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• head gasket sealing
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 17:45:27 EST
  ...when sealing my gaskets, i put the sealant in small beads directly onto the rim of the block, not on the head itself? reason...
• Re: resealing heads: two tubes of stuff in the gasket kit??
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 10:54:05 -0500
  ...I have seen strange and scary result with Dirko on head gasket..... remember, The right stuff is not cheap$$$ I have a bucket in...
• Re: cracked AMC heads question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 20:32:25 -0700
  ...Fwiw - ..judging by the corrosion where the water gasket touches this head - perhaps you might get away with head gaskets only. I would also...
• Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 11:32:11 -0400
  ...I have seen heads without any sealing stuff on the the outter gasket last way more than 1500k miles. So i would blame a...
• Re: Wasserboxer Heads..
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Schuster
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 10:46:20 +0200 (MET DST)
  ...this sealant is also specified in the Head Gasket Replacement > Procedure in the tech bulletins and elsewhere. > > ok. so what's funny about that...
• Re: head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 21:46:06 -0800
  You know, all this recent chatter about head gaskets has me wondering... Would it be insane to consider doing a head gasket job BEFORE...
• Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:09:09 -0400
  ...Once the head is in place but not tight against the gasket >> I >> perform the (hokey pokey) wiggling of the head giving the gasket...
• Head gasket fun
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Fri, 10 Nov 2023 21:06:45 -0500
  Hi all, There has been a winter season head gasket leak on one side of my '90 syncro westy for several years. (approx total...
• Re: Shims, sealing rings, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:45:49 -0700
  ...Anyway, they came with clear instructions that head gaskets were *not* to be used. Maybe you have one VW head and one AMC head...
• Re: Major oil leak after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 22:56:15 -0400
  my 2 cents... my mech replaced my valve cover gaskets when he did my heads on my old van
• Re: Vanagon Head Gaskets
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 95 10:23:23 PDT
  ...The head/block is all aluminum like vanagon except it's a V6. The volvo engine uses a more conventional head gasket but with...
• Head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 09:40:43 -0500
  Can those of us who care redo the survey on the head gaskets again? Please answer the following questions: 1. When have the heads...
• a new idea on the well beaten subject of leaking head gaskets...
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:05:55 -0800
  ...a leaking head gasket will require a major engine operation, as head removal and resealing is not a trivial operation. The heads must be...
• Charge for Head Gasket Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 21:39:01 -0800
  ...FIX 89 Volkswagen SYNCRO, Mechanical, head gasket Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:00:32 -0800 From: Reply-To: To: ******************************************************* ******************************************************* 1989 Volkswagen SYNCRO 2...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 9 May 2015 00:57:43 -0400
  ...If it has oil there and zero in the head, most likely the head gasket is backwards/flipped and for end. I received a...
• Re: diesel head gasket - which one?
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 20:08:59 -0500
  If you look at the vanagon engine, the side that is up; almost in the middle of the head the head gasket will stick...
• Re: Cost of Head Gasket Replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Feb 1997 22:11:00 -0500 (EST)
  ...These prices include 2 new heads. The heads are a significant portion of the price and whithout them, the gasket replacement alone should cost...
• Re:Head Gaskets are Shot
  Historical mailing list - Herb Harmison
  Sat, 1 Feb 1997 21:32:05 -0600
  ...The reason for this is that the head is "supported" by the cylinders not the gasket as in conventional engines. Removing any metal from...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:56:06 -0800
  ...Mo' betta to replace head gaskets when they are getting due. The outer ones are not even really head gaskets in the conventional sense...
• Re: 91 GL HEAD GASKETS/WATERPUMP
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 23:27:31 -0500
  ...My '91 Westy with 36,000 miles started had a gasket start leaking on Christmas Eve. I would hope the head gaskets would last...
• How to remove pushrod tube shield??
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 19:52:15 -0700
  I've noticed what appears to be a slight coolant drip coming from forward corner of the passenger side head gasket in an '85...
• Re: Need three parts for a 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:08:29 -0500
  ...two aluminum head gaskets and one rubber head gasket. Have >>> all else. Anyone? >>> >>> Jim >>>
• Re: How expensive to fix these problems?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:43:30 -0500
  ...Thats ok, but leaking gaskets get progressively worse to the point where they wont hold water at all. I hear that Subaru head gasket...
• Head Gaskets. One or both?
  Historical mailing list - Robyn Rudisill
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 09:24:13 -0800
  Well after much looking and poking I've figured that coolant is leaking on the passenger side right from the head gasket. I have...
• port matching intake manifolds to heads
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:01:02 -0400
  ...My intake manifold openings are smaller than the gasket openings (gasket between the intake manifolds and the heads) which have openings that are slightly...
• Re: Advice needed on 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:26:42 -0500
  ...Am having a problem dealing with NON OEM head gasket, every time i have rebuilt engine/head with aftermarket brands, the result was a...
• Re: Spare 2.1 engine - how big can I make it?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 14:35:31 EST
  hey guys all the subies with the OHC engines had head gasket problems, even the 2.2 L but it is probably the better...
• Re: When to replace head gaskets? Synthetic oil over 20w50? When to redo the heads?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 23:06:07 -0500
  ...it. > > My question is when should I replaced the head gaskets? Bad head gaskets generally leak coolant, not oil. (Well, that's not necessarily...
• Vanagon quirks-US vs Germany
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Mon, 2 Jun 1997 22:08:23 -0500 (CDT)
  Head gasket problems are certainly something that almost all owners of Vanagons in the United States have or will have to face. I'm...
• '82 diesel head leaking gas into the coolant.. need some advice on a fix.
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 25 May 2013 23:07:12 -0400
  Is it at all possible that the head is warped? To replace the head gasket: new stretch bolts and head gasket are a given...
• headgasket replacement information
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:45:10 -0800
  ...The tube of sealant I was going to use on the big rubber gasket that the head mates to and the head nuts. I...
• Head gasket leak options
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Thu, 22 Jul 1999 08:35:26 -0700
  Hi there, My 89 Westy with 60k miles has started to leak at the right head gasket. I'm getting ready to get it...
• Head gasket sealing
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 18:12:16 EDT
  Greetings and Salutations; I was surveyed by my head rebuilder to find out if I used gasket sealer on both sides of the head...
• Green markings on metal head gasket rings.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Sat, 24 Nov 2012 14:07:08 -0600
  I'm wondering why my new metal head gasket rings have two green marks on each side; does anybody know? Thanks, Tom L.
• Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:10:07 -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...
• Vanagon Head Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Thu, 1 Aug 96 00:37 CDT
  ...If I get the head gaskets only what will be the average cost? If I get the heads rebuilt what could be the cost...
• Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 15:55:01 -0400
  ...Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking Thanks for all the information! I don't think i forgot the inner head gasket, David, I was...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:43:21 -0500
  ...repeatedly blowing head gasket > Mark and Ken, > I would give some serious thought before > putting in still another head gasket. I think the > speed...
• leaking head gasket Question
  Historical mailing list - brian Honan
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 22:23:23 +0000
  A question regarding head gaskets. I have replaced every hose on the van, so now the heads are leaking. That's the only place...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Sat, 9 May 2015 09:20:05 -0500
  ...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: Head gasket sealant
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 06:04:34 EST
  I've got a few private inquires regarding where and how to use the head gasket sealant. Here are my response to those questions...
• Re: Head gasket sealant
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 06:04:34 EST
  I've got a few private inquires regarding where and how to use the head gasket sealant. Here are my response to those questions...
• Re: Folllow-up on head gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:01:58 -0500
  When the rubber head gasket leaks on our wasserboxers, you're only going to get coolant leaking, no oil. When my head gasket leaked...
• Pits in the case
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 17 Mar 1997 19:34:17 -0500
  I discovered that my '84 has a few pits in the case, under the head gasket. These are very similar to the (numerous) pits...
• Re: Leaking Head perment fix ??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:07:52 -0800
  ...of head & no holes covered.clean gasket mating surface & > run narrow bead of silicone around incenter-center gasket on head & place > board on with...
• help 82 diesel head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Sat, 5 Oct 1996 13:16:46 -0700
  ...Should I punch holes in the gasket to match the holes in the head? Robert Crawford "This year will go down in history. For...
• Stuck cylinder (Head Gasket replacement)
  Historical mailing list - Don Record
  Sat, 6 Feb 1999 18:26:15 EST
  I am changing out the head gaskets in my 87 Westi GL. The good news is that the heads look great with no pitting...
• Re: New File Head Gasket How To
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 11:21:59 -0700 (PDT)
  So Gerald Skerbitz says: > I've added a nice description of head gasket replacment by Herb Harmison > <herbh@iastate.edu> to the Vanagon Files...
• head gaskets
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Sep 1996 15:21:58 -0400
  A friend told me my waterboxer head gaskets are metal. Ive never heard of this before! A drawing indicated some sort of folded/sandwich...
• Re: Coolant leak in cold storage
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:59:50 EST
  ...Coolant leak in cold storage The leak if from the head gaskets will not stop. It may look as if it did but you...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Push Rods. Make Sure They're Seated! Was: 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 19 May 2017 18:12:30 -0700
  ...edge of each intake gasket to accommodate a socket onto the upper > middle head nuts. I re-sealed that gasket with black RTV so...
• Head (gasket) fix
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 07:14:37 -0500
  ...Schwenk wrote: > With all of the talk about head gasket failure, I have a coup[le of > questions for those of you who have...
• Re: cylinder heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 15 Apr 1998 07:03:25 -0700
  ...In any case, they came with no gasket for the space between cylinders and head, and explicit directions that no such gasket was necessary...
• Head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - "Paul Lindsay,Summit Resources/Triad Sportswear"
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:32:51 -0600
  ...the heads had previously been replaced. After taking it in to the local VW dealer I was advised the head gaskets and push rod...
• repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 12:22:02 -0800
  Mark and Ken, I would give some serious thought before putting in still another head gasket. I think the speed of the failure suggests...
• Re: Arrgh! There's K-R-A-P on my head!
  Historical mailing list - Radish150
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 20:52:57 -0800
  ...Head gasket sealant > > Karl, and all the rest of you who are looking into this. My=20 > experience has shown that the stuff in...
• Re: Arrgh! There's K-R-A-P on my head!
  Historical mailing list - Radish150
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 20:52:57 -0800
  ...Head gasket sealant > > Karl, and all the rest of you who are looking into this. My=20 > experience has shown that the stuff in...
• Re: Sudden head gasket coolant catastrophic leaking
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 09:31:59 -0700
  When the engine is dropped and heads pulled the cause of gasket failure will be revealed. How you installed the gasket comes to be...
• When to replace head gaskets? Synthetic oil over 20w50? When to redo the heads?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:37:09 -0500
  Hi everyone, I noticed that when I purchased my Van from the Florida owner that the gasket seals around the heads head caked on...
• head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 21:09:28 EST
  hey all, when sealing head gaskets. is it okay to take fine sand paper to the sealing surface to remove the adhesive from the...