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• Re: Synthetic Oil
  Historical mailing list - Bill Thomas
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:40:27 EST
  Check out the o-rings under the breather and where the dipstick tube fits into the block. The breather o-ring was hardened and...
• Re: Leaky Oil cooler 89 GL
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 00:23:05 -0800
  ...Todd '88 Westy "Stanley, Kerry" wrote: > Hi all, > > If you have an older vanagon do replace this o-ring. As mentioned there was a...
• Re: AC Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:09:49 -0700
  ...Be > sure to use AC quality "o" rings and not the ordinary rubber > variety. > > There are also several other "o" rings where connections are...
• Re: 85 1.9L Water Pump Installation
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 15:05:03 -0700
  ...Should I use gasket sealer on the water pump O-Ring? I saw > Permatex Ultra Copper listed. A few months ago I took my...
• Re: Fed up with Auto-fill valve
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:28:03 -0400
  ...It can be disassembled and cleaned out ( a new o-ring is about $20).If you have an aluminum autostop valve ,the people who...
• Re: head compression leak again!#$%!
  Historical mailing list - Joe
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 07:29:49 -0500
  ...First time I did not spend enough time cleaning up the O-ring grove on the out side end of the cylinders. The O...
• Re: Dipstick O-Ring
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:24:15 -0700
  o-rings exposed to fuel or oil should be neoprene I believe, and not just plain rubber. On 3/10/2013 9:29 PM...
• Re: head seal replacement
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 05:30:14 EST
  ...I take it to mean that these head seals are to be replaced without renewing the O-ring at the base of the cylinder...
• Re: Temp II sensor o-ring confusion
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 00:01:31 -0600
  ...I O-ring is absolutely needed > otherwise it will be leak badly. > > ---------------------------------------- > Laurence Smith > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > 90 Westy (fanumbos) > 87 GL (Subaru conversion...
• Re: Oil Cooler O Ring Procedure
  Historical mailing list - Jim Quan
  Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:32:33 -0800
  ...Oil Cooler O Ring Procedure > >Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:38:31 -0800 > > > >If th O ring is shot, then it is time...
• Re: oil leak above the oil filter.
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:32:30 -0400
  By the way this o-ring is tricky to change (assuming your van is like my 2.1 was). You need to remove the...
• Re: Oil Cooler O Ring Procedure
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:17:04 -0500
  ...Oil Cooler O Ring Procedure >Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:04:45 -0500 > >Searched the archives, got 10 pages, been to Ben's...
• Re: Wbx crank shaft seal
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 15 Jun 2021 19:19:36 -0700
  Btw, the o ring I removed was very hard and brittle Alistair > On Jun 15, 2021, at 6:50 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail...
• Re: O ring making kit
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 19:26:22 -0600
  ...I'm not interested in saving 89 cents worth of rubber bands and it is too late to save 11 year old o rings...
• Re: Is this question just too stupid?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:56:59 -0700
  ...I put the black O-rings at the top of the >>> cylinder, not the green ones. Do I redo this installation because >>> the >>> O...
• Re: Oil cooler o-ring Leak ?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:49:19 -0500
  One of the things my '91 GL Campmobile had wrong when I bought it was an oil cooler o-ring leak. Replaced it, no...
• Re: Cold Temps Cause Gas Tank Seal Leak?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:08:49 -0800
  I hear ya. ;) Worst offender, aside from my laziness, is that the pipe likely "wore" the O ring (grommet) into a position, then was...
• Re: Heads, lifters, the usual..
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 4 May 2002 23:06:16 -0400
  <snip> whether to remove the cylinder barrels and replace the lower o rings <snip> Of course the final decision ... and the risk is yours...
• Re: vacuum leak at breather tower?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:43:32 -0500
  Yep, And there is an o ring. The o ring is probably melted flat into the plastic tower but it was there. Look carefully...
• sealant for coolant pipe
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 10:53:31 -0500
  Hi all, I recently installed a new o-ring at the junction of the big black water pipe (2.1 engine ) and the water...
• O-ring for temp II sensor - again
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:09:09 -0500
  ...If it isn't the correct part - can somebody please tell me what the part number for a Temp II o-ring is (1...
• Heater Core O ring?
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 19:35:57 -0700
  ...connects to my new heater core? Didn't get a little o-ring with the new core and now I've got a little...
• 91 GL Oil Cooler O-Ring replacement
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Boyd
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:29:54 -0800
  Just had my tranmission oil changed and the mechanic said my oil cooler needs to have the o-rings replaced. Seems pretty straight forward...
• Re: Changing the Black O Ring On a Cylnder Sleeve...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:52:33 -0500
  The o-rings at the bottom do not see the same heat as near the head. But still they take a compression set and...
• Re: Head Update (getting worse)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Olmstead
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 19:04:23 -0800
  ...Head Update (getting worse) Hi Jim, I have 2 the new o-ring (uppers: green ones) might as well replace both (2 bucks a...
• Re: seal at lower t-stat housing to cyl head
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 09:12:29 -0700
  ...Too late for me to add additional sealant, but the o-ring and the new t-stat are installed. That's a difficult place...
• Re: replacing oil cooler O-ring
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:10:23 -0500
  ...The oil cooler o-ring won"t come offwithout disconecting the oil cooler from your colant lines. Get a couple of pairs of needle...
• Fuel hoses and mystery
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 17 May 1999 08:45:29 -0400
  ...Incidentally on both engines the injector seals, oil breather O-ring, dipstick O-ring, thermostat and water-pump O-ring and the O-ring...
• Re: '88 Westy Transmission Repair $2500?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 27 May 2005 13:27:16 -0700
  ...O-RING 1 010 398 007KIT OVERHAUL KIT 4 089 409 069 O-RING 1 010 409 085E SEAL 1 010 409 259A O...
• Re: HEAD JOB gasket questions
  Historical mailing list - D. Ranoel
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 19:06:40 -0700
  ...My gasket kit was short 1 "O-ring gasket " (Bentley Page 15.22). Desperate to not lose more time waiting for a replacement, I...
• Re: Flywheel Install / O - ring
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:44:31 -0700
  there is a large thin o-ring that goes inside the flywheel.. right where it bolts to the crank. Those get hard and leak...
• Re: Bus work in the barn and Tiny O Ring on Differential
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:53:46 -0500
  ...That small o-ring is for the drain space between the two seals. The seals need to be positioned so that any oil goes...
• Re: Dometic Exhaust O Ring
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:19:48 -0700
  ...It seems the front face of O-ring seats against this ridge. Also checked by trying O-rings on 3rd groove. It didn't...
• Re: The heater valve O ring
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:01:07 -0700
  ...You could coat the o-ring with some silicone grease. -Mark On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 6:49 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast...
• Re: On with its head! (Replacing right head on an '87 2.1 l)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:54:13 -0400
  ...As for that lower O-ring... even if the engine is still �N the van, on the horizontal, it's easy to replace that...
• Re: Tranny O-ring size
  Historical mailing list - Robert Downes
  Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:58:11 -0800
  well, McMaster lists one made of viton for $7.35 in their magical portal -- http://www.mcmaster.com/#o-rings/ viton is pretty good...
• Re: that dreaded rear heater ...
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Thu, 1 Nov 2012 21:21:38 -0700
  ...so, combining responses - new o ring�+ sealant = mission accomplished for the rest of my ownership ...������� =(: D)�������< warm,happy Vanagonaut with bad hair mike h...
• Re: Dipstick O-Ring
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:32:17 -0400
  ...O-ring, oil dipstick tube to engine, N 900 322 03 - $2.80 It's a pretty standard O-ring although it may be...
• Re: type IV push rod tubes leaking in 914 (advice needed)
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:46:03 -0500
  ...I have new o-rings and have read that I can use RTV > > silicone to > > help the o-rings seal. My question is: Do...
• Re: Pressurized Cooling Sys./Cyl. Head
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 5 May 2001 08:49:56 -0400
  ...As I see it the metal rings seal the combustion chamber and the little green "O" rings seal the cooling system. Joe ----- Original Message...
• Re: The heater valve O ring
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 13 Oct 2021 21:15:58 -0400
  ...Hi Folks, > > It took about two weeks but I received my O ring from GW. I’ve replaced it before and it lasted about...
• Re: 2.1 l. thermo body o-ring size?
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:08:28 -0700
  ...thermo body o-ring size? Hello: I am replacing the o-ring between the thermostat body and the engine on my '87 VANAGON. The...
• Re: Gasket sealer
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 10:52:47 -0800
  ...In a perfect world yes >there would be no need of sealer when putting in o-rings. That is thier job >to act as...
• Re: 2.1 ring recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 27 May 2009 11:02:01 -0700
  The lower o-rings can be changed without removing the cylinders. I'd be inclined to simply change all the o-rings and compression...
• Re: Cold Temps Cause Gas Tank Seal Leak?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:18:49 -0600
  ...That's why they use O-ring seals. The O-rings are suppposed to expand and take up the slack, onless they are hard...
• Re: water pump advice / Murphy's law
  Historical mailing list - Richie Chunda
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 08:09:49 EDT
  ...I do hope that your new pump has the 2 new rubber "O" rings, if not, let's hope that your old "O" rings...
• Re: 91 GL Oil Cooler O-Ring replacement
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:13:44 -0800
  ...Remove them, watch the fluid drain out, change the o-rings, re-install, refill tranny. Z Thomas Boyd <tomaboyd@YAHOO.COM> wrote: Just had...
• Re: FI questions on 84 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Owen Brand
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 07:28:31 -0600
  ...FI questions on 84 1.9 > The larger o-ring is the one where the bracket holds > the injectors in. They are not your...
• FW: auto trans
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 10:51:29 -0700
  ...QTY DESCRIPTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 SEAL(010 409 085E) - $3.09 2 O-RING(011 519 345) - $1.20 2 SEAL(016 409 399B) - $5.20...
• Re: rear heater on 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:50:08 -0700
  ...new O-ring and "form-a-gasket" material. No leaks. But then I just took out the rear heater for summer use (I blocked...
• Re: Sensor Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 12:50:25 EDT
  ...The dealer most always sells their sensors WITHOUT the O-Ring (unless there's been a change recently). If just the O-Ring is...
• Re: Head sealants??
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Fri, 11 May 2007 10:42:50 -0400
  On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:27:53 -0500, Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA> wrote: >"as for the bottom black >o-ring, it all...
• Re: removal of coolant level sensor?
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:39:48 -0500
  Even with a new sensor and o-ring I had a leak too. I used some plumbers tape around the threads. So far so...
• Re: Power Steering Reservoir O-Ring
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 4 Dec 2012 15:07:29 -0800
  There are 2 O-Rings: Small one on the smaller cap on the cover (if there is one - there's sometimes a plug (431...
• Re: that dreaded rear heater ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 1 Nov 2012 11:33:07 -0700
  ...no o-ring is even needed. Just clean things very well to bare plastic and rubber.. put it back together with a high quality...
• Re: Auto Trans Governor Seal
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 23:01:31 -0700
  ...Not much fluid will drain out when you replace the o-ring so you can do the pan gasket and change fluid at a...
• Re: Temp sens 'O' ring size?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Lockwood
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:22:30 EDT
  Jerry, I cannot say for sure that the two o-rings are the same size, but I think that they are. Your local VW...
• Water Adapter Repairing?
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 16:31:08 +0200
  ...The lid seems to be held on by a press fit with an O Ring and some glue. Their are no cracks in the...
• Re: Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A (repost)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:14:47 -0600
  ...No sealant required; may be held in >place with grease >while installing. >6) Upper piston O-rings. No sealant. >7) Lower Piston O-rings...
• Re: Update: Replaced heads, now water in oil
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 00:04:40 -0400
  The o-rings at the top of the cylinders had nothing to do with water in the oil. You need to check the o...