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• Re: GEX Vanagon Engines
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 21 Mar 2015 13:14:46 +0000
  ...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: A new project..inline 4 VW van
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 6 Jun 2010 10:21:08 -0700
  ...If original, the new one uses a larger stud. (upgraded) Neil. On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jan 2014 11:31:06 -0500
  ...The block tends to pull up "hills" around the > > head bolt holes which leaves "valleys" between the studs, in the very > > places that do...
• Re: Climbing
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:00:43 -0500
  ...round cylinders/ pistons, warped/ cracked heads, dropped valve seats, melting bearing surfaces, pulled head, rocker and exhaust studs, blow-torched pistons/ heads, carbon-ed...
• Re: exhaust gasket question 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:27:25 -0400
  ...Red van needed gaskets and one head as road salt actually ate the head to the point that the exhaust studs broke out of...
• Re: Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 14:30:52 -0800
  ...hope the cylinder head studs don't snap off down in the block when going to remove the heads. The heads should really come...
• Re: Head leak again.... What next?
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:51:19 -0800
  ...but stretch the studs. Maybe they are already stretched and that's why the leaking. New heads vs old heads, if the old ones...
• Re: Clean van...
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sun, 1 Oct 2000 22:05:09 -0400
  ...Every time I see a drop of coolant hit the ground, I start worrying about cylinder heads, and the like. Last year - lots of...
• Re: oil in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:15:35 -0700
  ...Driving 5 miles you have pulled studs, possibly > cracked or warped the heads and damaged the seal at the top of the > cylinders. > > > > In...
• Club Hammers
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 00:23:13 +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: Water Wetter questions...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 21:01:44 -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...
• Re: Hesitation with acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 13 May 2000 17:00:51 -0500
  ...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: Was: Leaky ... fuel injector? Now: suck fuel/air through vaccum side of fuel regulator?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:33:46 -0800
  ...Better than what was there. (One hole in block getting oval, the other a broken stud) Oh the responsibility! Oh the pressure! --- ;^) Neil. On...
• Re: Engine Removal
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:21:32 -0400
  ...sake....i pulled the heads (some trouble with the cylinders > > trying to come out with the heads....). With the heads off it was obvious...
• Re: Auto Trans Install - Take Out Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:28:26 -0700
  ...it is not so appealing because I > don't want to drain the coolant from the cylinder heads and disconnect > all those coolant hoses...
• Re: User Input: Oval's Motorsport Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 3 May 2016 10:23:12 -0700
  ...Heads, rings, gaskets etc. If the case is shot then shot it is. I have repaired many an engine by doing just one cylinder...
• Re: exhaust gasket question 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:12:25 -0400
  ...Red van needed gaskets > and one head as road salt actually ate the head to the point that the > exhaust studs broke out of...
• Re: stainless steel coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 6 May 2010 11:01:02 -0700
  ...there has been this discussion about different metals 'forever' about engines and cylinder heads etc etc etc. and as you say .....different metals are...
• Re: My latest Acquisitions....
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:53:37 -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: extractor exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Jones
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 10:50:51 -0800
  ...The first thing you should notice about an "extraction" exhaust is that the primary pipes (those coming from the head flanges to the collector...
• Books & Berg Catalog, LONG
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Jun 96 12:09:28 +0200
  ...the case and or head maybe) the result will almost always be loose and damaged heads and cylinders. Chromoly studs on a race is...
• Re: Oil in Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Jan 2012 09:55:23 -0500
  ...Cylinder wall and stud erosion start quickly without the coolant additives. Test the system to make sure it is holding pressure when done. Dennis...
• Re: Head gasket replacement cost
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Tue, 30 May 2000 23:50:17 EDT
  ...Have the heads cleaned and pressure tested for cracks. Also look at the head-to-block mating surface. If it is pitted or eroded...
• Re: Engine Removal
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:41:32 -0700
  ...sake....i pulled the heads (some trouble with the > cylinders > trying to come out with the heads....). With the heads off it was obvious...
• Re: 2WD Beach Driving
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:43:21 +0000
  ...all new bearing, > > > rods, > > > pistons, cylinders, heads, wires, exhaust, cat, hoses > > > fuel/coolant.  I > > > sanded and painted all of the inside steel that fades...
• Re: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:19:43 -0700
  ...That fits all right. > and it is truely a converted air-cooled design .. > most obviously at the heads and head gaskets. ( a 2.2...
• Re: Dead diesel diagnosis/postmortem
  Historical mailing list - dieselwesty
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:00:58 -0400
  ...own head, and I wonder if bronze shavings made their way upstairs. That > would be bad. > 4) Anything else? > > Daniel Snow > PhD Student > UC...
• Re: Im back with air ... mind boggling
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 07:44:37 -0800
  ...They had coated the threads on the head studs with some kind of white sealant and ended up with hydraulic locks when trying to...
• Re: UPDATE RE: leaking cap nut? 1.9er
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bohannan
  Sat, 28 Oct 2017 08:13:20 -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: Problem with customer van that is driving me crazy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Oct 2015 22:39:12 -0400
  ...The shim-gasket between the head and cylinder does all the work. When the cylinder studs do hold the head sufficiently tight under all...
• Re: Where can this wire be found?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 26 May 2011 15:42:11 -0700
  ...one exhaust nut on > a stud, and one exhaust bolt .. > those bolts often get stuck in the head badly. > > my tricks for making it...
• Re: Water Wetter questions...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 12 Jul 2015 19:14:50 -0700
  ...sleeved cylinder engines. >>>>> >> We don’t see much cylinder damage from cavitation erosion but it is very >>>>> >> common on the head studs. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> As for...
• Re: compressing piston rings in engine
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 10 Dec 2013 07:27:44 -0600
  ...out before pushing the cylinder all the way >> down. I just now plan to pull the pistons whenever the heads come off. >> Only >> adds...
• Re: FW: Vanagon engineering some different perspectives.
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 7 Feb 2021 10:15:03 -0800
  ...The head > studs could be more robust. Except for cracked heads combustion gasses > getting into the cooling system always begin with the heads coming...
• Re: Fire Investigation Type IV engine
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00:28:41 +0100
  ...I thought > that these studs possibly reached red hot in normal use, I see now I was > wrong on that assumption.) > I'm not...
• FS - '83.5 Weekender GL (UPDATE)
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 23:45:40 -0500
  ...000 miles > -looks great, runs great > -1.9L, new head gaskets and no. 3 cylinder replaced in the Spring of '96 > -4 spd manual...
• Re: (oops. Forgot Subject!) Lube Coolant Pump Shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 May 2012 16:21:14 -0700
  ...I also replace those allen head screws with hex head screws, in either 10mm or 12mm hex head. then they are easy to get...
• Re: Head leak again.... What next?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:09:05 -0500
  ...but stretch the studs. Maybe they are already stretched and that's why the leaking. New heads vs old heads, if the old ones...
• Re: Now Preventative Maintenance, Was Do U carry spare ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:41:59 -0700
  ...unlike a diesel Vanagon it didn't eat the head. Sure valves hit pistons. The 3 cam towers ( 4 cylinder 240D) just snapped off...
• Re: Club Hammers
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:37:18 -0700
  ...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: Problem with customer van that is driving me crazy
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:19:30 -0700
  ...The shim-gasket between the head and cylinder does all the work. When the cylinder studs do hold the head sufficiently tight under all...
• Re: How much power can a stock FI make?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 12:53:30 -0600
  ...I would not consider changing the heads studs from stock, ceramic-coated heads and pistons or counterweighing the crank. Mr. Lilley has never proven...
• Re: Bar's Leak (Was: My 2 cents on head leaks and rubber studs)
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:18:05 -0800
  ...That engine does not have too many good mile left on it (compression is 110 on one cylinder), so we are going to drive...
• Re: Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 16:21:27 -0800
  ...hope the cylinder head studs don't snap off down in the > block when going to remove the heads. > > The heads should really come...
• Re: Golf motor with Diesel Mounts intake manifold questions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:17:08 -0800
  ...In studying these pieces several points are obvious: 1., The intake manifold and 8V head for the Audi 3A are clearly superior to the...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 1 Jan 2014 10:43:13 -0600
  ...The block tends to pull up "hills" around > the > > > head bolt holes which leaves "valleys" between the studs, in the very > > > places that do...
• Re: Dan's Diesel Rebuild Part 6
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 17:58:00 -0700
  I'm pretty sure that I've seen something posted here about enlarging the head bolt holes in and older head for the larger...
• Re: Engine Rebuild - week 3
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 23:13:55 -0600
  ...and started > snowing today. > > Saturday - installed new boston engine cylinder heads. > Installed the first one twice after forgetting the > cylinder to cylinder head gaskets...
• Re: 86 Vanagon with head gasket leak
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 15 Aug 1999 23:24:37 -0700
  ...Both heads were replaced with new OEM > heads at about 78000 miles when coolant was noticed seeping external to > heads. The cylinders were honed...
• Re: Engine Removal
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:26:55 -0700
  ...sake....i pulled the heads (some trouble with the > cylinders > > > trying to come out with the heads....). With the heads off it was > obvious...
• Re: compressing piston rings in engine
  Historical mailing list - Derek Burgess
  Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:21:42 -0500
  ...out before pushing the cylinder all the way >>> down. I just now plan to pull the pistons whenever the heads come off. >>> Only >>> adds...
• Re: Now My Jetta conversion won't start --- :^( --- (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:12:29 -0700
  ...port gasket, or sneak a head out between the exhaut pipes with studs instead of bolts into the heads..........but it's not fun...
• Engine log, part 100
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Jul 1995 22:55:45 -0700
  ...Cracked heads I surmise, either that or the studs/heads have loosened. Beautiful ported and polished semi-hemi cracked heads, what was I thinking...
• Dan's Diesel Rebuild Part 2
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 22:38:18 -0700
  ...own head, and I wonder if bronze shavings made their way upstairs. That >would be bad. >4) Anything else? > >Daniel Snow >PhD Student >UC...
• Re: Pedal action migrating towards the floor (clutch)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:05:58 -0800
  ...nut and bolt afair is a stud .. so it's real easy to unbolt the slave cylinder. scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:32:15 -0400
  ...New AMC Spanish Heads Wrist Pin Bushings Cam Shaft - Reground from Van-Cafe Complete Gaskets Replacement of All seals Piston Cylinder Kit - From Van...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer Checking engine grounding1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:31:29 -0500
  ...plenum, and the cap nuts on the studs have sealant under the flange. > This leaves the cylinders, exhaust system, and push rods to complete...
• Re: 1.6 TD torque specs
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 21:09:51 -0700
  ...Exhaust manifold to cylinder head: 18 ft lb Oil supply line to turbo/return line to oilpan/return line flange on turbo: 22 ft...
• Re: User Input: Oval's Motorsport Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Grant Johnson
  Tue, 3 May 2016 10:31:33 -0700
  ...Heads, rings, gaskets > etc. If the case is shot then shot it is. I have repaired many an engine by > doing just one cylinder...
• Re: compressing piston rings in engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Dec 2013 20:54:38 -0500
  ...out before pushing the cylinder all the way down. I just now plan to >> pull the pistons whenever the heads come off. >> Only >> adds...