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• main bearing torque
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 20:56:31 -0700
  What is the torque spec for the main bearings on a 2.1 waterboxer(the 4 cap nuts inside the water jacket, and the...
• 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: Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A (repost)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:14:47 -0600
  ...Same as beetle. >3) Famous Head/block water jacket gasket. Attached to both sides with >Dirko S or "Right Stuff" >4) Dirko S, for...
• 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...
• Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:28:11 -0700
  Anyone got one of those 90 degree elbow pieces that bolts to the right hand water jacket and connects via a short hose to...
• Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 12:11:37 -0700
  Thought I would share the response I got from Evans coolant after showing them a photo of typical Vanagon water jacket seal corrosion, and...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Watercooled cylinder liner (barrel?) to cylinder head seal modification
  Historical mailing list - Mohammed Ghalayini
  Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:35:18 +0100
  ...of the combustion chamber and to maintain the correct seal between water jacket and rubber gasket. Would the removal of the compression ring gasket...
• Re: Question??
  Historical mailing list - Neal Hansen
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 09:48:28 -0700
  ...This sealing area is very important as the head bolts pass through the water jackets. The nut sealer keeps coolant in the jacket. If...
• Re: more on engine braking
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 18:27:13 -0500
  ...The water cooled engines have the >water jackets and thermostats to maintain engine temp., therefore avoiding >the rapid cool down problems. This is a...
• 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
  ...or heard of others have VW pay to fix the leaky water jackets . Is there a time limit from date of sale, mileage, ownership...
• 1.9L case half ?? loctite 515 sealant
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:08:20 -0500
  ...but would water jacket count? since there is H2O present? Just wondering. 3) case half nuts and cap nuts. for in the water area...
• 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...
• 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: 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: Another one with an anti-freeze leak.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:23:53 -0400
  ...If the water jackets shrank enough due to cold to let it leak, likely the rubber is hardened from both cold and age, and...
• Re: [T2] Ponderous motor thoughts...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Mar 96 10:15:22 +0100
  ...Added water >jacket after a couple years in a Vanagon. I have to disagree, there has never been a watercooled T IV engine. The...
• Anyone have the VW piston wrist pin puller?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Sun, 27 Jul 2003 19:06:46 -0700
  ...when I removed the right head to replace a poorly installed water jacket gasket (which was installed improperly 6K ago by a shop of...
• Re: Warming the oil in cold weather? Other options.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 3 Jan 2016 19:57:03 -0800
  ...Consider attaching directly to the water > jacket either on top or underneath between the jacket and pushrod tubes. > This lower location will also do...
• Re: COOLANT PROCEDURE AND AMOUNTS
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:30:14 -0700
  ...on the radiator is about 14-16" above the I4 head/water jacket. I agree with David's assessment having bled both my '91...
• Re: head gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:51:52 -0500
  ...had a large ring squeezer that wouldn't work inside the water jacket. Making a wrist pin puller from allthread, pipe, washers, and nuts...
• 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---
• Re: Goofy Coolant Refresh Idea. fish
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:34:28 EST
  ...You can even do a case modification on the block so that the water jacket is transparent, and you can see the flow inside...
• 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: repeatedly blowing head gasket-what I found
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:03:00 -0800
  ...The damage to the gaskets look > like it's coming from the > > water jacket side, from what I can tell. > > > > I haven't really...
• Re: New versus Welded Heads?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 6 Apr 2003 11:37:03 -0400
  ...These cracks can and often do reach the water jacket I have had this happen more than once on heads I have removed the...
• Turbo question Water Jacket Seal failure
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 08:31:20 -0700
  ...the waterboxer differs in than the Subaru. The VW cylinders are removable. This necessitates a thick rubber gasket only around the cooling jacket s...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:48:45 -0700
  ...An suggestions or bets? As long as it's not the water jacket, I'll be happy. Roy
• Re: Sqirting water on an oil cooler et al
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jul 95 18:06:23 EDT
  ...could use the water pump with a second line going under the car.....or why not put a water jacket around the oil cooler...
• 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...
• Re: Coolant Draining
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:43:33 -0700
  ...engine IF one does NOT > pull the plugs on the engine water-jackets when doing a coolant replace ? > > I'm curious as I replaced...
• /f Re: Type VII
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 1 May 1996 16:27:58 CST6CDT
  ...wouldn't this be offset by the H3O heavy water produced in the cooling jacket of the wasserboxer? don't see it being a...
• Removing watercooled cyl heads, engine in car
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:02:06 -0800
  ...I'm on the #1 & #2 side, I've separated the cylinder head about 3/4" from the block(water jacket) and I can...
• Re: engine noises
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 02:52:33 -0400
  the .006 "magic " number is from VW aircooled engines.......basically what a WBX is is a type 1 with a water jacket on it...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 19:32:36 -0500
  ...I would also check the water jacket mating surface to see if it's true. Someone could have ground away some metal to get...
• Re: Turbo question Water Jacket Seal failure
  Historical mailing list - Mark Kellerf
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 08:51:08 -0700
  ...Turbo question Water Jacket Seal failure > This is an interesting thread. I've kicked around the idea of turboing a > WBX for a couple...
• If our engine cases weren't hard enough to find....
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 08:06:54 -0400
  ...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2421818261&category=33623 They hack off the water jackets then pound 400 hp out...
• Re[2]: waterboxer longevity
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:26:55 -0500
  ...There are some solvents in it that make rubber parts (like our water jacket gaskets) swell slightly and seal better. Also works on connections...
• WBX motor rather than ....
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:18:38 -0700
  ...water cooled they built a motor kinda like VWs..in that it's really an air cooled 911 cobbled up with water jackets around...
• Re: Water pumps and head gaskets (eek)
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:48:02 -0600
  ...You write that you added water to the reservoir; do you mean the coolant bottle under the decklid? If you really added coolant/water...
• Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 24 Mar 2005 22:17:25 -0500
  ...3) Famous Head/block water jacket gasket. Attached to both sides with Dirko S or "Right Stuff" 4) Dirko S, for sealing water jacket...
• Re: Winter storage leaking heads seals
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 23:18:47 +0000
  ...Funny how much faster the job goes the second time! Jeff ----- Original Message ----- > The leakage is from the rubber water jacket seal which you...
• Re: Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 07:44:17 -0400
  ...Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe Anyone got one of those 90 degree elbow pieces that bolts to the right hand water jacket and...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 19:35:59 -0800
  ...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes If the engine is really healthy you could try just doing the one side. Do a compression...
• Re: update: Re: major problems?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:38:01 -0800
  ...These studs first pass through the water jacket and then through the head into the cover. A special sealer compound is put on each...
• Re: What's the likelihood of VW arbitration(head leak) on 18yovanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Garske
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 19:57:52 -0800
  ...or heard of others have VW pay to > fix the leaky water jackets . Is there a time limit from date of sale, > mileage, ownership...
• Re: Broken gasket on WBX
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 13:39:11 -0600
  We fixed the broken water jacket gasket on the right head of my 1.9L '85 van yesterday. Every thing looked good. (except for...
• Leak on 2.1 coolant line from pump--rubber coupling
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 18:53:42 -0700
  ...steel pipes; one coming from the water pump and the other going into the passenger side water jacket of the engine. Anyone have any...
• Stuck Head
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Sun, 9 Apr 2006 19:43:57 -0700
  ...So, I cut away all of the outer water gasket and can slip a knife between the head and the water jacket all the...
• Re: Cooling system maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:28:42 -0500
  ...drain it under the left side water jacket as sugested per Bentley, simply remove Expension tank and water pump, i would say....you will...
• Re: Removing watercooled cyl heads, engine in car
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:30:41 -0500
  ...The lower lips of the sleeve can come out of the water jacket, about 1/4in out, NO MORE, and remember AT TDC: Piston...
• 2.1 rebuild - new nuts for case halves
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Wed, 4 May 2011 15:36:07 -0500
  ...I am going to re-use the four internal water jacket nuts, but figured I'd replace the rest with stainless steel nuts and...
• Re: leaky head gasket question again
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:09:55 -0500
  ...I used JB Weld to level the pits where the rubber gasket fits between the head and the water jacket. No problems so far...
• How to install piston pin on #4 & #2 ?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Adams
  Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:49:19 -0700
  ...be partially installed before lowering the cylinder (it will hit the water jacket). Is there a trick to linking everything up? I assume I...
• Re: Machining Cylinder Heads a Viable Solutuion Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Wed, 6 Jan 1999 17:14:42 -0500
  ...However, my problem was leaking > compression head gasket, not the outer water jacket gasket so it's > possible that my pitting was relatively minor...
• 2.1L Head Cracked?
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Mon, 31 May 2004 13:34:16 -0400
  ...I think he has a deep crack in one of the heads which is allowing exhaust to push into the cooling water jacket when...
• Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 15:28:42 -0500
  ...from Evans coolant after > showing them a photo of typical Vanagon water jacket seal corrosion, and > asking if using their coolant would help: > > ".......we...