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• Re: update on oil spray problem
  Historical mailing list - Brad Hopp
  Tue, 27 Sep 1994 15:46:19 -0700 (PDT)
  On Tue, 27 Sep 1994, Stuart Hutton wrote: [ symptoms deleted ] > Here's the first problem: > I am trying to order the head gasket but...
• Head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 07:02:09 -0700
  1986 Westfalia, 200,000 miles, original engine still in van, three sets of head gaskets: 1st replacement by VWOA @ 88,416 miles, 2nd replacement...
• Re: Install metal donut or gasket between pipe and cat inlet on Vanagon exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:19:10 -0500
  ...It will outlast those exhaust gaskets. If you only have a cove on the inlet of the CAT, and not on the mating flange...
• Re: Drips at gasket, can't tighten more
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:38:45 +0000
  Cylinder head nut torque has no effect on the outer gaskets. the clamping load holds the heads on top of the cylinders and the...
• Re: Electrolysis and prevention of corrosion: It CAN be done...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:10:24 EST
  All this talk about preventing the head gasket corrosion, makes me think about WHY I had the sealing surface of my heads ceramic coated...
• Re: Head Gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 22 May 1998 14:27:07 -0700
  At 02:35 PM 5/22/98 -0400, zyno wrote: >Hi, well its time to do my head gaskets. I just got the gasket...
• Re: Head gasket leaks and winter weather
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:30:00 -0500
  Yes, but better a massive failure of the gasket in your garage then next winter a long ways from home! Al Brase Eric Zeno...
• Re: put goo on gaskets or not?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 2 Jan 2005 23:57:59 -0500
  ...So i use """Loctite 518 gasket sealant""" on ALL mating surface + the aftermarket gasket, even on pushrods O-rings!!! Result = NO leak after 60k...
• Re: Head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 20:02:09 -0700
  1986 Westfalia, 200,000 miles, original engine still in van, three sets of head gaskets: 1st replacement by VWOA @ 88,416 miles, 2nd replacement...
• Re: SLIDING DOOR LOWER GASKET CHANNEL REPLACEMENT ?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 13:24:24 -0400
  ...Re: [VANAGON] SLIDING DOOR LOWER GASKET CHANNEL REPLACEMENT ? > Sheese Bob, no need to yell about it. =) > > Sorry, but I don't have a solution...
• Re: exhaust gaskets needed
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Sat, 8 Nov 2008 17:00:13 -0700
  ...exhaust gaskets needed > > >> I need to replace the 2 hole exhaust gaskets on a stock setup. Nobody >> seems to have them along the border...
• Re: Head Gaskets
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 23 May 1998 11:11:49 -0100
  > I'm not sure where you obtained the gasket set, but they usually come with > sealant to use on a small tube. > A few...
• Head Gasket?
  Historical mailing list - guymon
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 14:23:36 -0600
  I've been told my head gasket has blown! It's not your normal coolant leaking head blow. It fact I'm not leaking...
• Dometic door gasket availability
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 08:36:37 -0400
  Help! We need a new door gasket on our fridge ('85) and were told by someone at the Dometic 800 number yesterday that they...
• Exhust nuts, bolts, studs & gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Henckel
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:56:58 -0700
  ...1/ What size nuts & bolts and head studs? 2/ Washers - flat, lock, or star? 3/ Bentley shows a 'doughnut' shaped gasket after the exhust...
• Exhaust system discrepencies
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hudgik
  Sun, 14 Jun 1998 16:49:03 -0400
  ...The Bentley shows a beveled "donut" type gasket on one end and a flat gasket on the other. The "donut" gasket end of the...
• Deck Height/CR
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:50:11 -0600
  ...Deck height (w/ no gaskets or shims) = .025" chamber CC = 56 cc Piston Dish = 15 cc Swept = 94mm x 71mm (1970 displacement) My gasket...
• Re: Removing gold gasket from aluminum
  Historical mailing list - Dave Yates
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:12:08 +1000
  ...Removing gold gasket from aluminum > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > So that's why these vans are getting so expensive- the infamous gold head...
• Heads gasket job (new section)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:50:23 -0500
  Hey guys, as i have 3 head gasket job to do this week (all vanagon's, 84, 85, 87), i have decided to finally...
• exhaust gasket question 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:44:38 -0500
  My first question is why does a Vanagon full gasket set come with only two head-to-pipe gaskets when it requires four? My...
• Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:25:47 -0400
  ...I have never heard of anyone having trouble with the OEM spec skylights, or needing an oversized gasket. A defective gasket could probably be...
• Re: leaking final drive oil pan (AT)
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:37:01 -0400
  the gasket has been hanging around my garage for a long time. I think it was OEM, funny German sounding name, pretty thick and...
• Re: head gaskets and time bombs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 00:08:53 -0500
  In a message dated 96-02-05 19:27:00 EST, SyncroHead@aol.com writes: >The haed gaskets that leak coolant on a Vanagon...
• Re: Catalytic Conv Gaskets (Was muffler)
  Historical mailing list - David E Most
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 01:46:29 -0400
  ...buy the cat with the two different gaskets, buy the extra > triangular gasket as I mentioned in the earlier post and keep the doughnut...
• Head gasket leak options
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Thu, 22 Jul 1999 08:35:26 -0700
  Hi there, My 89 Westy with 60k miles has started to leak at the right head gasket. I'm getting ready to get it...
• Head gasket sealing
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 18:12:16 EDT
  Greetings and Salutations; I was surveyed by my head rebuilder to find out if I used gasket sealer on both sides of the head...
• Re: Engine pull on scale of 1 to 10
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:15:03 -0700
  Who said anything about re-using head gaskets? <looks around for culprit> If the 1984 Vanagon engine is as easy to pull as my...
• Final Drive pan gasket
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Tue, 8 Aug 2017 22:50:31 -0400
  I changed the pan gasket on the final drive section of my automatic transmission today. When I torqued it down to 7 lb. ft...
• Re: Silicone oder nein
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 21:23:22 -0600
  I have used Permatex's Black Weather Strip Adhesive on water pump gaskets for years and years. I use it anywhere that gas and...
• Re: leaking final drive oil pan (AT)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:30:36 -0700
  Hi, yes something like The Right Stuff will work very well there for a gasket, by itself, on very clean dry surfaces. I don...
• $400 for new head and gasket set
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 May 1999 09:35:52 EDT
  I am running a one time special on a new 2.1l AMC head and a German head gasket kit (one side only). $400...
• FS, gasket kit for air-cooled vanagon, two-person slide-out middle seat
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 23:37:14 -0800
  I have a complete Victor-Reinz engine gasket kit for an '80-83 Vanagon, only problem , one gasket-spacer for the intake manifold is...
• Re: Coolant leak in cold storage
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:59:50 EST
  ...Coolant leak in cold storage The leak if from the head gaskets will not stop. It may look as if it did but you...
• Re: Trans pan gasket
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 9 Mar 2016 11:15:37 -0500
  ...Seems straight forward: > > Drain the oil > Take off the pan > Remove gasket residue > Replace gasket and pan > Fill with oil > > Anything I'm missing...
• Re: Arbitrating VW - Vanagon Head Gaskets
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 02:11:37 -0500
  ...I think typical is 60-100K between gaskets. Jim Davis 87 Syncro 88 Wolfsburg
• RE: Ever replace the gasket in the big sunroof?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Apr 97 02:31:20 UT
  ...Before I tape the seam up, I'd like to try replacing the gasket. I bought replacement gasket material from a dealer. What adhesive...
• Re: cylinder head drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:18:56 -0500
  ...I redid my off the wall head gasket repair last weekend.It worked,and I am now driving again,but it is leaking at...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Dec 2015 20:33:11 -0500
  The Vanagon head gasket design is not anything like the Subaru or Jeep which both are conventional gasket design. Any solids based sealer may...
• Re: Rear Hatch Gasketage
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 21:42:40 -0500
  ...I have never heard of anyone having trouble with the OEM spec skylights, or needing an oversized gasket. A defective gasket could probably be...
• Re: CV joint gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (hopeless VW nut)
  Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:06:25 -0500
  ...CV joint gasket question Greetings all, I am in the process of cleaning and relubing the CV joints in the 84 Westy that my...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 10:24:13 -0700
  I could be wrong, but neither Bentley nor ETKA show a gasket that I can see. How could you accureately set the pump gear...
• Re: Choosing a case sealer
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:58:39 -0700
  ...Anaerobic gasket maker. Permatex is so.... old school. Jim
• Re: Removing gold gasket from aluminum
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:07:14 -0500
  ...Gold head gaskets $$$ For normal ones use some brake cleaner spray and a scraper. Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com On 12...
• New File Head Gasket How To.
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 12:35:55 -0500 (CDT)
  I've added a nice description of head gasket replacment by Herb Harmison <herbh@iastate.edu> to the Vanagon Files location on the gopher...
• Re: Head Gasket sealant sorry 1 more time
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:02:04 -0800
  > ALL, and I mean ALL the head gaskets I have installed with both Loctite > Ultra Copper RTV Hi-Temp Silicon Sealant do you use...
• update on oil spray problem
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Sep 1994 09:55:43 -0600
  ...So, I need to replace the head gasket. Here's the first problem: I am trying to order the head gasket but the following...
• Re: Service Outlet Gaskets / upgrade? / replace?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:19:50 -0400
  ...The gasket had been crushed flat in this short time. Without pressure against the steel and plastic box,it will not seal well. I...
• Re: How expensive to fix these problems?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:43:30 -0500
  ...Thats ok, but leaking gaskets get progressively worse to the point where they wont hold water at all. I hear that Subaru head gasket...
• Re: Muffler Parts
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 24 May 2002 16:22:01 -0400
  ONE gasket only in each circumstance where two parts come together, do NOT sandwich gaskets. For the crossover tube to the exhaust fitting, this...
• Re: rear air duct gasket
  Historical mailing list - Coddington
  Fri, 16 Jul 1999 18:18:19 -0700
  Anybody know the part number for that air duct gasket? And what years it fits? Tom, in No. Calif. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing...
• AT final drive oil sump gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 14 Nov 2006 14:39:56 -0700
  I just received the gasket for the final drive (diff.) oil sump cover on my '88 Westy. In scraping off the old one, it...
• Re: Skylight leak
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 24 Sep 2016 09:38:49 -0700
  Hi, Have a gander at how the skylight sits on the gasket, from the outside. As the plexi swings down into the gasket it...
• Re: AT final drive oil sump gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:14:12 -0500
  ...AT final drive oil sump gasket? I was told by the dealer that they improved the gasket and that the screws should also be...
• Leaking Head Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Bob Jackson
  Mon, 9 Jan 95 09:15:45 EST
  I have an 87 Vanagon Synchro with 49000 miles which is slowly leaking coolant out the head gaskets. My local mechanic says that it...
• pipes?
  Historical mailing list - David Chec
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 21:05:35 EDT
  Does any one out there know if there is a way to replace one pipe gasket w/o removing more than one pipe? I...
• 1.9 Head Gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Mon, 24 May 2004 15:00:13 -0400
  ...for cheep $'s What is the best source for head gaskets? Busdepot? Boston Bob? or?? Anything else I need to do this job, like...
• Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:52:56 +0000
  ...I have seen cases where the rubber gasket is pinched too tight ... and , and in 6 months or so, it's likely  that gasket...
• Re: Need help with old gasket removal (Thanks)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 18 Oct 2000 23:12:31 -0700
  ...Need help with old gasket removal (Thanks) > Hi All, > > Just like to thank those that helped me with the > gasket removal question a week...
• Re: Head sealants??
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Fri, 11 May 2007 14:06:17 -0500
  ...Use Permatex Gasket Remover to remove old gaskets." The material safety data sheet for their brake cleaner at http://www.permatex.com/documents/msds...
• Re: bleeding the coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 05:37:00 -0400
  <snip> Also, the mechanic told me i had a leaky head gasket, but i haven't seen any leaks except a tiny one from...