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• AVP and head gasket woes.....
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 22:52:48 -0400
  I would like to hear from anyone on the list that has had any head gasket problems with AVP's rebuilds. I installed one...
• Re: Review: Victor Reinz Complete Engine Gasket Set
  Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
  Thu, 19 Apr 2001 13:50:27 +0200
  ...Victor Reinz Complete Engine Gasket Set Hi Volks: I bought this set of gaskets, because I plan on resealing my cylinder heads some time...
• Re: Head Gasket Job Costs?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 24 May 2002 21:03:06 -0500
  ...Head Gasket Job Costs? I've got my van in for a head gasket job - I'm not confident enough to do it myself...
• # head gasket failure modes and emergency temporary fixes
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 06:25:37 -0800
  Hello Volks! Blown head gaskets are probably the #1 wasserboxer killers in our vans. What interests me is which gaskets blow the most. I...
• repeatedly blowing head gasket- warped head?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 16:45:19 -0500
  ...3 ) With one nut I bring the head down against the gaskets and I repeatedly wiggle the head as I do this to unload...
• How to confirm head gasket job?
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Fri, 9 Jan 2004 12:42:18 -0800
  The previous owner of my van claimed that he had the head gaskets replaced recently. I'd like to know if he was telling...
• Re: Electrolysis and prevention of corrosion: It CAN be done...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:10:24 EST
  All this talk about preventing the head gasket corrosion, makes me think about WHY I had the sealing surface of my heads ceramic coated...
• New File Head Gasket How To.
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 12:35:55 -0500 (CDT)
  I've added a nice description of head gasket replacment by Herb Harmison <herbh@iastate.edu> to the Vanagon Files location on the gopher...
• Re: Head sealants??
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 11 May 2007 16:49:49 -0400
  ...I don't see that there was a waste of money for extra gaskets that I didn't need as two "head gasket" kits...
• Re: Head Gaskets are Shot
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 3 Feb 1997 07:35:29 -0500 (EST)
  ...The Spanish > heads have less pressure on the rubber gasket. > > Todd Francis > Well I had pits in my heads. I took them to a...
• Re: a new idea on the well beaten subject of leaking head gaskets...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 00:49:06 -0600
  ...a leaking > head gasket will require a major engine operation, as > head removal and resealing is not a trivial operation. > The heads must be...
• Repeat post: (was: # head gasket failure modes and emergency temporary fixes)
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:14:36 -0800
  ...Metal gasket on top of the cylinder - also keeps > combustion gases out of water jacket. > 4. Big external rubber gasket that seals head to...
• Head Gasket Sealing Options?
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Fri, 4 Jun 2004 21:25:02 -0400
  Hi; When installing new Head gaskets what sealant is best for use between the large rubber head gasket and the cylinder head? Bentley calls...
• Re: Vanagon Head Gaskets (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 07:26:57 -0500 (CDT)
  ...and it's cheaper than the parts and labor of replacing the head gaskets later. and the heads themselves if the leak gets too...
• Watercooled cylinder liner (barrel?) to cylinder head seal modification
  Historical mailing list - Mohammed Ghalayini
  Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:35:18 +0100
  ...http://www.ratwell.com/technical/Heads.html#gaskets Has anyone tried this for watercooled cylinder heads? I'd imagine a bit of machining would...
• Leaking Head Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Bob Jackson
  Mon, 9 Jan 95 09:15:45 EST
  I have an 87 Vanagon Synchro with 49000 miles which is slowly leaking coolant out the head gaskets. My local mechanic says that it...
• Re: Vanagon leaking head gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 20:15:30 -0700
  ...Vanagon leaking head gasket >Date: 29 Mar 1996 17:12:03 -0500 > >My 86 was recalled to check the head gasket/compression, they changed...
• Re: bleeding the coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 05:37:00 -0400
  <snip> Also, the mechanic told me i had a leaky head gasket, but i haven't seen any leaks except a tiny one from...
• Re: Head sealants??
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 11 May 2007 14:11:17 -0700
  ...There are crank shaft seals (front and rear), waterpump and oil pump gaskets and many small metal ones. Yes there are head nut sealant...
• Re: port matching intake manifolds to heads
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:19:05 -0400
  Your right Ken, I do have 2.1 heads. But all I did was put the new Victor Reinz gasket (that can with the...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:24:38 -0500
  ...3 ) With one nut I bring the head down against the gaskets and I repeatedly wiggle the head as I do this to unload...
• Re: Engine pull on scale of 1 to 10
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:23:57 -0700
  ...Has anyone successfully reused a head gasket? If you're pulling the heads because you have a coolant leak into the head and want...
• Re: Repeat post: (was: # head gasket failure modes and emergency temporary fixes)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 13 Nov 2004 22:01:59 -0600
  I don't think the rubber gaskets are actually external... since they are clamped between the cylinder and head, they seem internal to me...
• intake manifold gasket
  Historical mailing list - Craig
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:34:02 -0700
  When I replaced the cylinder head gaskets on my 1983.5 water-cooled Westy, I bought a gasket kit that contained gaskets for the...
• Re: [DIESEL] 3 part numbers needed
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Tue, 10 Apr 2001 19:43:25 -0700
  ...the gasket between the head and the coolant-intake flange 037 121 687 > 3. the gasket between the head and the coolant-out flange...
• head gasket sealant survey
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:50:47 -0500
  given ben's post of a couple of days ago i started thinking about head gasket sealants and figured i would take a survey...
• Hi resolution pictures of Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - T.M.
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 07:38:36 -0400
  Hi all, I need high resolution well-lit pics of a complete wasserboxer on the bench, especially in the rubber head-gasket area, to...
• heads blown
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 00:26:36 -0500
  ...After blowing the heads and gaskets, and doing some big investigations I found gaskets, new water pump and thermostat; gaskets are a set and...
• #1 cylinder header pipe gasket burning out
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 10:53:31 -0600
  Hi, I have a recurring problem with the gasket for the #1 cylinder header pipe. This gasket fails after running the car at highway...
• Review: Victor Reinz Complete Engine Gasket Set
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 23:40:37 -0500
  ...I bought this set of gaskets, because I plan on resealing my cylinder heads some time this summer. I never knew that an engine...
• Re: The infamous leaking head gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 11:07:12
  ...It contains basically everything you need to do a complete head gasket job, including all gaskets, pushrod tube seals, water pump seal, upper and...
• Re: Head Gasket Job Costs?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Allen
  Sat, 25 May 2002 17:02:19 -0400
  ...Head Gasket Job Costs? > > > I've got my van in for a head gasket job - I'm not confident enough to do it > myself...
• Re: Need advice for head gasket leak
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Sep 1996 23:10:47 PST
  ...The book indeed calls the large rubber seal a "head gasket" and the cylinder seal an "O-ring gasket". Unfortunately, if you change one...
• Rocker Arm gaskets?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jul 1995 15:41:43 EDT
  ...I found four "O-Rings" that fit over the studs, but when I disassembled the head there were no gaskets between the studs and...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 9 May 2015 09:57:05 -0400
  ...The head gasket tab is toward the timing belt side and not toward the flywheel side of the motor. Looks like a new headgasket...
• Re: Bad Mechanic ???
  Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 02:02:31 -0400
  >these vehicles having a known history of head-gasket problems, when >overheated. Hmmmm...I thought Vanagons overheat because of the head gasket problem (bad...
• Head gasket replacement (83.5 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 20:42:02 -0400
  ...Is it common for a head gasket to fail this suddenly? This appears to be a simple case of replacing the gasket but could...
• Re: Coolant Level
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:05:58 -0500
  ...Long story short I looked under my bus to find that the gasket is pressed out of the head. ** new head gaskets yes soon...
• Last Word in Head Gaskets
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Thu, 23 Jan 1997 08:20:08 -0500 (EST)
  Head Gaskets-- The last word! If Anyone reads this list for a month or so one thing that is clear is that VW had...
• Re: Bubbles??/
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:48:41 -0800
  ...Replacing the gaskets and reusing the heads is problematic. I've heard everything from failure in 1500 miles to 50,000 miles, and everything...
• Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 18:47:39 -0700
  ...Once the head is in place but not tight against the gasket > I > perform the (hokey pokey) wiggling of the head giving the gasket...
• Re: Freeze plug leaking coolant, Leaking head gasket-diesel
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Dec 1996 06:55:26 +0000
  ...How are you measuring boost & EGT? I'm not sure about head gaskets being different - when I did mine, I *think* the gasket was...
• Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 10:13:39 -0700
  Fellow vanagon types Benny is correct this is a classic problem with the WBX engine outer cylinder head coolant gaskets. The failure of the...
• Re: Please REPLY Head Gaskets: Fail Leaky;
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 May 2003 19:36:59 -0400
  ...Please REPLY Head Gaskets: Fail Leaky; I was talking to a guy who said he had his head gasket blow in the middle of...
• Re: head gasket sealing
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:56:43 EST
  You DO NOT put any headgasket sealer on the block. Do put the gasket on first and then put the sealer on the "gasket...
• Re: Newbie
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:28:53 -0400
  Welcome Micheal.. """This is not something I want to do right away - unless my head gasket gives up the ghost"""" No reason to swap...
• Head gasket survey
  Historical mailing list - frank
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 19:39:16 -0700
  Was there ever any results posted for the Head Gasket Survey done a few months ago, or did I miss it?
• Re: Leaking head gasket problem
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 10:00:19 -0100
  ...The head gasket could leak internally, with little or no external evidence. One quick-test I usually do is to let the van idle...
• Re: The infamous leaking head gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 08:28:03
  >Parts Place has Cylinder Head gaskets for $29.95 a piece. Their dealer >price is claimed to be $62.35. My mechanic claims he...
• Re: head gaskets and time bombs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 00:08:53 -0500
  ...Compression sealing is seperate on >a Vanagon and not generally suspetible to leaks like the coolant gasket. Internal head gasket leaks are more of...
• BLOWN HEAD GASKET....HOW MUCH $$??
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Dec 1996 23:48:23 -0500
  My 91 Vanagon blew its head gaskets today.... I first lost the waterpump/alternator belt on the Hi-way. After replace the belts, I...
• Re: Head gasket leak options
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Thu, 22 Jul 1999 09:49:56 -0400
  ...Head gasket leak options > Hi there, > > My 89 Westy with 60k miles has started to leak at the right head gasket. > I'm getting...
• Re: 1.9 Head Gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Mon, 24 May 2004 21:18:49 -0400
  Bob; Thanks for the reply! I have already checked out your most excellent web page on Heads & Head gaskets. Thanks for sharing your experience...
• Re: Major oil leak after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - James Ruch
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:33:43 PDT
  ...Hooray!!! >> >>Question...should the garage have done the valve cover gaskets w/ the head >>gaskets, and or should they have done today's replacement...
• Re: Sealants - which ones to use?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:00:27 -0600
  ...Zoran Mladen >Case halves - consensus seams to be Kuril K2 (I use it an dlike it) Loctite 574 >Head gaskets - I like the Dirko...
• head gasket kits?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 13:11:07 -0700
  Anybody have any suggestions/comments/opinions on head gasket kits? I need to buy one next week :( Have a great weekend! tony
• Re:Head Gaskets are Shot
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 2 Feb 1997 23:40:21 -0500 (EST)
  ...head is "supported" by the cylinders not > the gasket as in conventional engines. > > Removing any metal from the sealing surface of the head would...
• 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...
• Re: Head Gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 16:53:33 -0800
  Guy, The symptoms you describe are closer to what most watercooled autos do when the head gasket blows. Wasserboxers are a special case due...
• Re: 2.1 L Exhaust Header Gasket Size, Can you use any other VW model years gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:22:29 -0400
  ...2.1 L Exhaust Header Gasket Size, Can you use any other VW model years gasket? I am trying to get a gasket for...