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• Re: Dometic flue, sealing
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:15:54 -0400
  ...I don't know which interface seal was the problem because I sealed them all, body to rubber gasket, rubber gasket to plate, etc...
• Re: Skylight leak
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 24 Sep 2016 19:04:09 -0700
  ...Except for something > broken or damaged the usual cause for leakage is from under the gasket. The > gasket over time will shrink and pull...
• Re: Exhaust flange silicone sealer
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:31:06 -0500
  ...I > > use it as a gasket dressing and not as a "Replacement" for gaskets. > > Permatex Ultra Copper RTV Silicone Gasket: > > > > http://www.permatex.com...
• Re: Air cooled head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 28 Mar 2015 11:38:56 -0700
  ...Air cooled head gasket I never understood why #3 runs hotter than the others, maybe it's the fan design. The oil cooler cuts...
• Head Gasket leaks
  Historical mailing list - Bob Anderson
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 12:12:33 +0000
  ...and it looks like they may be coming from the head gaskets. I was hoping that I could replace the missing woodruff key for...
• Product recommendation: Permatex Copper Spray-A-Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:27:00 -0800
  ...Not knowing if angled-face gaskets are available I went looking for any solution at the nearby Advance Auto, where helpful and savvy Andy...
• Fuel filler assembly parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:49:14 -0500
  ...Sanwiched between these two pieces is a rubber gasket. This gasket protrudes in wards, and is fastened to the fuel filler neck with a...
• Re: Major oil leak ...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 07:27:34 -0500
  I go for a bad oil cooler gasket....you might want to remove the oil filter and tighten the large nut that holds the...
• Re: Engine Replacement or Gasket Fix?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:25:17 -0400
  If the mechanic thinks that the failed outer water jacket gasket alone will affect a compression test or Leak down test results, he is...
• Re: Head Gaskets: Fall Leaky; Spring No Leaky
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 12:30:16 EDT
  ...should I be worried about taking the > vehicle on any extended trips, or is mild head gasket > weeping at sub-freezing temps nothing to...
• Re: Symptoms of Blown Head gasket on Non-Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:19:53 -0400
  ...I think it is an exhaust manifold gasket but her mechanic told her on the phone that it could be a "blown head gasket...
• Re: Water Pump O-Rings, Sealant Needed?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:22:13 -0500
  Here's what my brother (who knows about these things) recommends: > > Do I need to change the gasket between the thermostat and the > waterpump...
• Re: 396,000 miles!!?? can anybody beat that?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Geiser
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:31:42 -0600
  ...396,000 miles!!?? can anybody beat that? Yep, that is a record for original head gaskets. I sold my '85 Westy with original head...
• Re: head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:37:07 -0500
  ...head gaskets >> >> So, I should do the head gaskets, or not? It's very expensive, but I >> want a >> reliable van (or no van...
• Re: Frustration: 85 Vanagon Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Michael Orbon
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:48:47 -0700
  ...85 Vanagon Cooling > > >> This year I have replaced fittings, hoses, head gaskets, a cooling fan >switch, and now a radiator. The head gaskets were...
• head gasket problem ?
  Historical mailing list - wolfgang
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 07:36:20 -0500
  ...Got all service records from previous owner and it had a head gasket job done at around 80,000. So I just drove it...
• '91 GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:42:57 -0400
  ...out the port screw, and replace the gasket on that screw? Is the gasket a crushable gasket like on the oil drain plug, an...
• Re: To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Sep 94 14:43:56 PDT
  ...I have done this for the last 70k+ miles since 1987 when the head gasket cracked due to overheating. The replacement of head gasket...
• Re: warranty/heads/gaskets FTC
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Thu, 6 Apr 1995 14:23:22 -0700 (PDT)
  ...warranty/heads/gaskets FTC > > I'm familiar with info. in the archives of this list to effect that an > FTC situation has led to...
• Re: Most miles on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 08:34:07 -0800
  ...Both heads were severely pitted and the gaskets were in >shreds on both sides (even the one that didn't blow). Case was pitted...
• Re: Waterboxer headset
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Fri, 4 Jan 1980 21:07:40 -0600
  No, for that much money you get a new motor, a head, and the necessary gaskets to do one side. Left or right . Take...
• Re: 396,000 miles!!?? can anybody beat that?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:45:33 -0800
  ...Most miles I ever heard of, especially with original head gaskets. Ought to be in a museum or something. I'm mildly skeptical the...
• Re: skylight gasket/seal
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mikkelson
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 10:03:25 -0700
  ...I think he is now carrying gaskets at his web site. Kevin M Bothell, WA '89 Westy At 09:04 AM 4/13/99...
• Re: Heater Core O ring?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 21:36:48 -0500
  ...so can you homemake a little gasket for the rear heater core shut off > valve where it connects to my new heater core? Didn...
• Re: Gasket sealant
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 11:54:10 EST
  Karl, I would recommend getting from Bus Boys the Elring-Curil Products T (Head gaskets) and K2 (Same stuff that VW used originally on...
• Am I on borrowed time?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 21:32:57 -0400
  Hey , I have a 91 carrat that has been dripping coolant from the drivers side head gasket for about 5 months. I need to...
• oil pump gasket replacing
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 13:49:03 -0800
  ...What is entailed in replacing the gasket? And while there is it best to replace the oil pump with a new one? I understand...
• Refrigerator improvements
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 01:31:22 -0400
  ...The gaskets on the door were not fully touching the fridge itself. Will get some 1/8" or 1/4" compressible weatherstrip and attach...
• Head gasket replacement time and caveats
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Sat, 7 Jun 2003 14:55:25 -0400
  ...is the worst part of the job? 3) I have the gasket set, and new studs and nuts for the exhaust. What else did...
• oil in coolant
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sat, 4 Nov 2006 06:23:16 -0800
  ...heads were resealed recently and gaskets are plyable and black sealant evident around both in even pattern. i assume this is the oil cooler...
• NVC: Help with Subaru Head Gaskets?
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:28:10 -0500
  ...It has around 100,000 km (60,000 mi) on it, and has "severe" head gasket leakage. (I haven't looked myself yet, so...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 01:43:36 -0400
  ...The head nuts don't compress > that > out water gasket actually ............the ccompression of that > gasket has to > be about right, not too much...
• Re: 85-H20 loss of coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:37:28 -0500
  ...Looked for all the world like a head gasket leak. Before I would tear into the engine to do a head gasket seal job...
• Re: MT Transmission Gasket Set Install Question
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Thu, 8 May 2008 18:51:06 -0700
  Ben...That would be the bell housing gasket that is seeping..Generally some seepage is not a big deal...If you do want to...
• Re: Drip, drip, drip -- water tank drain cap
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:42:10 -0400
  ...between the two plastic parts, > which the rubbery gasket should seal under compression, but that gasket > doesn't seem to be as interested in...
• Re: head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:13:53 -0500
  ...head gaskets > > So, I should do the head gaskets, or not? It's very expensive, but I > want a reliable van (or no van...
• Re: how can you tell head gaskets have been replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:29:53 -0500
  ...A couple people who came to look at it > though that aftermarket gaskets could be identified. One guy though > aftermarket gaskets are orange and...
• Re: How to test heads for leaks?
  Historical mailing list - Noto-Gaudette
  Tue, 20 Jul 1999 02:07:46 -0400
  ...Head gasket 2) coolant over the top of the internal cylinder barrels, past an O-ring and large thin metal gasket, into barrels)--the...
• broken gasket on WBX engine
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 09:27:05 -0600
  ...The thick rubber gasket between the right head and the water jacket was torn and one end was sticking out. What may have caused...
• Re: coolant fitting RR cyl head
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:34:34 -0400
  Mine took a flat gasket with holes for the bolts. On Jun 22, 2007, at 1:20 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote: > That's...
• Re: head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:13:35 -0500
  ...head gaskets > > So, I should do the head gaskets, or not? It's very expensive, but I > want a > reliable van (or no van...
• Re: Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 10:42:52 -0500
  Having the heads leak from the rubber coolant jacket gasket or internally from the top of the cylinders is not related. Two separate failures...
• Re: Stubborn Exhaust leak
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:34:50 -0700
  ...http://www.bus-boys.com/vanwasser83-91.html >> ) I removed the parts, sanded off the remains of the gaskets, >> installed new gaskets, bolted it...
• Installing New Fuel Tank: Tips?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:58:08 -0700
  ...Everything supplied with the kit was not needed in my situation and one of the gaskets not supplied was the culprit. The gasket that...
• Re: install water tank level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Jul 2016 22:59:12 -0400
  ...Do you install the gasket seal dry, or is there some gasket seal goop that is needed? Thanks stan
• Re: Gas Leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:53:37 EST
  ...THE PROBLEM IS WHAT YOU WILL FIND! RUSTED TANK?$$$$ OR GASKETS /SEALS/LINES/ ALL OF THE ABOVE OR JUST SOME. THE FIRST THING IS...
• can anyone in CT helicoil ?
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:01:30 -0700
  ...Found that it was a gasket, went to replace the gasket, found one of the bolt holes is stripped (so bad a longer bolt...
• Sealants - which ones to use?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:10:48 -0800
  Hey folks, This topic has been touched a few times, but only related to case halves specifically, and then generically for head gaskets. I...
• Re: Diesel head gasket blown?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 19:06:05 -0400
  Just as common as blown head gaskets is cracks in the heads. Particularly in the Vanagon. Have the head tested or at least inspected...
• Re: 85 1.9 GL- No.VA head gasket repair shop?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:13:40 -0800
  ...85 1.9 GL- No.VA head gasket repair shop? > Hello,I repaired the head gasket on my 1985 westy.It cost $12.I...
• Re: Air Cooled Oil Filter Mount to Case Gasket (021-115-359A)
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 11:31:07 -0400
  ...Air Cooled Oil Filter Mount to Case Gasket (021-115-359A) > You have to pull the muffler, then the rear tin, then the fan...
• Re: Diesel head gasket blown?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:05:37 -0700
  Bummer about the head gasket, maybe. The hose. Try the bus boys. I do not recall the web address but it is not busboys...
• Re: AVP and repair costs nationwide (Longish)
  Historical mailing list - David..M
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 09:36:00 -0400
  ...the engine developed a head gasket leak. > AVP claims that there were a batch of bad head gaskets from the > manufacturer and that the...
• Re: Rear Heater Leak
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:24:05 -0700
  ...Can I get a gasket? Should it have one? Could I use one of the liquid gaskets? If so, what do you recommend, it...
• Re: exhaust gasket question 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:18:23 -0500
  ...question is why does a Vanagon full gasket set come with only > > two > > head-to-pipe gaskets when it requires four? > > My real question...
• Re: Engine Replacement or Gasket Fix?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:20:07 -0700
  --- Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@MAC.COM> wrote: > > What should a 2 gasket head job cost? > > R About $100 for a set of gaskets. All the...
• Re: my new 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - robot .
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:35:40 -0800
  ...I now have the money to fix the head gasket leak and dead battery. I've been doing lots of research on the net...
• Speaking of head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 08:41:40 -0800
  ...Speaking of head gaskets I was interested to read the thread of Mark Vermillion's head gasket = problems recently, since it was a pretty...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 16:08:30 -0500
  ...The JB weld is being used to replace lost metal and make a smooth surface for rubber gasket to seat against. You're not...
• Re: Head gasket replacement: how much?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 07:10:02 -0500
  Jim, it is hard to say if this motor is worth putting new gaskets or heads on until you have the thing apart. If...