Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 3+: 60 results shown for Water Jacket.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 9 May 2013 14:11:18 -0700
  ...I don't have any coolant leaking from the water jacket, but I presume I should replace that and the head gasket at a...
• Repeat post: (was: # head gasket failure modes and emergency temporary fixes)
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:14:36 -0800
  ...Big external rubber gasket that seals head to > crankcase - keeps water in water jacket from leeking > out. > > My guess is that the external rubber...
• Re: Retrofit Electric Pumps and a 110V pre-heat circulating system
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:11:18 -0500
  If you install a simple in line jacket water heater as is available at your FLAPS, you would accomplish the preheat issue on your...
• Re: 85GL 1.9 Busted alternator mounting bracket stud ..2nd time in 2 years
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:28:45 -0700
  ...the stud/bolt that go into the block hairs from the water jackets :( on the lower bracket under that alt : realy not feeling good...
• Re: Electrolysis and prevention of corrosion:
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Howald
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 14:27:05 PST
  ...They are supposed to replace the water jacket >drain plugs on each side of the case. Kinda pricey, but probably worth >it. So, are...
• Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A (repost)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:12:48 -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: Broken alternator bracket studs
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 7 Feb 2006 22:10:29 -0500
  Don't drill too far, you'll enter the water jacket. Buy/rent/borrow a Right angle drill and shorten the drill bit. (or...
• Re: main bearing torque
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 00:21:22 -0400
  ...the main bearings on a 2.1 waterboxer(the 4 cap > nuts inside the water jacket, and the two nuts on the outside?) The...
• Re: Wasserboxer into a T1 into a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 21:50:35 -0500
  ...Instead of machining the jackets off you can leave the water cooling intact. Rig a low-profile radiator under the Beetle's decklid. You...
• Head Corrosion cause and cure? was Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:21:20 -0400
  ...It's subject to large strains (about 1/64" or .5 mm) as the water jacket grows and shrinks relative to the iron cylinders...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 08:18:01 -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...
• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:55:07 -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: (stant press test done) Coolant Bleeding Blunders
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:02:31 -0800 (PST)
  ...i finally got around to pressure testing my system over Xmas after replacing my waterpump. had the test gear since last summer but been...
• driveway parts give-away/sale
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:54:13 -0700
  ...Not corroded at the water jacket, head studs look fine. Free to anyone who will come and take it. Set of fiberglass bumpers, pretty...
• Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 17:05:20 -0800
  ...Today I found it, and it's the right side water jacket seal. I pressurized the system to 15 psi and it drips one...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 18:04:28 -0500
  ...therefore causing too great a space between the head and > water jacket? > > Mike > '84 GL 7 pass auto > '85 GL Westy manual > > >
• It's alive, but it gives bad head! (Fixing head leak on '87 2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:26:21 -0500
  ...must be perfect - If above is OK, flat surface around outside of head where gasket/ water jacket sits: if flat, OK; if pitted, fill...
• Re: 1.9L case half ?? loctite 515 sealant
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 07:44:50 -0600
  ...but would water jacket >count? since there is H2O present? Just wondering. > >3) case half nuts and cap nuts. for in the water area...
• Re: Coolant in the oil?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:29:33 -0500
  Could be a hole eaten in the case between the water jacket and the base. Or a broken head stud that is allowing coolant...
• piston pin #1 removal question
  Historical mailing list - Scott W.
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:33:36 -0800
  ...to me unless the flaps sells them(?), and muir had no water jacket to deal with.... thanks again Scott Wilson 1.9L van __________________________________ Do...
• Re: Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:49:22 -0500
  ...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: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:25:38 -0500
  ...1800 AC to 1.9>2.1 water cooled with the addition of a water > jacket to the casting. Clever folks those German engineers...
• Re: Conversion Commotion
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Thu, 11 Dec 1997 23:16:10 -0800
  ...Basically they took the old air-cooled engine and surrounded the steel cylinders with water jackets. Old VW engines never used real head gaskets...
• Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Dec 1996 18:04:02 +0000
  ...readily see how you could do without due to the damn water jacket. Anybody with easy suggestions would sure be appreciated. For parts Fast...
• Re: Warming the oil in cold weather? Other options.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Jan 2016 23:24:20 -0500
  ...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: Winter storage leaking heads seals
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 23:05:46 -0500
  ...There may > be some pitting of the edge of the water jacket on the head. Some volks > fill this with JB weld; others use...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:43:21 -0500
  ...The damage to the gaskets look like it's coming from the water jacket side, from what I can tell. I haven't really...
• repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 08:02:44 -0800
  ...I don't remeber how far the first went. > > The gaskets are splitting from what would appear to be the back, or water jacket...
• Engine Sealant and Oil Galley Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:45:12 -0500
  ...In particular, the kit from VW provides multiple sealants, for the water jacket gaskets specifically and special stuff for sealing the nuts. Other kits...
• Re: water wetter??
  Historical mailing list - Tom L.
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 09:24:03 -0700
  ...AntiFreeze has 1/4 heat transfer capability of straight water. Temperature recordings at block water jacket exit, after stabilizing: Water Anti-Freeze Water Wetter...
• Re: Frozen Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 12:25:40 -0500
  ...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: Goofy Coolant Refresh Idea. fish
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:57:42 -0500
  ...You can even do > a case modification on the block so that the water jacket is transparent, > and you can see the flow inside...
• Re: Dex-Cool . . . I hesitate to ask this
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:14:52 -0400
  ...I have never seen any corrosion in the water jacket areas of the heads. I have seen corrosion under the rubber head gasket which...
• Re: Need input on radiator problem
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 21:49:02 -0500
  ...As for the 1.9L coolant circulation in the water jacket, i agree, but i did some test on a 1.9L (brother in...
• Oxyboxer Motors
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 22:48:22 +1000
  ...They machine off the water jackets and fit air-cooled cylinder barrels and cylinder heads to make an air-cooled version of the Vangon...
• Re: Waterproofing Canvas A No-No
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Nov 94 10:08:32 PDT
  ...Water Repellents (DWRs) applied to breathable waterproof fabrics that wears off with repeated washings. I've used the stuff on my Patagonia shell jacket...
• Re: Coolant Overflowing
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 12:44:08 -0500
  ...There was a recent case on the list where someone had a combustion gas leak to the water jacket, but it only opened under...
• Re: Oxyboxer Motors
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:01:38 EST
  ...They machine off the water jackets and fit air-cooled cylinder barrels and cylinder heads to make an air-cooled version of the Vangon...
• Re: Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 06:23:05 EDT
  ...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: How easy is it to remove the intake runnersw ith the engine installed ?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 14:38:48 -0800
  ...I willuse 80 grit > to shine the space onthe head and water jacket where the RTV will mate. > It sounds like utter lunacy, and...
• Re: Heat handling design error help
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 8 Jun 1996 18:45:06 -0700
  >I believe the design weakness in VW water jacketed motor installations >most commonly responsible for failures is their marginal heat rejection >system. Not only...
• advice on tranny rebuild and water leak on 1990 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - David Cohen
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:51:08 EDT
  ...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: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 20:16:56 -0500
  ...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes Well, my son's '87 was losing about a pint of coolant every 500 miles, but I...
• Re: Warming the oil in cold weather? Other options.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 4 Jan 2016 18:21:00 -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: Heads gasket sealant.......( my version)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:11:46 -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: Need Elbow w/Flange Water Pipe - GOT NEW ONES!
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:13:39 -0400
  > 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: Goofy Coolant Refresh Idea
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 13:49:17 +0200
  ...You can even do a case modification on the block so that the water jacket is transparent, and you can see the flow inside...
• Re: jugs, vw that is...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 16:25:57 -0800
  ...The water jacket is cast with the case, it does not come off and does not provide much room to work. Stuart MacMillan Manager...
• Broken bolts on 1.9L lower alternator bracket....
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:46:56 -0800
  ...How far into the block can I drill? If I go too far I assume I will break the water jacket? That wouldn't...
• Re: WBX motor rather than ....
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:40:44 -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: oil in coolant... a strange event!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:44:59 -0800
  ...the oil without creating a bigger mess? > Something internal in the water jacket obviously, but what... > Yeah, like Dennis said: look to your head...
• ebrake cable equalizer?'sPlastic water outlet ripoff
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:30:04 -0600
  ...The small water hose outlet on the rear of the #2 water jacket(maybe 1" in diameter and bends to the left, old ones...
• Re: main bearing torque
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:10:20 -0500
  ...the main bearings on a 2.1 waterboxer(the 4 cap >>nuts inside the water jacket, and the two nuts on the outside?) The...
• Re: Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:52:12 -0800
  ...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: Leaking coolant 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 23:37:40 -0700
  ...on a waterboxer is actually a cooling system sealant gasket. It does not contain compression, but simply holds coolant in the jacket surrounding the...
• Re: Coolant Draining
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 29 Jun 2015 22:49:26 -0400
  ...engine IF one does NOT > pull the plugs on the engine water-jackets when doing a coolant replace ? > > I'm curious as I replaced...
• Re: Callaway Vanagon quote And other words of wisdom!
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sun, 10 Nov 2013 20:00:11 -0800
  ...If you're referring to the water jacket seal, turbocharging has no effect on that. Cooling system pressure remains the same. Angus On Nov...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 17:12:29 EST
  ...I wonder how additional heat at the head will effect the water jacket O-ring since heat =pressure? I just bought a set of...
• Speaking of head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 08:41:40 -0800
  ...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: oil cooler question...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:42:40 -0700
  ...BTW, when you do want to remove the water jacket drain plugs just drill a 1/2" hole in the protective sheet metal. A...