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• Re: diagnosis--blown piston ring?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:42:49 -0400
  ...Allan On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:55 -0400, "Paul Guzyk" <paullist08@GUZYK.COM> wrote: > Before pulling the engine, remove the valve cover, turn...
• Re: A/C troubleshooting...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 07:46:36 EDT
  ...This A/C system is converted to R134 by the previous owner.) >> James the high pressure valve should be under the plastic cover on...
• Re: Don't Replaced that heater valve today!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 06:58:23 -0700
  ...stop valve "Robert" recommends and sells. Some models of Vanagons have additional dash controls that preclude the easy removal of the heater cover, to...
• Re: Wifes Audi - Oil Leak - NVC
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:40:38 -0800
  ...Besides replacing the RF CV joint and an oil change, I'll be R&Ring the valve cover gaskets to resolve a long-standing...
• Retorqing Vanagon Waterboxer Heads
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:08:11 +0000
  ...Step Five � Installing Valve Cover If the cork gasket on the inside of your valve cover is brittle you might want to replace it...
• Re: '81 Engine work
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 09:50:22 -0700
  ...VITON!), and possibly new valve cover gaskets. FWIW ;). Oh, and I like the earlier post about removing the bails from the side by prying...
• Re: 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 16:11:33 -0400
  In a message dated 97-10-09 14:33:01 EDT, mholser@ADOBE.COM writes: << Wow, I thought that chrome valve covers for these...
• Re: Replaced that heater valve today!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 08:33:41 -0500
  ...compartment? > I added a brass ball valve behind the heater cover. > I changed the plastic heater valve, and forever was adjusting the cable > clip...
• Re: Leaky valve cover tip of iceberg
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:10:53 -0400
  ...Leaky valve cover tip of iceberg This is from that Pampers-wearin' 85 Westy again. Good news: I seem to have fixed the annoying...
• Re: [WetWesties] Cause ofJulianna's Tiico engine buzzing revealed
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 19 Jan 2003 21:02:38 -0700
  ...the engine oil filler hole in the valve cover and the valve cover are in that area. Could be that when the engine is...
• Re: Leaky valve cover tip of iceberg
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:39:51 -0400
  ...condensation in the valve cover area so that you may have just a little emulsion right at the valve cover but it is not...
• Valve adjust??
  Historical mailing list - Dead Head
  Tue, 28 May 1996 22:24:43 -0700
  ...after pulling valve cover and checking for loose parts/nuts/bolts.... discovered that the #4 ex valve lifter does not pump up.....Oooops!!!! will...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: Common problems with Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - John Tullier
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:32:50 -0800
  ...heh John --- John Tullier <elefntkpr@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > For those of us with air cooled power plants, there > is > the valve seat issue. Personally...
• Diesel valve cover needed
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 20:11:21 -0700
  ...The last piece that I need is a Vanagon valve/cam cover. The bunny one has the crankcase vent projecting out to the left...
• Re: Valve cover leaks
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 14 Nov 2002 07:45:06 -0500
  ...Valve cover leaks Hey vanagonites, Good to be back on the list again, I signed out before last summer when I went travelling around...
• Re: Valves?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:05:01 -0700
  ...so be aware that you might have to > replace the valve cover gasket every year or two ...just keep an eye > on it and...
• Re: replacing noisy lifter for 91 multivan
  Historical mailing list - Kun Chang
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:10:54 EST
  ...I adjusted all valve one turn back. I put the valve cover back on, and started the engine, she run really noisy first for...
• Re: Do not give up on the Wasserboxer just yet, the power is there....
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 02:08:27 EST
  ...3 Angle valve job on seats, 2 angle on valves >-Copper exhaust gaskets >-Solid rocker shafts >-Aluminum Valve clip-on valve covers vented to...
• Re: More Oil Leaks - Any Advice Greatly Appreciated
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 11:52:26 -0500
  ...the head stud openings inside the valve cover only leak at speed the reason is the amount of oil in the valve cover increases...
• Re: Diesel Westy oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 15:50:30 EDT
  ...This is the hose that comes form the valve cover and branches to two hoses going into the intake manifold. Also make sure the...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:37:05 -0400
  ...2006/11/vw-engine-paint.html > > BTW, it applies to both valve covers and push rod tubes. Don't overlook the fact that Bob...
• Fwd: Re: [T2] Stuck valves and promises
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:29:59 -0500
  ...Takes longer to R + R the valve covers then to adjust them!: Remove both covers. Connect a remote starter to the solenoid. Watch ANY...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:19:15 -0700
  ...I've never called valve covers, "tubes," nor said that anyone did, if that's what you're implying. I've worked on much...
• How long to do a valve job and replace the seats?
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 11:01:06 -0400
  ...thinking about pro-actively doing a valve job, replacing the valve seats, and replacing the valve cover gaskets while I'm at it. How...
• Re: GoWesty Aluminum Valve Covers
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:37:30 -0700
  ...The ones I had tended to leak, so switched back to the stock valve covers. I did not spend any time diagnosing the problem...
• P/N 255 601 149 A wheel covers
  Historical mailing list - john Lauterbach
  Tue, 1 Jul 2014 14:33:18 -0400
  ...RR tire was visibly low and and tire valve stem was behind the wheel cover. Pried off the wheel cover, got out the air...
• Rust spots
  Historical mailing list - Kedar Warriner
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:25:47 -0500 (EST)
  This weekend, I was preping my '89 Westy to be sandblasted to fix some rust spots around the valve covers. I was trying to...
• Re: ( four bent valves) fixed
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:54:58 EDT
  When I use to turn wrenches on hondas I worked at a shop where we would take the valve cover and pan off and...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:08:13 -0600
  ...My job was to pull the > engine, dismantle and inspect it, clean all the parts, sandblast the > heads, intake valves and valve covers, press...
• 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
  ...A set of valve cover gaskets will cost you maybe $10, and you can put them on in 15 minutes. Maybe 30 if you...
• Re: Propane Regulator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 02:36:21 -0400
  At 22:56 7/8/99 -0700, Paul Travassos wrote: >I just had my propane tank out to repaint and to re-valve it...
• Re: Need help with propane filling! Can the fill valve stick?
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 02:10:01 -0800
  "Or you could order the auto stop valve rebuild kit for under $10 and replace all the seals and everything inside. its an easy...
• Propane Tank Cover?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Thu, 4 Jan 2007 21:32:35 +0000
  ...I thinbk the eurovans have a plastic cover over the valves and fill and regulator. I'm wondering if anyone came up with a...
• Re: Rear Heater Core Cover Removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:05:17 -0700
  ...Rear Heater Core Cover Removal > Hey, this reminds me of a questions I have. > Does the valve require just one O-ring? > > How many...
• Re: propane valve leak
  Historical mailing list - David O'Shea
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:10:45 -0700
  ...Underneath that blue plastic cover of the valve I thought was a pressure release valve. I recently had a fill up, and have not...
• Re: info needed on crancase ventilation systems (mostly I4)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:43:45 -0800
  ...Saab does it like this. > > � �2.) On most VWs the vent seems to be just a hose running from the > valve cover to the...
• Re: semi-sorta-somewhat related to oil and viscosity and such ...
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 19:50:43 -0400
  ...in the valve >adjustment days, we always replaced the valve cover gaskets. that kept >oil from leaking out onto the heater boxes. >but with...
• Rear Heater Core Cover Removal
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:54:19 -0400
  ...cover out. With everything apart. It looks like the valve is leaking. The core, while dirty, looks ok. I'll be ordering a valve...
• Re: '84 Oil pressure sender wire routing
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:09:02 -0700
  ...It's a little in the way for taking the valve cover off, but it definitely doesn't get burned. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon...
• Different Kind Of Valve Adjustment Question?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:34:42 -0500
  ...I pulled my valve covers off last night to check valve clearances and to my surprise, checking #3 first(cuz that's where the...
• Re: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:54:34 -0600
  On Sep 27, 2011, at 8:32 AM, Alistair Bell wrote: > valve timing adjustment is one of the reasons I decided not to install...
• Re: [T2] why it won't start
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 9 Jun 2015 16:15:53 -0700
  ...Pull valve covers and watch valve action. Skipper >Subject: Re: [T2] why it won't start
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:45:58 -0700
  ...You left out "air-cooled." OTOH, "push rod cover" is a fairly common automotive term for what we usually call a "valve cover." ( http...
• expensive-sounding clacking noise, happy birthday to me
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:42:42 -0500
  ...Fearing something valve or pushrod related, I pulled the valve covers off to inspect the heads. Nothing seemed amiss, but on the driver side...
• Re: Replaced that heater valve today!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 09:46:06 -0500
  ...Jim, Why not take another simpler route to no heat in the front compartment? I added a brass ball valve behind the heater cover...
• Re: Valve cover gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 14 Aug 2020 10:52:45 -0700
  ...nh@comcast.net)> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Have a minor oil leak around the valve cover on my 1988 2.1 GL vanagon > 2wd. It’s on...
• Diesel Westy oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:39:14 -0800
  ...There does not seem to be leaks at the filler tube, oil pressure sensor, or valve cover gasket. I replaced the head bolts. The...
• Re: need valve covers and gaskets in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:32:35 -0500
  ...need valve covers and gaskets in Canada arent they the same as an aircooled bug? later mark d In a message dated 2/7...
• Re: Bolt on valve cover gaskets
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 14:47:28 -0800
  ...Tim --- Greg Marshall <earthboy@ROGERS.COM> wrote: > I looking into options for replacing my aging leaky valve cover gaskets, > and I'm considering bug...
• rocker arms. Interchangeable?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:47:39 -0400
  Greetings, I was wondering if the WBX and aircooled (valve) rocker arms are interchangable. I know the valve covers are. What about higher ratio...
• Re: valve cover and vacuum question -1.8 Gas conversion
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 21:47:17 -0400
  ...It uses a large plastic disc like PCV device that plugs into the valve cover and then has a hose that goes directly to...
• Denver Parts House
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 12 Mar 2005 19:56:06 -0700
  ...oil filter for an AC vanagon and that will also have valve cover gaskets? I will be leaving the cold mtn. climate in a...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:14:28 -0700
  ...From now on we will all refer to valve covers as push rod covers. Should make life interesting for the parts counter guys. Jeff...
• Re: '89 Vanagon GL Diagnostic Challenge
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 05:28:20 -0500
  ...Please, oh please let this just be the valve cover gaskets -- >engine supposedly had heads done within past year. >Intended action: Replace valve covers...
• 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: Hydrolic lifters- 81'
  Historical mailing list - R.D. Robertson
  Fri, 10 May 1996 15:04:32 -0500
  ...Follow the procedure until all valves have an air gap. Install valve covers and start engine. Run at 2,000 RPMs to 2,500...
• Re: propane valve leak
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 07:51:50 EDT
  ...Underneath that blue plastic cover of the valve I thought was a pressure release valve. I recently had a fill up, and have not...
• 2.1 WBX Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Tue, 23 May 2017 19:04:25 +0000
  ...spark plugs removed and the #1 piston at TDC with the valve covers off, the engine is still warm but not too hot to...
• Runaway Dieselbox!
  Historical mailing list - Sean Lynch
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 12:29:26 EDT
  ...Nothing seems to have blown up, but I noticed copious amounts of oil down the breather tube that runs from the valve cover to...
• Re: Rear Heater Core Cover Removal
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:33:22 -0400
  ...Rear Heater Core Cover Removal > > > > Hey, this reminds me of a questions I have. >> Does the valve require just one O-ring? >> >> How many...