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• Blown Head Gasket help needed
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:20:14 -0500 (EST)
  ...I took the driver side head off this evening in search of a blown gasket and found the foward cylinder (I forget the cylinder...
• Re: True cost of AMC heads for 1.9L and 2.1L: bare for $240 to $216!
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 08:01:12 -0500
  ...1 = The purchase of TWO cylinder heads of the same kind. Price Disc. 2 = The purchase of TEN cylinder heads of any kind. Part...
• S&S header system: opinions??
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:34:57 -0600
  ...If you have an S&S header system, how well did it install/fit? Any problems with misaligned flanges at the cylinder head? On...
• Re: Replaced heads, now water in oil
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:31:26 -0400
  ...Replaced heads, now water in oil >I just finished replacing the heads on my '84 1.9l. It started up ok and >idled fine...
• Re: The transitional engine...no more corrosion?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 May 1996 10:50:58 -0800
  ...am having the heads coated on the race motor. I am doing the combustion chambers(they are masking where the cylinders seal)the valves...
• Re: leak down verdict
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:02:58 -0400
  ...leak down verdict I ran the leak down test last night. #3 cylinder has a blown head gasket. Coolant came puking out in a...
• Re: Head Gaskets are Shot
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sun, 02 Feb 1997 21:31:45 -0800
  ...The geometry > > requires that the original surface be maintained. > > > > The reason for this is that the head is "supported" by the cylinders not > > the...
• Re: leak down verdict
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:19:35 +0000
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > I ran the leak down test last night. #3 cylinder has a blown > head gasket. > Coolant came puking out in...
• Engine Rebuild at Last!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 19:24:30 -0600
  ...The head for this cylinder was in good condition except for the residue of burnt oil. The cylinder barrel was in excellent condition, with...
• Re: Replaced heads, now water in oil
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:54:21 -0400
  Did you put sealant on the flanges of the head nuts? Water can also seep here. One of the nuts may not be torqued...
• Removed Vanagon head - aaargh!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harris
  Sat, 25 Nov 95 09:21:01 +0000 (GMT)
  ...I removed the head without removing the engine - went OK. When I removed the cylinder head, the cylinder liner came out a bit (1cm...
• Re: The root of all bubbles, low compression and evil itself? 1.9 head off...
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Fri, 10 Feb 2017 08:08:09 -0500
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > > Is that a cracked cylinder head gasket that's stuck in the head? > > Chris > > Dnia 09.02.2017 o godz. 20...
• Re: True cost of AMC heads for 1.9L and 2.1L: bare for $240 to $216!
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 09:46:28 -0600
  ...1 = The purchase of TWO cylinder heads of the same kind. Price Disc. 2 = The purchase of TEN cylinder heads of any kind. Part...
• Head gasket failure Q
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Feb 1997 23:54:59 -0500 (EST)
  ...black o-rings on the cylinder jugs and/or the metal spacing rings between the head and the cylinder jugs? Are there any other...
• Re: Separating heads from cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 19:02:00 -0700
  Even in the shop with seasoned veterans of this operation it is sometimes impossible to remove stuck cylinders from heads without pulling the whole...
• Question on pulling the heads to repair leak
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Fri, 16 Jun 2006 22:15:37 -0400
  ...I am finally pulling heads on my 84 camper to fix *the* head leak. How much can the cylinder jugs pull out of the...
• Re: Question about barrel spacers
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 20:17:30 -0500
  Sounds a little crazy, but I even "lap in" my cylinders now that we don't do the head gasket thing on the Type...
• Don't cry for me Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:35:22 -0300
  I have a persistent drip between my RH cylinder head and block on my '86 2.1 WBX. Tears of Glycol... Compression is good...
• WTB: used 1.9 pistons and cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 23 Sep 2006 23:17:33 -0400
  ...i tore down a engine that i am doing a "budget" head gasket job on to find a broken ring and gouged cylinder. the...
• Re: stuck cylinder help
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 12:52:03 -0500
  ...stuck cylinder help hello collective wisdom I'm doing the head gaskets on my 87 and so far have 1 stuck cylinder (havent gotten...
• Cylinder sleeves
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 11:20:37 -0600
  We started to change the heads on my 90 Carat this morning and inadvertently pulled the cylinder sleeves out too far with the head...
• Replaced heads, now water in oil
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 07:25:38 -0400
  I just finished replacing the heads on my '84 1.9l. It started up ok and idled fine, then the oil pressure light started...
• Exhaust system
  Historical mailing list - Georgios A. Stylianides, PhD
  Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:10:57 -0700
  ...The cylinder heads had a number imprinted inside the exhaust outlets (see: http://www.esu.edu/~gstylia/vw/Cyl3b.htm ). It looked like the...
• Re: new van, inspect'n & warrnty questions
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Apr 1995 14:59:46 -0700
  >>I have heard bad reviews of the VW synchro from mechanics and owners. >>Apparently the cylinder heads are flakey. > >This *post* is flakey! > >The...
• Re: Head gasket leak - does retorquing work?
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 13 May 2002 15:03:26 -0400
  ...I wish I had my "heads gaskets change" pictures / procedure. I took 35 pictures (including pictures of the stuck cylinder) when I did the...
• VW service action
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 11:34:26 -0400
  ...The campaign circular says that some of the cylinder head nuts could have lost their tightness and should be retorqued. I presume VW paid...
• Re: What do people do w/their cracked Cylinder heads?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 7 Jun 1995 09:16:58 -0700 (PDT)
  So Matt Weatherford says: > > I have a cracked cylinder head and would like to solicit creative > uses for it. So far, I have come...
• Re: Easy way to put cylinders on (was Re: head job)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 08:57:14 -0800
  ...This works great as long as the cylinders don't stick in the heads and come off with them. Then you are faced with...
• Head Removal
  Historical mailing list - Wognacious
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 06:50:51 -0700
  ...I'm taking apart an engine that I replaced about a year ago due to a crack/leak in the cylinder head. And as...
• Re: Head Gaskets are Shot
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Sun, 2 Feb 1997 22:53:04 -0500 (EST)
  ...When you bolt it down there is a space or gap in the center and the head leaks between the two center cylinders or...
• Re: Cylinder sleeve - removing
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:09:46 -0600
  ...and use it as a fulcrum lever on the ears of the cylinder against the head. i tried for days to get my sleeves...
• Re: To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Tue, 06 Sep 94 21:34:29 CDT
  ...symptoms apply, be suspicious of a compression leak between cylinder sleeve and cylinder head. Either the metal sealing ring (1) or the 'O' ring...
• a new idea on the well beaten subject of leaking head gaskets...
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:05:55 -0800
  ...IIRC, many posters claimed that usually only seal (3) leaks, requiring head and cylinder removal even if the rest of the motor is in...
• Re: Are non German pistons really shorter than German pistons?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 21 May 2003 10:53:14 -0700
  ...piston with the head, especially on heads that have recessed the cylinder to head mating surface as many OEM VW heads will do. This...
• Cylinder sleeve - removing
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 19:26:17 -0700
  ...to the valve head side, I tryed a little gentel prying, hitting with hammer, not good usually resulting in cracked cylinder :), Gunk the crap...
• Requested suggestions - cleaning crud (carbon deposits) from valves / ports in cylinder head
  Historical mailing list - Herr Wibo Fichten
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 23:47:41 -0400
  Hi fellow Vanagonians, I'm doing the cylinder heads and have removed the valves. Lots of brownish carbon on exhaust valves / ports and some...
• FS: New AMC Cylinder Heads - $344.50
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 10 May 2004 14:58:00 -0700
  Hey all, I just received a new shipment of brand new, still in the box, AMC cylinder heads for the 1.9 & 2.1...
• Re: Help: Broken Cylinder Head bolt
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Mon, 16 Jun 1997 15:48:59 +1000
  ...a broken VW head stud that way but as there was no corrosion on the bolt or in the cylinder block it was worth...
• Re: Vanagon handling.
  Historical mailing list - mike ingle
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:56:39 -0700
  ...Cylinder head sticking to cylinder sleeve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm in the process of taking off my cylinder head and the > > > > sleeves are > > > > > > sticking to it...
• Re: Shims, sealing rings, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Fraser
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 01:34:14 -0700
  ...However, one has a pair of cylinder shims and >a pair of head shims -- the other has just a pair of cylinder shims and...
• Re: Question about KOLBENSCHMIDT cylinder heads
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 07:20:17 -0500
  > Just saw this on ebay. > These sellers are auctioning a KOLBENSCHMIDT pair > of 2.1l wasserboxer cylinder heads. > Price is getting up there.. > I...
• Re: Stuck Head
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:15:41 -0400
  ...But it appears that if he could get the cylinders to separate from the case so the head (with cylinders) would extend out from...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 2 Jan 2013 09:54:43 -0800
  ...between the cylinder sleeves and heads (just like the air cooled engine), necessitating the rubber seal between the water jacket and head. However, it...
• Bus Depot S&S exhaus system
  Historical mailing list - Fetner Greg
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 07:24:20 -0600
  ...And looking at the factory pipes from a header system operations viewpoint, the RH cylinders have the "long" exhaust primary pipes while the LH...
• Re: When & why replace heads? A Friday Dennis Discussion.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 7 Apr 2023 22:45:01 -0500
  ...On Fri, Apr 7, 2023 at 6:33 PM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > For many engines the cylinder heads and the sealing...
• Waterboxer head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Irwin
  Sun, 7 Dec 1997 14:26:08 +0000
  ...The first type resides between the steel cylinder liner and the aluminum head and serves to keep the combustion gasses within the cylinder. This...
• installing heads studs
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 05:39:52 -0800
  1982 air cooled Westy While removing the cylinder heads from my engine one of the cylinder head studs backed out of the block. There...
• Re: Cylinder Heads...cleaning up
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:59:41 -0700
  Jonathon, If you need heads, I have them for $375 each. Cheers, Jeff www.vanagonparts.com
• DCL
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 09:24:11 -0800
  ...Success! (Cylinder install after removal stuck to head) I sit here elated less than 5 minutes after resinstalling my cylinder after I removed it...
• 88 84 73 parting
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:36:02 -0700
  ...heads perfect sealing surface 88 heads 2.1 88 afm 88 afm elbow 84 automatic shifting mech 84 brake booster and master cylinder 73...
• Commentary on Air Cooled Cylinder Heads
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Jun 2002 15:39:28 -0500
  Commentary on cylinder heads I've been working with the Type IV Air Cooled VW engines exclusively for about seven years now and after...
• Re: Rebuilt VW Diesel Cylinder head at Ebay Auction
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 07:00:18 -0800
  ...eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=41254486 > > Rebuilt VW Diesel Cylinder head > > Rebuilt VW Diesel Cylinder Head for a 1500 cc Rabbit or Jetta. Has > only...
• Re: AMC / German Cylinder Heads (LVC) - Now "Made In"
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:45:38 -0400
  ...AMC / German Cylinder Heads (LVC) - Now "Made In" > Sounds like an urban legend or a failed attempt at deception. Give the man a cigar...
• Re: Coolant Overpressurization / Head Gasket Leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:04:38 -0800
  ...There > was some slight discoloration on the end of the cylinder barrels where > they fit in the head. On to the next head. this...
• Re: 83 H2O Head Installation
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Birk
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:13:51 -0500
  The WBX head meets the cylinder with a metal sealing ring thus lapping would have no effect.
• Re: Kinda-Friday has anyone built a diesel boxer?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:31:03 -0800
  ...It would run on jet > fuel. > > The cylinders and heads were machined as one solid piece -- no chance of > head gasket leaks, but for...
• cylinder head cracked
  Historical mailing list - John Falconer
  Fri, 11 Jul 1997 21:52:24 -0400
  ...Just found out today that there is a crack in the right cylinder head. (Not leaking badly yet). My Volkswagen dealer wants $1600.00...
• Tiico - cylinder head questions
  Historical mailing list - marty guinn
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 15:01:52 -0500
  ...a sudden I had 3 cylinders running and not 4. I'm suspecting a burnt valve, so the head is coming off very soon...
• Re: instruments, interviews
  Historical mailing list - dworkin
  Thu, 16 Feb 1995 14:32:12 -0800 (PST)
  On Thu, 16 Feb 1995, David Carment wrote: > sensors (basically the FI Heat sensor) on all four cylinder head areas. I > installed the head...
• 1983.5 Westy for sale in NJ
  Historical mailing list - David SIDOTE
  Sat, 4 Jan 1997 08:35:09 -0500 (EST)
  ...88K miles head gaskets were replaced 5k ago (one head was replaced with a reconditioned one) items replaced- water pump brake master cylinder rear...