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• Re: Antifreeze
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:05:46 -0500
  ...bottle and a thin orange coating on the inside of the water jacket, so I flushed the system before re-filling. I'm going...
• Re: folding kayaks (was Traveling lighter)
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 28 May 2005 22:08:38 -0400
  ...It is quite comfy and very stable in the water. It is not very "hydrodynamic" at all though. but it is fun to get...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 14:39:14 -0500
  ...I don't remeber how far the first went. > > The gaskets are splitting from what would appear to be the back, or water jacket...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Dec 2015 10:45:45 -0500
  ...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes Oh by the way you have to rotate the piston until the pin lines up with the...
• Re: It's alive, but it gives bad head! (Fixing head leak on '87 2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:53:46 -0400
  ...must be perfect - If above is OK, flat surface around outside of head where gasket/ water jacket sits: if flat, OK; if pitted, fill...
• Re: What do you keep in your van?
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 10:40:36 EST
  ...maps, coffee pot, water, etc. The bed is always made up, and there are jackets, rain gear, canned food, etc. in the bus. The...
• Re: Westy cabinet use
  Historical mailing list - Nolan Hester
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 14:41:40 -0800
  ...Nolan 87 Westy "El Oeste" ========================== >DRAWER > >Utensils + pens, matches, spare AA batteries, key to water tank >SINK CABINET > >food, solar charge controler top shelf...
• Re: westy - what do you keep in your cupboards?
  Historical mailing list - Nolan Hester
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:17:57 -0700
  ...jumper cables, spare gas can, water hose, extension cord, tow rope, flares, solar shower bag when empty, chains (in season) * solar shower bag when...
• Re: Stopping a Head Leak
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:35:22 -0500
  ...If it's a leak out of the water jacket, put product in called Conklin Dyke in the radiator. http://www.conklin.com/catalog...
• Re: Most miles on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 08:34:07 -0800
  ...Both heads were cracked up into the water jacket even though the van >didn't overheat (according to the gauge anyway). New heads, gaskets...
• Re: DIY Head Gaskets, (Long) Please Check!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 17:51:58 -0400
  ...Look from above now and grabbing the water jacket do the same trick of pushing with your thumbs. What you want to do is...
• broken gasket on WBX engine
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 09:27:05 -0600
  ...The thick rubber gasket between the right head and the water jacket was torn and one end was sticking out. What may have caused...
• Re: About coolant
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:49:21 -0800
  ...and a water/vapor mixture > (foam if you will) at the heat transfer interfaces (water/metal contact > point in the water jackets and radiator...
• Re: 85 1.9 GL- No.VA head gasket repair shop?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:13:40 -0800
  ...where > the leak was.I could stick my pinkie inside the water jacket!It was do or > die now.I placed a hair dryer...
• Re: Fw: What circuit runs the cabin light?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 27 May 1999 14:24:54 -0700
  ...I pulled the front carpet and pad out (they were badly in need of cleaning anyway), and I am running a length of jacketed...
• Re: cold weather leaks
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 15:40:26 -0800
  ...s not a head gasket to cylinder leak but only the water jacket) I've put off the expense of pulling the heads for...
• Re: Removing watercooled cyl heads, engine in car
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 22:34:22 -0800
  ...I'm on the > > #1 & #2 side, I've separated the cylinder head about 3/4" from the > > block(water jacket) and I can...
• Re: Coolant in the oil?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 18 Feb 2019 14:18:14 -0800
  ...wrote: > > > > Could be a hole eaten in the case between the water jacket and the base. > > Or a broken head stud that is allowing...
• Re: Still doesn't add up, was: Re: [Syncro] Oil pressure mystery--Now: you're normal!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 17:51:00 -0700
  ...The WBX is basically the old 2.0 air cooled engine case with water jackets and water cooled heads, and as it heats up...
• Re: jugs, vw that is...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 18:25:20 -0700
  The shroud (actually the cylinder water jacket) is cast as part of the block. It cannot be removed. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: Jay...
• Re: Winter storage leaking heads seals
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 23:23:33 -0500
  ...There > may be some pitting of the edge of the water jacket on the head. Some > volks fill this with JB weld; others use...
• Re: just one drip
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 03:07:41 -0700
  ...If a leak is due to overpressure in the water jacket from leaky head gaskets or cracked head(s) there WILL be HC there...
• Re: Stuck Head
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:18:07 -0700
  ...So, I > cut away all of the outer water gasket and can slip a knife between the > head and the water jacket all the...
• Re: exhaust header thread repair gone wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:07:26 -0400
  ...exhaust header thread repair gone wrong? I think I may have penetrated the water jacket when repairing the stripped exhaust header bolt holes on...
• Re: Goofy Coolant Refresh Idea. fish
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 13:01:14 -0800
  ...You can even do > a case modification on the block so that the water jacket is transparent, > and you can see the flow inside...
• Re: Engine question just curious
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:17:32 -0300
  ...such, it is pretty much an air-cooled pancake with a water jacket. The T3 was available elsewhere in the world with inline engines...
• Re: Oxyboxer Motors
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:16:12 +1000
  ...and 2.1 Wasserboxer motors into Oxyboxers. > They machine off the water jackets and fit air-cooled cylinder barrels > and cylinder heads to make...
• Heads are off; now what?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 00:23:42 -0700
  ...the circlips through a small hole in the side of the water jacket (if I'm reading this correctly). Looks like a major PITA...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Dec 2015 09:50:51 -0600
  ...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes > > Oh by the way you have to rotate the piston until the pin lines up with > the...
• Re: Coolant Question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:18:18 -0700
  ...the pushrod shields and you will find drain plugs on each water jacket. You can skip the last step (which can take you all...
• Re: '85 Westfalia Engine Dying:II
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 11:25:28 -0500
  ...The tubes, in case it's not clear, are simply housings for the pushrods which pass outside of the water jacket, between the case...
• Re: repeatedly blowing head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Zehring, Michael
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 08:44:20 -0500
  ...I don't remeber how far the first went. > > The gaskets are splitting from what would appear to be the back, or water jacket...
• FW: 1984 Vanagon....overheating
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:25:54 -0700
  ...It appears that I don't get circulation through the water jacket. I just had a new thermostat installed. I drove for about 3...
• Re: 85GL 1.9 Busted alternator mounting bracket stud ..2nd time in 2 years
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:13:42 -0700
  ...the stud/bolt that go into the block hairs from the water > jackets :( > on the lower bracket under that alt : > realy not feeling good...
• Re: Coolant Draining
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:28:38 -0400
  ...engine IF one does > > > NOT pull the plugs on the engine water-jackets when doing a coolant > replace ? > > > > > > I'm curious as I replaced...
• Re: Coolant Strangeness
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:05:56 -0500
  ...The engine compression goes into the water jacket and pumps the coolant into the expansion tank, then into the overflow tank which then overflows...
• Re: Can I do my own head gasket replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 11:43:37 -0700
  One thing nice about pulling the engine out is that if your water jacket needs welding/machining or if your water pump mating surface...
• Re: G.E.A.R. Seat Covers - Smittybilt
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:20:49 -0600
  ...Has a big flat pocket for maps and atlases, pockets for bottled water, flashlights, vinyl gloves, batteries and all kinds of other stuff. I...
• Re: Removing head studs
  Historical mailing list - Cliff
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 09:05:17 -0600
  ...well,even on those that have broken WAY down in the water >jackets. Of course,you'll need to remove the cylinders and pistons...
• Coolant Leak around Sensor in Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Howald
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:41:39 PST
  ...head gasket has been compromised, compression may be leaking into the water jacket and causing backpressure into the coolant tank, thus forcing the leak...
• need good vw shop in kansas city-waterpump woes-long
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 07:02:12 -0800
  ...i really don't see how im supposed to get the top pipe leading to the passnger side water jacket off, it slip fits...
• Re: 1.9 Wasserboxer differences? (63 kW vs 66 kW)
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Mon, 25 May 2009 13:12:39 -0700
  ...Oh, and water jacket gaskets..and..and.. Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com 86 Syncro Westy Zetec in the trunk ----- Original...
• Re: main bearing torque
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:51:05 -0700
  ...the main bearings on a 2.1 waterboxer(the 4 cap >nuts inside the water jacket, and the two nuts on the outside?) The...
• Re: G.E.A.R. Seat Covers - Smittybilt
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:26:23 -0600
  ...So besides a seat that fully reclined (with arm rests) I had a place to keep the dustpan/broom & a couple of water bottles...
• Re: exhaust header thread repair gone wrong?
  Historical mailing list - Douglas L. Urner
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 11:14:44 -0700
  ...Doug >I think I may have penetrated the water jacket when repairing the = >stripped exhaust header bolt holes on the head of my 1...
• Re: Coolant leak - it was bound to happen
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:21:24 -0400
  ...not the gaskets on the jacket. >> >> An suggestions or bets? As long as it's not the water jacket, I'll be >> happy. >> >> Roy
• Re: jb weld
  Historical mailing list - ChuckKuecker
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 17:22:05 -0600
  ...Backus > Cracks in heads only matter if they go all the way through a valve seat or to the water jacket, etc. JB Weld...
• Head gasket FIX!!!
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Sat, 12 Jul 97 20:29:00 -0500
  ...What would happen if vanagon waterboxers had such a system? Would the engine stay cool after a hot run? Would the water jacket gasket...
• Re: WBX motor rather than ....
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:49:49 -0700
  ...water cooled they built a motor kinda like VWs..in that it's really an air > cooled 911 cobbled up with water jackets around...
• Re: aircraft engine NVC
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:12:42 -0700
  ...Intake, exhaust, > and other?� Makes one wonder if this thing has water > jacketed heads that > call for use of a cooling fluid� instead of...
• VW Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sean Barry
  1 MAR 1995 00:20:43 GMT
  ...The water jacket gasket on one side is leaky, and I have taken the head off to fix, but have run out of time...
• Re: VDO Coolant Gauge Sender on a 2.1L....Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 19:55:17 -0700
  ...the engine - then you could get a coolant reading in the water jacket that surrounds the cylinders? Two places I have thought of - don...
• Re: Need input on radiator problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 23:17:25 -0500
  ...As for the 1.9L coolant circulation in the water jacket, i agree, but i did some test on a 1.9L (brother in...
• head gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:54:36 -0500
  ...though, but it does not want to push back into the water jacket. I di dget the head off, but I think the jug...
• Re: Heads are off; now what?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 10:52:42 +0000
  ...The problem is that on the wbx, the water jacket and the head studs are in *just* the wrong place to allow you to...
• Re: leaking head gasket Question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 16:51:12 -0600
  ...head and the rubber gasket that is between it and the water jacket when you are under the engine. (you will probably have to...
• Re: Retrofit Electric Pumps and a 110V pre-heat circulating system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:40:08 -0500
  ...Retrofit Electric Pumps and a 110V pre-heat circulating system If you install a simple in line jacket water heater as is available at...
• Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 5 Apr 2012 15:57:34 -0400
  ...from Evans coolant after showing > them a photo of typical Vanagon water jacket seal corrosion, and asking if > using their coolant would help: > > ".......we...
• head electrolysis cure?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 14:32:38 -0400
  ...has anyone ever tried using some sort of sacrificial anode in the water jacket to reduce/elimate the reduction/oxidation reaction that results in...
• Re: The infamous leaking head gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 07:40:23 -0500 (EST)
  ...why? :) cold temps cause the alloy water jackets t shrink the same on each side, and I'd say your gaskets are both old...