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• Engine cuts/drops out while accellerating - 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - James Ballen
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:54:39 -0700
  ...I checked out the engine bay, and found a small brown, ground wire that had some deterioration in the jacket...it was sitting on...
• Re: Stuck fuel injector cures?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 20:56:08 -0700
  ...the (improperly installed by a professional shop) leaky port side water jacket gasket. Well, I found my tuit and got the beast all buttoned...
• Re: Multi Conductor Shielded Automotive Wire Temperature Rating
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 10 Jan 2018 07:24:17 -0800
  ...Tefzel is a much tougher outer jacket than you can get outside of aviation. We use it in aircraft engine compartments without further protection...
• Re: Head leak again.... What next?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:31:38 EST
  ...There is no coolant leakage out of the outer water jacket gasket either which last time my head gaskets leaked the combustion gasses seemed...
• from LiMBO: the Vanagon Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 13 Feb 95 14:36:21 CST
  ...If you have a vehicle with an engine that has the old fashioned cast iron block with an integral water jacket, it is a...
• Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 15:34:51 -0500
  ...Evans coolant after showing > > them a photo of typical Vanagon water jacket seal corrosion, and asking if > > using their coolant would help: > > > > ".......we have...
• Re: Open letter to Larry Chase:
  Historical mailing list - Ed Sato
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 23:15:08 -1000
  ...lucky things, like a lucky neck tie, lucky jockey > shorts, > lucky jackets, lucky houses and several other lucky things. > I put that T shirt...
• Re: Head Update (getting worse)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Olmstead
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 19:04:23 -0800
  ...The o-ring looks like it is good shape???? > > > > Part of the oil ring was in the coolant jacket :-( area > (#$%$$#$) > > > > What to do?????????? > > > > Jere >
• valet parking /F
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 17:16:27 -0400
  ...you changed the spark plugs so be sure to bring a jacket and a towel to wipe the condensation off the inside of the...
• Re: head gasket problem ?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:40:55 -0400
  ...Could the head gasket be slowly leaking combustion gases into the water jacket ? I don't know if this is possible since I don...
• Re: Coolant Changing -Reply
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 08:31:05 -0800
  ...Basically the technique will leave clean water inside the engine water jacket and when the rest of the system is refilled with 100% concentrate...
• Help!! Weld hole in engine? Expert advice needed ASAP
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 10:40:34 -0900
  ...accidently drilled all the way through the crankcase into the water jacket. Despite a slug of sealant and new longer studs, it won't...
• Re: [vanagon] bubbles in my overflow tank?
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Mon, 31 May 2004 09:14:34 -0700
  ...pressure--if the head gasket was leaking into the coolant water jackets--you'd see an immediate drop in pressure-- Better yet--- Pull all...
• Re: Window Vent wing De Long and Short of it
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:03:03 -0700
  ...all the way around to catch everything including >the occasional yellow jacket who may get scooped and end up hitting me in >the chest...
• Re: Code of conduct
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:18:17 -0800
  ...or stealing property > > I also think we should come up with a cool patch for our leather jackets, > but that's another thread. > > Nathaniel
• Alive! (or New Year in Georgia)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jan 2000 11:01:46 EST
  ...heads had cracks between the valves that went into the water jacket. So now a head gasket job turned into a head replacement. Bought...
• Re: I love my Bus
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 6 Oct 2008 17:22:00 -0500
  ...Somehow, almost in a single motion he managed to grab two Buds and his jacket and in two bounds was at the front door...
• Heater boxes, overalls, gasoline politics
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 12:39:55 -0800
  ...The sheet-metal jacket is slightly loose on one. I'll give 'em a complete inspection tonight, and clean 'em up with hot, soapy...
• Re: Engine stalling at high speed
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 16 Apr 2016 14:31:00 -0700
  ...Disconnect the sensor and strip back the outer jacket on that > green wire to get to the outer braid. With the ignition on (engine...
• Wasserboxers, heads and Vanagon top speed.
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:54:51 -0600
  ...suggestions for prolonging the life of the heads, specifficly the water jacket outter gasket and surrounding metal (which is what fails on a wasserboxer...
• Re: Head gasket leak - does retorquing work?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Fri, 10 May 2002 20:01:47 -0700
  ...If I have a water jacket leak, is it likely that I have coolant in my >combustion chamber leak also? (as I said, otherwise...
• Re: External block damage and my plan to deal with it
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:57:58 -0700
  ...The inner hole has half of the surrounding > metal torn away, but not all the way back to the water jacket. > > > Anyway, I'm...
• Re: Engine running badly
  Historical mailing list - Lovemyairedales
  Mon, 2 Oct 2017 09:40:10 -0400
  ...a coolant leak at thick rubber gasket between head > and coolant jacket, the leak *may* be at that thick gasket. However. > This not the...
• Re: need help with engine assembly
  Historical mailing list - Doug in CA
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 19:37:25 -0800
  ...Means nothing different on either side > but the casting marks, that should mean they can run inside the water jacket > at any angle with...
• Another Monster Battery Option For Stock Locations
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 1 May 2012 12:53:11 -0400
  ...The factory OEM wire showed black discoloration corrosion inside the jacket, so for the new wire I got marine grade tinned wire so it...
• Re: [NVC] long skinny nylon stuff sacks?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 3 Jul 2007 22:49:14 -0700
  ...Technically, this would not be my first project, having put together several Frostline down jackets and vest kits in the 70's, but it...
• Re: AdventureWagen
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 08 Jul 1997 22:52:32 -0700
  ...the storage over the cab has sleeping bags, and we keep jackets/blankets etc on the upper bed; > >Also, how popular are these vehicles...
• Re: Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 10:42:52 -0500
  Having the heads leak from the rubber coolant jacket gasket or internally from the top of the cylinders is not related. Two separate failures...
• Re: Head Leak ?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Mon, 13 Apr 1998 03:42:45 -0400
  ...The leak everyone has problems with is between the head and the water jacket portion of the block. Usually manifested as a squirt from...
• Re: Go-Westy wasserstopper - initial impressions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:58:35 -0800
  ...use this product on my 100% canvas boat covers, my goretex jacket and any other water repelling surface with a breathable material...I have...
• parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Seth Bruggeman
  Sat, 10 Nov 2001 12:26:05 -0800
  ...pipe from water pump to right water jacket 12. dipstick tube and slightly bent dipstick _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http...
• Re: [WetWesties] Sealing goop on cylinder sleeve inboard ends?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:06:50 -0700
  ...may upset some of the <br> faithful, but this whole water jacket thing is a stinky design IMO.</blockquote><br> Makes you wonder why...
• Re: cylinder head drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:18:56 -0500
  ...each end,no matter how large, is ez provided the water jacket is dry,dry,dry.I had to drill the actual groove puddy...
• Re: slack in e-brake cable?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:18:17 -0500
  ...If the outer jacket is showing any signs of rusting thruogh or collapsing, they may be hanging up internally. Whenver doing brake wor, disconect...
• Re: Code of conduct
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:53:51 -0500
  ...or stealing property > > > > I also think we should come up with a cool patch for our leather jackets, > > but that's another thread. > > > > Nathaniel >
• Re: cold weather leaks
  Historical mailing list - John Smith
  Fri, 29 Dec 2000 12:00:39 -0500
  ...not a head >gasket to cylinder leak but only the water jacket) >I've put off the expense of pulling the heads for >about...
• Re: head gasket problem ?
  Historical mailing list - Kim G
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:41:53 -0500
  ...Could the head gasket be slowly leaking combustion gases >into the water jacket ? I don't know if this is possible since I don...
• Re: inline VW swap into Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:22:20 -0400
  ...Essentially a water jacket that fits between the filter and the filter flange. Could retro onto most VWs I have ever worked on.. Ordered...
• Re: Coolant Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 23:56:28 EDT
  ...pushrod shields and you will find drain plugs on each water > jacket. Here's my suggestion--when you have the pushrod sheilds off drill...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:23:09 -0800
  Oh, one other thing. I had a dickens of a time getting the head off the cylinders on one side. It was really stuck...
• Re: cold weather shifting, was: Re: Tom's genital defect
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 9 Dec 2005 15:40:08 -0900
  ...anything under 70 degrees was > freeze your > "Lahos" weather & we wore jackets until it warmed up by about 8:30 am. > > Tom-still have...
• compressing piston rings in engine
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Mon, 9 Dec 2013 10:33:57 -0800
  ...fits (or maybe not) in the tight space between the water jacket and the sleeve. If you've used one in this scenario, where...
• Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 5 Aug 2010 22:09:12 -0700
  ...the same group that designed that dipstick also > > designed the water jacket- just something to think about. > > Yeah, I thought about that. Thanks. DMc >
• Re: "sticky" new Gowesty throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Andrew R.
  Fri, 6 Oct 2017 07:55:55 -0700
  ...The inner cable can fray causing it to > hang up and the outer jacket can have separations causing it to expand and > act like...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:48:57 -0800
  ...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes How many people check, and pay careful attention to how much the outer water rubber gasket is...
• 1.9 TD performance upgrades prove successful: 95 mph??
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 01:19:31 -0400
  ...the intercooler will gain some efficiency by adding a water-cooling jacket to it. With 18~20 psi, no lag, quick boost pressure off...
• Re: 1.9L cracked heads
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 07 May 1997 02:35:30 EDT
  ...Very thin metal (water jacket behind) in these areas and if they crack, the heads are junk and he tosses them. Ones that aren...
• Re: Another Monster Battery Option For Stock Locations
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 1 May 2012 15:19:41 -0400
  ...wire). > > The factory OEM wire showed black discoloration corrosion inside the > jacket, so for the new wire I got marine grade tinned wire so...
• Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 6 Apr 2012 11:19:54 -0700
  ...Evans coolant after showing >>> them a photo of typical Vanagon water jacket seal corrosion, and asking if >>> using their coolant would help: >>> >>> ".......we have...
• Re: Debunking GoWesty!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 21:22:52 -0700
  ...TDI) instead of redesigning a bug motor with kludgy seals and jackets and hoses. Having pedaled a '68 with a 1641cc through the Colorado...
• Re: Ford Excursion is DEAD ? (longish reply)
  Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 03:16:37 -0700
  ...instead of a hollow water jacket, it should have been made solid and then bored out for cylinders and coolant passages. and the head...
• Re: Engine stalling at high speed
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 16 Apr 2016 12:14:05 -0700
  ...Disconnect the sensor and strip back the outer jacket on that green wire to get to the outer braid. With the ignition on (engine...
• Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 00:56:31 EST
  ...When the complexation agents are depleted (or evaporated to dryness in a fixed air bubble in the water jacket of the head (example) a...
• Re: When & why replace heads? A Friday Dennis Discussion.
  Historical mailing list - John T
  Tue, 11 Apr 2023 18:01:36 -0400
  ...jacket gasket. > > Next is failure of the seal between the heads and the top of the > cylinder(s). > > > > For the outer water jacket gasket...
• Re: end of camping season????
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 19:46:09 -0700
  ...There's various solutions to making the van warmer, including the fabrication of a secondary vinyl jacket around the pop top tent and installing...
• Re: Manual trans -- note to self:
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:52:50 -0800
  ...on ramps >> at the rear. >> >> b) Especially whilst wearing a welding jacket. >> >> c) If you absolutely insist on doing this, DON'T DROP THE...
• Re: bubbles in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 12:25:16 -0600
  ...The aluminum block and heads looked very good in the water cooling jackets. We had always just used Prestone antifreeze. The inside of the...
• Re: Sealing goop on cylinder sleeve inboard ends?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Oct 2003 20:34:14 -0400
  ...I know that it may upset some of the faithful, but this whole water jacket thing is a stinky design IMO. Regards, Rob It...
• Re: Antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Mark Magee
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:40:17 -0600
  ...and a thin orange coating on the inside of the water jacket, so I flushed the system before re-filling. I'm going to...
• Re: Weird Stuff----
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:27:39 -0800
  ...system, introduced by the leaks in the water lines. > (or you may have the classic head gasket/water jacket leak as well! :-( > Dave Richoux