subject> > > SO I got the engine out and flywheel off (needs a new flywheel), heads and > cylinders off...
rebuild: finishing touches
Historical mailing list
Wed, 8 Nov 1995 00:36:12 -0600 (CST)
...Also the cylinder head temp sensor hole was not tapped with care and had burrs in it, which is why the old sensor didn...
Re: VW Trends and Eurospec STILL LACK of power...
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:47:29 -0600
...When the cylinders are in place, and the heads bolted on, the assembly forms the water jacket for keeping the cylinders cool. It is...
Never brag (and please help get my van started...)
Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
Sun, 8 Apr 2012 22:19:17 -0700
...things, which tuned into snapped off studs on the passenger cylinder head resulting in replacing the head. Since that and a bad running issue...
Re: Engine repair or replacement?
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:38:23 -0400
...Get the head to move off the cylinders and don't take the > cylinders loose with the head or you'll really be sorry...
Re: External oil cooler, Help overheating
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:51:22 -0500
...Head temps measured at the exhaust manifold stud on #3 never got over 450 F, and the oil never got over 210 climbing I...
Re: GEX Vanagon Engines
Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
Sat, 21 Mar 2015 08:50:19 -0400
...heads and a better piston-cylinder set or even rings. New heads, upgraded valves? How is the case align bored? Are the head studs...
Re: My lucky vanagon day
Historical mailing list - David Gunning
Thu, 25 May 2006 10:47:41 -0400
...My lucky vanagon day >A couple months ago I had to park my 86 syncro because a cylinder stud > bolt apparently broke and dumped...
Re: Disaster PT. 2
Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:54:39 -0700
...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: General engine bolt/nut sizes
Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:16:50 -0500
...cylinder-to-case surface problems, cylinder-to-head problems, main bearing studs with sealing nuts, staked rod nuts, oil pump sealing nuts, or head...
Re: Good local mechanic worked on my 85
Historical mailing list - tom ring
Tue, 11 May 2010 19:06:40 -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...
Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
Sun, 8 Jul 2007 18:47:39 -0700
...Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking > Fellow vanagon types > > Benny is correct this is a classic problem with the WBX engine outer > cylinder head...
Re: Head sealants??
Historical mailing list - Elliot Kane
Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:53:26 -0800
...I'm also wondering if I should be putting something on the case-end threads of the new head studs I'm installing as...
Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
Sun, 20 Dec 2015 16:04:39 -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...
Dan's Diesel Rebuild Part 7
Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
Sun, 30 Sep 2001 22:09:06 -0700
...that the head bolts sure as heck aren't? I recall that there is very little "ridge" in the vanagon block cylinders. BTW, I...
Re: New head replacement, bad gas mileage...
Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:36:48 -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: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:46:37 -0700
...ARP aftermarket improved cylinder head studs for Subaru engines use a 9/16's 12 point. tdi clutches have ...here's werid one for...
Re: Disaster PT. 2
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:55:12 -0400
...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: Possible...Overheating
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0400
...If you have any sign of cooling system weirdness afterwards check cylinder head torque. If the nuts/studs loosened carefully re-torque them. Any...
Re: Dansk exhaust system junk?
Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:27:47 -0400
...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: exaust removal woes
Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:10:08 -0700
...cylinder 1, so the manifold had to > come > > off as the studs were damaged. Of the 4 bolts that connected to the > heads > > and...
Starter Motor Sudden Failure: Normal?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:13:01 -0800
...stud: 12.8 Battery posts + clamps, and starter 30 connection are clean. Solenoid connection is fairly clean. (certainly not corroded) Turning key dims headlights...
Re: Hesitation with acceleration
Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
Sun, 14 May 2000 03:32:28 -0400
...We recently had the engine rebuilt due to a broken > cylinder head stud. Then engine runs great except for a hesitation when > accelerating. The...
Re: Engine Removal
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:55:20 -0700
...I actually thought of calling police and asking police to search the shop for my cylinder head. But I was afraid that if I...