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• Re: wbx 6, should I?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 22:58:40 EST
  ...of those Otlinger 6 cylinder motors making its way across the pond). If you are just a struggling student and you don't have...
• Wasserboxer Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 20:12:57 PST
  ...Further inspection revealed corroded heads + 4 broken head studs + and one cracked head + 130k mi. = engine rebuild. Does anyone know of any decent parts...
• Re: Porche Fuche Alloys
  Historical mailing list - THOMAS CARRINGTON
  24 Apr 1995 14:27:14 GMT
  ...I made studs for mine by using Kubota diesel tractor cylinder head bolts,and cutting off the hex end. Got the lug nuts and...
• Re: Stuck Cylinders: Any New "Tricks"?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 05:50:55 PST
  Joe, If you decide to just go ahead and pull the heads with the cylinders attached, don't worry. I spent 3 days getting...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:01:08 -0500
  ...a set of air > cooled cases could make the studs that fasten the cylinders & heads to > the cases strip. We used to install a...
• Re: Summary: Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 07:42:54 -0600
  ...top > surface with the cylinder head acting as a support. Using a hammer and > chisel perpendicular to the stud can also work but i...
• Re: Coolant in the oil?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:15:46 -0500
  ...head stud or a hole in the side of a cylinder. (Yes it happens). As > for the seal at the bottom of the cylinders...
• Re: Summary: Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 20:30:13 -0700
  ...top surface with the cylinder head acting as a support. Using a hammer and chisel perpendicular to the stud can also work but i...
• cylinder head
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Sun, 21 May 2023 11:21:26 -0400
  ...I inherited a used head from a nephew with a broken stud flush with the exhaust port. He tried to drill it out but...
• Re: Ohh those VW gods...billowing blue smoke.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:05:40 -0700
  ...Ohh those VW gods...billowing blue smoke. | | |> Jack got it right...a corroded head stud packed it in - the stud |> between # |> 3 |> & 4 cylinder...
• Re: exaust removal woes
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:23:12 EDT
  ...cylinder 1, so the manifold had to come off as the studs were damaged. Of the 4 bolts that connected to the heads and...
• Fancy Wheel$$$
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 25 Apr 95 10:15:29 PDT
  ...I made studs for mine by using Kubota diesel tractor cylinder head bolts,and cutting off the hex end. Got the lug nuts and...
• Re: Engine Replacement or Gasket Fix?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:44:17 -0500
  ...All of the internal leaks where the cylinder meets the > heads >> start out as head stud tension failure. Sometimes this can be corrected > by...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:51:23 -0500
  ...is through a loose or broken head stud under the rockers or the base of the cylinders. Did you use a torque wrench? To...
• Goop - revisited!
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 13:09:31 -0700
  ...On the cylinder stud seal goop, Bugformance in Sacramento suggested using Curil-T, made by Elring. It was a bit expensive at $10 but...
• Re: Remove Broken Stud: Web Page
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:03:15 -0700
  Remember, it was actually a bolt and not a stud.� Perhaps those bolts are made from a different steel than the studs are.� I...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:16:14 -0500
  ...When re-using the heads and cylinders one has to be real careful the surfaces are clean. Any carbon will make the seal fail...
• Re: Coolant Overpressurization / Head Gasket Leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:04:38 -0800
  ...end of the cylinder barrels where > they fit in the head. On to the next head. this time one head stud felt a > little...
• Re: Head Pic
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:37:43 -0500
  ...This is where a lower stud passes through just below #2. More pitting right next to it. The head that came off is razor...
• Re: Stuck Head
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:15:41 -0400
  ...cylinders) would extend out from the waterjacket a bit, he'd be better off. He's thinking the head is seized to a stud...
• Re: Head bolts, studs turning?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:23:04 -0700
  ...You can watch the stud where it enters the block right next to the cylinder barrel. ( waterboxer is a different story, they can break...
• Da 2-liter boat (and tech help?)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 19 Sep 1995 12:57:21 -0700 (PDT)
  ...We took about an hour taking off the throttle body, manifolds, fan, fan housing, and cylinder heads. I snapped off one of the bolts...
• 2.1 ring recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Tue, 26 May 2009 21:53:54 -0700
  ...It looks like a very well taken care of motor, the water jacket and head studs show ZERO signs of corrosion. I was told...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:36:44 -0500
  ...Compression and leak down poor on cylinders 1 and 2. #1 intake valve leaking bad. I am suspecting a cracked head. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: Ohh those VW gods...billowing blue smoke.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:14:35 -0700
  ...Ohh those VW gods...billowing blue smoke. > | > | > |> Jack got it right...a corroded head stud packed it in - the stud > |> between # > |> 3 > |> & 4 cylinder...
• Re: Headstud Horror PROGRESS
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 12:19:42 -0800
  ...it is possible to extract broken-off headstuds > without removing the engine; without even removing the cylinder "jugs". > It took about five hours of...
• THANKS FOR THE HELP...Re: Re: Removing watercooled cyl heads, engine in car
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 17:00:59 -0800
  ...This was very difficult to do because the ears were right next to the cylinder head studs, it was actually impossible to get a...
• Re: Engine Replacement or Gasket Fix?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:30:03 -0400
  ...All of the internal leaks where the cylinder meets the heads start out as head stud tension failure. Sometimes this can be corrected by...
• Re: Removing head studs
  Historical mailing list - Carroll Smith
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 15:55:55 GMT
  ...Removing head studs > > >>A trick I've used on these is to weld a nut onto the broken end of the >stub. >>This has...
• Re: Sure. . . Summary: Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 00:29:45 EDT
  ...therefore hitting the nut on it's top surface with the cylinder head acting as a support. >> Given enough room? Dear God, I would...
• Re: Leak Down Test, define ?
  Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix (Dwight Mattix)
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 09:46:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...same attention to cylinder to cylinder variation applies. toodles, dwight 85GL 100K last week 1.9 heads/studs died @ 75K 2.1 swap fire...
• 1.9L WBX Compression Test Question
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:08:55 +0000
  ...So he did a compression test on the cylinders. Results were interesting and I would welcome recommendations for further study or repair: the two...
• Re: Why Must I Use a Bar Type Torque Wrench On Cylinder Head Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - SyncroWesty
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:59:29 -0700
  ...Why Must I Use a Bar Type Torque Wrench On Cylinder Head Bolts? > SyncroWesty wrote: > > Why must I use a Bar Type Torque Wrench...
• Cooling System failure Prevention Idea.
  Historical mailing list - mark keller
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 15:00:53 -0400
  ...the heads which "clamps the cylinder head to the cylinders." This clamping force is dependand on the lenght of the steel studs in the...
• Re: no compression
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 6 May 2003 22:39:57 -0500
  ...4) Remove the cylinder head temp sender near the fire wall driver side. 5) Remove the sheet metal on the driver side. 6) You...
• Head bolts, studs turning?
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:58:45 -0600
  ...For those who have pulled the heads, I am not quite ready to unbolt the head, but I did put a socket on the...
• Re: Coolant Overpressurization / Head Gasket Leak
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:33:46 -0500
  ...Internal leaks between the tops of the >> cylinders and heads are really due to failure of the studs to keep the heads >> down under...
• Headstud Horror PROGRESS
  Historical mailing list - James Ruch
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 11:12:49 PST
  Hi All Well it turns out that it is possible to extract broken-off headstuds without removing the engine; without even removing the cylinder...
• Re: s&s header install and speedo question
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:27:17 -0400
  ...Put studs on one cylinder of each set of pipe and use bolts for the other cylinder for that pipe. Hang the pipe on...
• Re: locating my water/oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:46:29 -0400
  ...loose or broken head stud. One of the ones under the rocker arms. The next is the seal under the cylinder barrels. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Sat, 18 Jun 2016 11:45:11 -0700
  ...Increased loads lift the heads off the cylinders. Torqueing is the fix. There is a risk as the studs loosing preload can also indicate...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 20:49:50 -0700
  ...Now the head has > to come off and the cylinders have to come out. If the stud breaks near the > case you will be...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:03:47 -0500
  ...Those head studs are 200 or more a set and look like a real PITA to get out... hard studs never have anything to...
• Re: exhaust studs/bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Feb 2012 10:02:22 -0500
  From the factory cylinders 1 and 4 used the studs and 2,3 used bolts. Why! Maybe for access to get wrenches in place...
• Re: Should I rebuild the bottom end? Questions & photos.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Sep 2010 23:02:18 -0700
  ...the cylinders means the studs no longer maintained enough tension to keep the heads down under pressure. How do you figure ? the studs and...
• Re: Head Gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 16:53:33 -0800
  ...A large plume of smoke indicates a cracked head in most cars; as the Wasserboxer has pistons and cylinders roughly similar to the Type...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:02:45 -0500
  ...cylinder-to-case surface problems, cylinder-to-head problems, main bearing studs with sealing nuts, staked rod nuts, oil pump sealing nuts, or head...
• Re: low oil pressure/gas in oil
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 May 2004 17:10:47 -0500
  ...The cylinder with the bad head > gasket is not burning the fuel, so it is washing past the rings. Now for > why it blew...
• Re: DCL
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 09:59:43 -0800
  ...Some of the parts removal can be tricky, water > pump > bolt snapped on me and a head-stud grabbed and > snapped, comman for steel...
• RE: Water Pumper Head Corrosion
  Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix (Dwight Mattix)
  Wed, 8 May 1996 11:23:42 -0700 (PDT)
  ...dwight At 5:55 PM 5/8/96, Maher, Steve (SD-MS) wrote: >>> I propose a ground strap at least, from head to cylinder...
• Re: Hex Bolt on 1.9l coolant pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 14 May 2019 12:12:38 -0400
  ...cylinder head threads in, but will not tighten to specs. Just > wondering if it's maybe not the correct bolt. There's a stud...
• Coolant and oil mixing???
  Historical mailing list - Andy Yarnell
  Fri, 2 May 2003 17:05:46 -0500
  ...Is my oil cooler to blame? Broken head stud? Bad cylinder sealing gaskets (green and black)? After looking the archives, I thought it probably...
• fair price for engine transfer?
  Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:13:38 -0400
  ...put in my 86 snycro that currently apparently has busted cylinder head studs. Anyone have a guesstimate on hours/cost for the switch? - I...
• Re: Erosion between valves
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:23:26 -0800
  ...Could be > warped-twisted-cylinder seat damaged. Replace the studs as they are also > stretched. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: Summary: Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:03:48 -0700
  ...top > > surface with the cylinder head acting as a support. Using a hammer and > > chisel perpendicular to the stud can also work but i...
• Re: Trouble getting WBX piston out
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 3 Oct 2012 18:35:20 -0700
  ...I also use a bit of lapping > compound and lap the cylinders into the heads to get the top of the > cylinders really clean...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 19:35:59 -0800
  ...You only have to remove the exhaust pipe(s) with a stud in the head. From the factory one side uses studs. If both...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 20:16:56 -0500
  ...You only have to remove the exhaust pipe(s) with a stud in the head. From the factory one side uses studs. If both...
• Re: Machining Cylinder Heads a Viable Solutuion Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Wed, 6 Jan 1999 17:14:42 -0500
  ...Machining Cylinder Heads a Viable Solutuion to >> Wasserboxer Problem?Dear Readers: Is it possible to repair >> the Wasserboxer head problem by machining flat the...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 22:11:24 -0400
  ...Now the head has to come off and the cylinders have to come out. If the stud breaks near the case you will be...