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• Re: Turbo question Water Jacket Seal failure
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:12:07 -0700
  ...I haven't done it yet because I have serious reservations about the water jacket seals and other heat issues. The same weaknesses the...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:01:53 EST
  ...the O2 sensor are within a black wiring LOOM (i.e., jacket, sorta). At the ends of the leads you will find the connections...
• Re: Rear closet removal
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Thu, 14 Oct 2021 07:50:11 -0700
  I guess I should also chime in that I also do like the closet for boots, beach shoes,rain gear, extra blankets, life jackets...
• Re: Air vs. Water - pro's and con's
  Historical mailing list - Beckett Cantrell
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 18:31:48 EDT
  ...VW added water jackets and some suplervious internal/external mods. That is why when one wants to "hot-rod" a H2O boxer, they turn...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:18:06 -0800
  for now you may try this Subaru coolant conditioner http://www.amazon.com/Subaru-SOA635071-Coolant-System-Conditioner/dp/B00IGZP2UE/ref=sr_1_1...
• Atlanta Drive In Playbill
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:57:15 -0400
  Mondo Movie Night at the Starlight 6, on Moreland Avenue Sunday August 18th, Strait-Jacket with Beserk... It's a night of Mommie Weirdest...
• Re: Head Corrosion cause and cure? was Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 23:33:13 -0500
  Suggestion for a cure (are you listening, Stan?) -- develop a ceramic coatindc��r the seal area on both head and water-jacket, so that...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 23:20:20 -0500
  ...I don't remeber how far the first went. > > The gaskets are splitting from what would appear to be the back, or water jacket...
• Frozen Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Rob Lebo
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 08:05:00 +0000
  ...So...any of you listees ever had this problem?? How did you get the water out of the cable jacket? Since I haven't...
• Percolation
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 02:07:14 -0600
  ...The combustion gases are getting into the cooling jacket under pressure. Problem! >I have a 1990 Vanagon that percolates the coolant when I drive...
• Re: If our engine cases weren't hard enough to find....
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 08:14:48 -0500
  > Ohh the humanity. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2421818261&category=33623 > They hack off the water jackets then pound...
• Caravana Pan-Americana logo gear
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:00:12 -0800
  ...Even if you're not going, you might want one of these styling jackets or briefcases. Check out: http://www.vanagon.com/journeys/caravana...
• '80-'84 Westy small dash outlet plug
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 06:01:26 -0500 (EST)
  ...It is the same plug as the BMW heated motorcycle jackets use. Call your local BMW motorcycle dealer and say you want part# 61138060106...
• Re: off-topic?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 8 Feb 2001 21:03:02 -0800
  ...of Idaho http://www.uidaho.edu > if i could get my arms out of this damned jacket, i'd show you who's > twisted!!! > > :) >
• Re: Bars Leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:18:38 -0800
  ...No, it won't seal up a combustion chamber/cooling jacket leak. BTDT. Jim Dave Vieira wrote: > Has anyone ever heard of Bars Leak...
• 87' vanagon Westie head leak(?)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Arnfeld
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 15:15:08 -0700
  ...Is it normal for the cylinders to have small amounts of rust on the water jacket side??? 2. Any suggestions where to take the...
• Re: It's alive, but it gives bad head! (Fixing head leak on '87 2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:19:48 -0500
  ...Revised bill of materials: --- Rubber head gasket (between head and water jacket) - original VW "The Right Stuff" sealant for rubber head gasket Green o...
• Re: Winter storage leaking heads seals
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:39:53 -0500
  The leakage is from the rubber water jacket seal which you can see and touch if you remove the engine tin below the pushrod...
• coolant drain?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 15:19:23 -0800
  ...Do you guys really go to the trouble to remove both engine tins and both water jacket drain plugs to do a coolant drain...
• Coolant leaking at upper head nut
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:34:30 -0800
  ...I know the head studs are in the cooolant jacket and that sealant is used to seal the studs to the heads. Boston Bob...
• Speaking of head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:19:09 -0500
  ...I was bummed to see Boston Bob's brief treatise on deburring the water jacket and putting sealant on the inside of the gasket...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:44:14 -0300
  ...not the gaskets on the > jacket. > > An suggestions or bets? As long as it's not the water jacket, I'll be > happy. > > Roy
• Re: Got wasps, yellow jackets, etc.?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 04:57:04 -0400
  ...Yellow jacket - quite calm, strong sting, compact with vivid yellow/black stripes, nest in ground, love sweet stuff and meat, will land on your...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 17:21:54 -0500
  ...therefore causing too great a space between the head and water jacket? Mike '84 GL 7 pass auto '85 GL Westy manual
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 2 Jan 2013 09:54:43 -0800
  This is what you get when you take an air cooled engine and add cast-on water jackets to make it water cooled. It...
• Re: aircraft engine NVC
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:23:51 -0500
  ...Intake, exhaust, and other? Makes one wonder if this thing has water jacketed heads that call for use of a cooling fluid instead of...
• Re: Vanangon List Hat
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:50:56 EST
  ...That way folks could attach the patch to the hat of their choice, and also to jackets, or whatever. > 2. What hat & thread color...
• Coolant Diagram & Hose Part #s for carb'ed van
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:03:58 -0700
  ...These carb air intake manifolds are jacketed to sends coolant through/around the manifold to combat carburator iceing. Even better would be the part...
• Re: OVERHEATING! - NEED ADVICE! !!! HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:41:21 -0400
  ...You can do a rough check of engine temperature by splashing water on the cylinder heads and cylinder water jackets. If it sizzles, it...
• Re: nuts and bolts to use on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:11:55 -0800
  ...Vasoline, Butch Wax, a Duck Tail & a Leather Jacket, a chopped 32 Three Window & a 59 Pan Head. Man! haven't heard the term...
• Coolant Draining
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:34:12 -0700
  Does someone know how much coolant stays in the engine IF one does NOT pull the plugs on the engine water-jackets when doing...
• Re: Westy closet mods?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:46:50 -0800
  ...I use Space Bags for things that will compress like down jackets, clothing, extra bedding, etc. But whatever I need is always on the...
• repeatedly blowing head gasket-what I found
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:19:48 -0500
  What I found- The pits in the water jacket are minimal. Perhaps 1/4 of the width of the jacket, and not engaging the...
• Re: hammocks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Oct 94 17:07:24 MDT
  ...It works, our 4 year old > > fits well, or dump all your winter jackets etc up there if sans kid. go > > westy young man...
• Re: Heads gasket sealant.......( my version)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 06:06:30 -0600
  ...And I have found it to perform excellent in the head water jacket seal area's. It works superior to anything else on the...
• bus depot FI hose smooth or braided?
  Historical mailing list - Tim in Seattle
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 02:48:12 -0700
  ...However, I want to make sure the 7mm hose is the smooth jacketed type and not the nasty braided cotton stuff. I can't...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Sun, 8 Jan 2012 14:51:28 -0500
  ...The water jacket gasket was shot and leaking a lot. On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Gregg Carlen <gregg.carlen@gmail...
• Re: ASCII map
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 13:59:52 -0500 (EST)
  On Wed, 16 Nov 1994, Joel Walker wrote: > tranquilizer dart, but was semi-conscious as they wrapped him in the > protective straight-jacket. He...
• Arms in the way
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 13:44:39 -0800
  ...In fact, I ought to have them removed and have the fabric patched up like the elbows on a jacket. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download...
• Re: Fuel Line size question, Hose Size
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:01:35 -0500
  ...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: Subaru Engines (NVC) Sports Cars
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Fri, 28 May 2004 16:52:27 -0700
  ...Driving was an adventure, rain required suitable preparation (Belstaff Jacket). Visit a local vintage sports car race to see and hear thunder from the...
• hammocks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Oct 1994 13:59:44 -0700
  ...It works, our 4 year old fits well, or dump all your winter jackets etc up there if sans kid. go westy young man...
• 87 Vanagon head leak(?)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Arnfeld
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 15:18:38 -0700
  ...Is it normal for the cylinders to have small amounts of rust on the > water jacket side??? > > 2. Any suggestions where to take the...
• Re: (F) I'm having too much fun - TOTAL vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:54:57 -0700
  To get out of a straight jacket "Mix, fill, grind, mix, fill, grind, fill, sand, fill, sand ...... prime, prime, paint, paint, paint.." That should...
• Re: (stant press test done) Coolant Bleeding Blunders
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:02:31 -0800 (PST)
  ...bad news was dampness showed around the base of the cylinder cooling jackets on each side. i'm guessing a drop formed every ~3...
• # head gasket failure modes and emergency temporary fixes
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 06:25:37 -0800
  ...Green gasket on top of the cylinder - keeps combustion gases out of water jacket. 3. Metal gasket on top of the cylinder - also keeps...
• twisted?
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 8 Feb 2001 22:13:00 -0800
  ...so twisted. -[;<)> > > twisted!!??? who's twisted!!??? > > if i could get my arms out of this damned jacket, i'd show you who's > twisted!!! > > :) >
• Re: Best method to flush metal shavings from coolant system?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:16:16 EST
  ...The filings that are inside the motor will just sink to the bottom of the water jacket on that side of the head and...
• What's the likelihood of VW arbitration(head leak) on 18yo vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Les Shiaman
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 19:08:08 -0800
  ...heard of others have VW pay to fix the leaky water jackets . Is there a time limit from date of sale, mileage, ownership, etc...
• Re: sticky accelerator pedal...
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 07:00:46 EST
  ...From what I have seen, the plastic sheathing on the wire rope eventually wears out then bunches up inside the outer jacket of the...
• Re: VW coolant myth
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 09:37:02 -0500
  ...VW chose to reuse the old air-cooled engine design, but added a water jacket around the cylinders. This water jacket is sealed by...
• Head Leak / Valve Job
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Arnfeld
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 16:23:58 -0700
  ...Is it normal for the cylinders to have small amounts of rust on the water jacket side??? 2. Any suggestions where to take the...
• Re: Oil Pressure Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:39:55 -0500
  ...When my '86 came home from the dealer after a warranty repair of the head/jacket seals, my oil buzzer started going off randomly...
• Re: That is WHY vanagon BURN!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:21:06 -0700
  ...I have a trickle of it that dripped out and ran down the side of the water jacket. That stuff is, just as you...
• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino Sr
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:48:12 -0400
  ...1200>1600>1800 > AC to 1.9>2.1 water cooled with the addition of a water jacket to the > casting. Clever folks those...
• Re: white smoke?
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 09:04:47 -0700
  ...On the contrary, leaky chamber will give you lots of exhaust going into the jacket (due to higher compression) which in a VANAGON bieng...
• Re: painting your van (was RE: State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)F
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 May 2004 12:04:16 EDT
  ...really just wants another pic of you in that leather motorcycle jacket, maybe with some matching skin tight leather pants, posing in front of...
• Re: COOLANT PROCEDURE AND AMOUNTS
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:30:14 -0700
  ...the radiator is about 14-16" above the I4 head/water jacket. I agree with David's assessment having bled both my '91 'boxer...
• Re: head gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:51:52 -0500
  ...a large ring squeezer that wouldn't work inside the water jacket. Making a wrist pin puller from allthread, pipe, washers, and nuts was...
• Wasserboxer into a T1 into a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 22:22:48 -0400
  ...It is simple, cut the water jackets off and bolt on 94 mm T1 pistons and heads.---SNIP---