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Re: head gaskets
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:36:04 -0500
...It's not the head gaskets proper but the rubber water jacket gaskets. > Well... the head gaskets may be leaking as well, but in...
Re: Leaking Heads
Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 21:57:46 -0800
...amount of coolant probably small but consistant is migrating from > water jacket via faulty rubber head gasket into combustion chamber. This > builds up and...
Re: Fryeday Follyes - Continued from Fryeday 13th
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 22 Oct 2000 14:39:25 -0500
...He reached into his jacket > breast pocket and found he had run out of his favorites. He thought of > that cigar he had left...
Re: Boston Bob engines - Use caution
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:49:59 -0800
...head gaskets---one on each side of the engine to keep coolant inside > > the water jackets > > > > The rubber head gaskets have no contact with...
Re: daily driver = RUST
Historical mailing list - joel walker
Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:04:38 -0500
...so there you are, jacket-less, outside the bus, with its engine merrily puffing along, sneering at your stupidity, and it's getting colder...
Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Fri, 15 Feb 2002 13:05:34 -0500
...You won't need your jacket, but you will need your wallet. From historic, walkable Mount Olive, NC, G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Corporate...
Proper recovery from coolant loss while driving
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 29 May 2011 17:25:50 -0400
...I think based on Ben's handy coolant flow diagram, that water flows form there into the water jackets, so filling cold water there...
Real topic, Wasserboxer case questions?
Historical mailing list - John Anderson
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:57:57 -0500
...As it seems to me once you get past the big things like milling off the water jackets there are a couple main areas...
Re: Monoxide CO deaths 2005
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 8 Feb 2009 22:06:25 -0600
...has a wood fired stove in his basement complete with water jacket --- it is always ood to see someone is keeping stats on the...
Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:43:36 -0700
re Also, the same group that designed that dipstick also designed the water jacket- just something to think about. <well, not too sure about...
Re: When & why replace heads? A Friday Dennis Discussion.
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 9 Apr 2023 16:02:51 -0700
...jacket gasket. > > Next is failure of the seal between the heads and the top of the > cylinder(s). > > > > For the outer water jacket gasket...
road rage...my first experience tonite.. LOCK YOUR DOORS!!!
Historical mailing list
Sat, 10 Feb 2001 04:19:45 EST
...this guy then reaches in, grabs my jacket, and tries to PULL ME OUT OF THE CAR, i was pretty shaken up, i was...
Re: passed up an '86
Historical mailing list - Jon B
Mon, 9 Nov 1998 12:48:03 -0700
...has white > "scale" all along the bottom edge of the water jacket right along the > edge of the valve cover. Also, inside engine compartment...
Re: OE Spark Plug Wire Sets
Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:22:59 -0400
...FI, one of the things I found was that the metal jacket on the new bosch wires were shorting out on the heads. These...
Buses Nowhere Near The Arch #21...
Historical mailing list - Bill Bowman
Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:46:36 -0500
...the mid 60's (so you ought to pack a light jacket). Perfect camping weather! Our first arrivals will be at the lakeside campground...
Re: Where is temperature sensor & why does needle drop when heater is on?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 7 Sep 2015 15:32:06 -0400
...I would have thought the front heater would not affect the temperature of the water exiting the engine coolant jacket that significantly. As I...
Re: 1984 Vanagon....overheating
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 16:02:09 -0700
...It appears that I don't get circulation through the water jacket. I just had a new thermostat installed. I drove for about 3...
130MPH - Live To Die In My Vanagon!
Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:55:56 -0600
...I always wear proper boots, jeans or leather pants, heavy leather jacket with back pad/elbow pads/shoulder pads, full length gloves with hard...
Re: When & why replace heads? A Friday Dennis Discussion.
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Tue, 11 Apr 2023 22:16:31 +0000
...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: Heat handling design error help
Historical mailing list
Fri, 7 Jun 1996 14:23:17 -0400
...You start by talking about "water jacketed" engines, implying the 1983 to 1991 wasserboxer engine, and then jump over to the in-line engines...
Re: Broken Head Stud
Historical mailing list - jbange
Sun, 26 Dec 2004 11:47:01 -0800
...Hmmm...Sounds like I'll have to remove the cylinders/water jacket to get a good look. Am I likely to be Asking For...
JBWeld and heads: 8 year report
Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
Wed, 11 Oct 2000 10:54:03 -0300
...What I did notice was some oxide debris on the water jacket side, but only as a film, no pitts eaten down. I cleaned...
camping trip, long and mundane
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Sun, 29 Sep 2024 08:57:02 -0700
...We also saw where something (bear?) had torn into a ground yellow jacket nest. Well, we probably will need to switch to a camper...
Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 6 Sep 2014 15:44:13 -0700
...monitoring oil temps is a good idea. :-) > > Would severely sludged water jackets contribute to higher oil temps in > WBX? Just curious. > > Chris. > > Wysłane z...
Re: Stereo/Subwoofer Installation
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:37:42 -0700
...I used some 8-gauge wire, heavily jacketed, and I grommeted the hole that the wire passes through into the seat box. I used...
Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:03:58 -0400
...Evans coolant after > showing > > > them a photo of typical Vanagon water jacket seal corrosion, and > asking if > > > using their coolant would help: > > > > > > ".......we have...
what? electro-waterPump??? was: Re: Oil temp's up again
Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
Mon, 24 Jun 1996 06:40:27 -0400
...water flow across the engine jacket, thru the radiator would be independent of engine speed -- same issue as electric vs. pulley-operated cooling fans...
Re: 84 head job update #2
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Thu, 23 May 2002 15:18:19 -0400
...one) and pry gently on the head side. >>Do the water jackets come off the block??<< No >>Another thing is that I do not...
Re: need help with engine assembly
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 28 Mar 2004 22:31:11 -0600
...Means nothing different on either side > but the casting marks, that should mean they can run inside the water jacket > at any angle with...
Re: First camping trip!
Historical mailing list - Ellen
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:38:59 -0700
...It was forecast to be 83 degrees on the coast this weekend, but I still brought heavy jeans and a warm jacket and am...
Re: advice on tranny rebuild and water leak on 1990 Vanagon GL
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:00:07 -0700
...Front the research I have done it appears > the > water jacket seal has failed. Supposedly the engine has been rebuilt but > has no paperwork...
Re: need help, oil in coolant (bit long)
Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
Mon, 18 Jan 1999 17:56:45 -0800
...I asked one of them about your idea with the water jackets around the cylinder, but he said there's no oil there and...
Re: PLEASE READ- 1.9 vs 2.1...Driven both? Give your input..
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:47:12 -0700
...the top of each case half, and also breached the water jacket, since all the coolant drained out when I removed the oil plug...
Re: how to cool a poptop?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Wed, 1 Jul 2015 11:27:06 -0700
Sling a couple of reflective mylar "space blankets" over the top and binder-clip them into place? A water cooling jacket with pump and...
Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:28:00 -0800
...the waterboxer is really a water-jacketed bored and stroked 1600 air cooled engine. about whether waterboxer engines are 'good' or not........ I like...
Re: cylinder head drain plug
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:55:30 -0800
...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: Form Jay Leno's Garage
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:33:35 -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: Trip Report. Pics.
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:39:17 -0800
...rear table height mod + my mod to that > hanging hooks for jackets > chess set. (Antique Radio Shack version, but it still wins ;) > zip lock...
Re: Syntheic Oil
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Thu, 8 Aug 2002 16:06:45 -0700
...besides blowing a head gasket and <DIV></DIV>>cracking a water-jacket-laden head, neither of which <DIV></DIV>>apply to you...
Re: Parking brake adjustment, '82
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 5 May 2008 13:57:17 -0400
Most likely the cables are binding or rusted into the jacket. Look at the jacket carefully. If there is any distortion or rust through...
Re: When & why replace heads? A Friday Dennis Discussion.
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 9 Apr 2023 20:59:31 -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: More v belt questions
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:39:29 -0700
...just like people don't take a jacket with them in case the weather changes .....or check that there is air in the spare...
Re: coolant hose number
Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:34:15 -0700
...braided jacket) > 7.0mm N 20 281 1 Black Smooth Fuel Hose 7x3, 7mm ID, > 13mm OD, fuel injection fuel hose (smooth jacket, > reinforced...
Re: SUBSCRIBE VANAGON JOSEPH T
Historical mailing list
Wed, 25 May 94 06:51:00 UTC
...The farm is great as long as I don't have to wear the straight jacket here like I have to do at work...
Re: Any Musicians = Wild Brass Band
Historical mailing list
Fri, 14 Jul 1995 15:07:07 -0400
...8A they= can dress. (Course they all coveted my fabulous band jacket.) Anyway, I always have lots of percussion instruments stashed all over, plus...
Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:10:34 -0800
...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: Don't cry for me Wasserboxer
Historical mailing list - Jeff
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:20:29 -0400
...The > overheat condition has liquefied a bunch of corrosion that was > happily sitting in the bottom of the engine water jacket and this > has...
Re: end of camping season????
Historical mailing list - Yoel and Tina Crane
Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:56:46 -0700
...Remember, I camp with the top up. > > There's various solutions to making the van warmer, including the > fabrication of a secondary vinyl jacket...
Re: Coolant Question
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Wed, 6 Sep 2000 08:00:19 -0700
...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: Head gasket job getting out of hand
Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
Mon, 13 May 2002 21:09:43 -0700
...Much like yours i had about 1" or so of stud above the top of the outer cylinder jacket to work with. What finally...
Re: 2.1 ring recommendations
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Wed, 27 May 2009 10:48:33 -0400
...It looks like a > very well taken care of motor, the water jacket and head studs show ZERO > signs of corrosion. I was told...
Re: weakly stats ...
Historical mailing list - sstones
Sun, 23 Apr 1995 22:19:54 -0400 (EDT)
...No, The head gasket(s) is leaking, Compression gasses are escaping the cylinder, entering the water jacket and displacing coolant into your overflow tank...
Re: Tennessee from a Californian's perpective (was Bus Depot and debate for Californians)
Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
Thu, 9 May 2002 20:35:03 -0500
...I dreamed of my Westy, with the blankets and spare >jacket in the closet! > >Ever since that trip, I have found a new appreciation...
Re: Expensive Syncro for sale
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:46:53 -0400
...But what about the water jacket side, who'm most of the time it's as pitted as the heads?????? tell me about that...
Re: Packing a '90 Westy
Historical mailing list - Craig, Jim M. {PCNA}
Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:01:47 -0500
...Propane bottles, lantern, tent/tarps/stakes/tools Cabinet Bike helmets, life jackets, misc other stuff (good place to stash stuff while parked). Sometimes kids...
Re: Right Rear Wheel Growl 85-1.9L
Historical mailing list - David Gunning
Fri, 26 May 2006 09:11:32 -0400
...ear of the beholder, not in the name on the record jacket album cover. Not sure if he was politely saying to stick it...
Re: Westy Tap
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 22 May 2022 21:00:57 -0400
...I used jacketed connectors and taped them for extra care. I’m no good at solder and this way when I replace the pump...
Re: 84 head studs; Mobil One (good stuff!)
Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:22:57 -0500
...However, due to the cooling jacket on the case, I could not reach down to the bottom of the stud, so was forced to...
Re: 2.1 Throttle Switch Assmebly on 1.9 with later style switch?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 22 May 2016 11:31:35 -0700
...I see the "Right Stuff" or similar sealant added to the coolant jacket seals. They haven't supplied a list of what was done...
Re: Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 4 Apr 2010 17:57:22 -0700
...I've seen the bottom inch of a waterboxer water jacket be solid 'BarsLeak brown mud' - defenitely over-treated, but it got the van...