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Cold enough for ya? (Frydaye)
Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
Fri, 15 Dec 2000 09:24:02 -0700
...32 above - Distilled water freezes. Canadian water gets thicker. 20 above - Floridians wear coats, gloves & wool hats. Canadians throw on a t-shirt. 15...
Re: Transmission corroding through
Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
Thu, 7 Apr 2005 02:23:52 -0400
...This is basically what I just got done doing to the water jackets on my engine! tabe johnson xtabe@yahoo.com -- original message -- Date...
Re: 1.9L WBX to 2.1L WBX -
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:46:36 -0800
...This is not possible with a waterboxer since the water jackets would then be too short. Mark John Rodgers wrote: > Paul, thanks. > > You answered...
Re: Re[2]: J.B. Weld Head Repair
Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
Wed, 1 Apr 1998 11:01:47 -0800
In response to this message: >The gaskets (water jacket) do not fail "catastrophically" They will seep for a >time then leak and then leak...
Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 20 Dec 2015 21:17:13 +0000
Oh by the way you have to rotate the piston until the pin lines up with the hole in the outer water jacket that...
Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Sun, 20 Dec 2015 17:54:18 +0000
I had no luck with the Suby conditioner, but then my gasket was torn. I also paid a lot less than the $30.00...
1986 Vangon Cylinder head leaks - repair / Vanagon parts
Historical mailing list - Michael Harris
Tue, 22 Oct 1996 00:41:11 -0700
...Should I now remove all the barrels completely to replace the gaskets/sealing rings for the coolant jacket? Is it difficult to compress the...
Re: Weird Stuff----
Historical mailing list - David Richoux
Sun, 10 Feb 2002 21:56:59 -0800
...system, introduced by the leaks in the water lines. (or you may have the classic head gasket/water jacket leak as well! :-( Dave Richoux
Re: Subaru engine swap list??, and FS 1.9l engine complete
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Tue, 10 Mar 1998 16:40:28 -0500
...s the same old aircooled engine >Ferdinand designed, with some extra water jackets on it. Overhead cams, 4 >valves/cyl. And a very solidly...
Re: Some potentially stupid questions
Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
Thu, 4 Nov 2010 12:36:40 -0400
...The tin and seal are part of a cooling system that was > replaced by a water jacket and radiator. > > Mark > '82 AC Westy > > On...
Re: Calling Doktor Tim! Question regarding the D.M. and HeadGaskets (Friday)
Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 14:04:47 -0700
...What to do??? Let's make up a prototype standard proven >air cooled with water jackets and test it and see what happens in...
Re: Head Leak Questions...
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:44:45 -0500
...gasket, as the rubber one would more properly be called a water jacket gasket-- will probably be obvious. Take a look for sure. If...
Re: Turbo wasserboxer
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Fri, 20 Jun 2003 22:36:29 EDT
...It has been done in T1 engines and the WBX is really a beefed T1 engine with water jackets... You would have to loose...
Re: Head Leak ?
Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
Mon, 13 Apr 1998 03:42:45 -0400
...The leak everyone has problems with is between the head and the water jacket portion of the block. Usually manifested as a squirt from...
from LiMBO: the Vanagon Wasserboxer
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 13 Feb 95 14:36:21 CST
...If you have a vehicle with an engine that has the old fashioned cast iron block with an integral water jacket, it is a...
Head gasket leak - does retorquing work?
Historical mailing list - Various
Fri, 10 May 2002 18:04:47 -0300
...If I have a water jacket leak, is it likely that I have coolant in my combustion chamber leak also? (as I said, otherwise...
Sealing goop on cylinder sleeve inboard ends?
Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
Sun, 19 Oct 2003 16:51:38 -0700
...I know that it may upset some of the faithful, but this whole water jacket thing is a stinky design IMO. Regards, Rob It...
Re: Stuck Head
Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:30:34 -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: Draining cooling system?
Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
Sun, 16 Sep 2001 02:06:00 +0600
Don't forget that frequent flushing with tap water in hard water areas can cause the calcium to deposit inside your cooling jacket and...
Re: Coolant Drain - 2.1 L
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Tue, 15 Sep 2015 14:53:00 -0400
...maybe one of those drains in the water jackets near the pushrod tubes? Only one of mine will loosen... Have to consider the thermostat...
Re: VDO Coolant Temp Gauge Sender...where to put???
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:45:49 -0700
...of the larger coolant hoses. > > What about using one of the water jacket drain plugs? > > Todd > '88 Westy > > -------Original Message------- > From: kevin obrien <kevindobrien...
Re: main bearing torque
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:53:31 -0400
...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: Over heated and need more power! (diesel)
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 07:03:02 -0600
...A more serious possibility is is compression leakage into the water jacket. > Would putting in a radiator from a gas model 1983 or later...
Fw: Re: TD coolant circulation pump
Historical mailing list - Clifford P. Gottschalk
Thu, 9 Dec 1999 20:09:09 -0700
...item to help cool the cylinder jackets after shutdown - anyone ever consider this on non-diesel waterboxers? Clifford Gottschalk '89 Vanagon 7 pass stick...
Re: What Goes Where
Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:31:13 -0700
...TP, paper towels, electric fan, electric heater, electric clamp light, hats, jackets, gas heater (rigged a sweet line off the defunct refrig line to...
Re: Go-Westy wasserstopper - initial impressions
Historical mailing list - Trevor
Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:47:43 -0800
...product on my 100% canvas boat covers, my goretex jacket and any other water repelling surface with a breathable material...I have worked in...
Re: Radiator has a leak and green fluid's coming out
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 4 Apr 2010 17:57:22 -0700
...I've seen the bottom inch of a waterboxer water jacket be solid 'BarsLeak brown mud' - defenitely over-treated, but it got the van...
Re: FW: extremely high coolant pressure
Historical mailing list - John McLean
Thu, 20 Dec 2001 17:48:51 -0800
I've heard others say this can be caused by a leaking head gasket allowing combustion gas (pressure) into the water jacket. John McLean...
Re: Chevy 4.3l into the vanagon
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:58:55 -0500
...is of unknown history, is weeping a few drops at the water jacket gaskets, and will need a new exhaust soon. Thought about a...
Re: Vngns ARE junk!
Historical mailing list - jbange
Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:20:36 -0800
...think the wasserboxer is just a Type-1 aircooled with a water jacket instead of cooling fins, you're TRIPLE-nuts. You ARE aware...
Re: Vngns ARE junk!
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:48:49 +1300
...think the wasserboxer is just a Type-1 aircooled with a water jacket >instead of cooling fins, you're TRIPLE-nuts. >You ARE aware...
Re: Don't cry for me Wasserboxer
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:16:15 -0400
...The overheat condition has liquefied a bunch of corrosion that was happily sitting in the bottom of the engine water jacket and this has...
Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sun, 20 Dec 2015 17:25:31 -0800
...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes I think it's here, the worst pin was hard, but I had the engine on a...
Re: leaky head gasket question again
Historical mailing list - Data Services
Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:26:19 -0500
I imagine the JB weld was only used on the jugs/water jackets, not the heads themselves. Your heads should be flycut if they...
Re: After-Market Temperature Gauge
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:18:22 -0500
...I'd try to get the sender as close to the water jacket as possible. You didn't mention what brand of gauge he...
Re: need help with engine assembly
Historical mailing list - Doug in CA
Sun, 28 Mar 2004 13:26:52 -0800
...Means nothing different on either side but the casting marks, that should mean they can run inside the water jacket at any angle with...
Re: Head gasket sealant
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Thu, 11 Jul 2002 07:30:34 EDT
...contraction of the dissimilar metals used in the head, cylinders and water jacket. Cheers�� Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada <A HREF="http://members.aol...
Re: Help!! Another broken alternator bracket
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:28:20 -0800
...I'm surprised you are not leaking coolant, these holes are sometimes drilled right though the water jackets. Use the right type of stud...
Re: just how COLD is IT??? was Re: New to Me vehicles
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Thu, 23 Jan 2003 22:06:14 +0100
...and 16 jackets... with the gardenhose, nozzle set to heavy mist, and was having a blast. As soon as the water touched anything, it...
Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 5 Apr 2012 15:34:51 -0500
...from Evans coolant after showing > > them a photo of typical Vanagon water jacket seal corrosion, and asking if > > using their coolant would help: > > > > ".......we...
Re: one last effort to get the temp control gauge under control
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:46:19 -0500
...The big water jacket rubber seal is there to keep coolant from comming out of the engine. The little sleeve/cylinder outside green O...
Re: off with her heads
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 18 Oct 2013 21:18:25 -0500
...From that I set up some nuts and washers sticking out of the water jacket hole and ran another bolt down on the all...
Re: � � Re: � � � Expe riment (Musings)
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:43:54 EDT
...The military used water injection to boost power > on some WW2� fighters. > I called Edelbrock a few years ago to see if they still...
Re: Coolant Saga Continues....Need Advice!!!
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sun, 21 Jul 2002 14:28:07 -0700
...A leak in a sealing ring at the top of one of the cylinders can allow combustion gases to pass into the water jacket...
Re: head gasket problem ?
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:40:55 -0400
...Could the head gasket be slowly leaking combustion gases into the water jacket ? I don't know if this is possible since I don...
Re: Heads are off; now what?
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Fri, 23 Feb 2001 05:56:05 EST
...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: Cooling system '85 1.9
Historical mailing list - Dave Bohannan
Sun, 29 Oct 2017 17:12:28 -0400
...I had a small crack between a bolt hole connected to the water jacket and the cylinder… I would pressure test it first it...
Re: When & why replace heads? A Friday Dennis Discussion.
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 7 Apr 2023 22:45:01 -0500
...Next > is failure of the seal between the heads and the top of the cylinder(s). > > For the outer water jacket gasket leaking or...
FS: CDN 91 Syncro Westy
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Sun, 1 Jan 2006 18:40:15 -0800
...Sink's external water supply is not hooked up. Sink water reservoir's external fill may not be hooked up. Speedo cable needs to...
Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 20 Dec 2015 21:11:33 -0500
...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes > > > > I think it's here, the worst pin was hard, but I had the engine on a...
Re: westy - what do you keep in your cupboards?
Historical mailing list - Joe Gawzner
Fri, 1 Nov 2002 19:08:31 -0500
...When used, just for butter, cheeses, milk for cereal and always water bottles to keep cool. >E - little door (by floor) 3 water bottles...
Re: Coolant Leak around Sensor in Reservoir
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:18:18 -0800
...head gasket has > been compromised, compression may be leaking into the water jacket and > causing backpressure into the coolant tank, thus forcing the leak...
Re: New Heads
Historical mailing list
Thu, 15 Feb 2001 17:32:18 EST
...sure that even small cracks don't go up into the water jacket (can you say, "combustion gasses in the coolant"?). So if you...
Re: Need help diagnosing a coolant issue
Historical mailing list - Lastfogel, Darren
Thu, 2 Sep 2004 06:53:54 -0400
...may have cracks that are allowing exhaust to enter the cooling water jacket in the heads. Tom Miller Zoran Mladen wrote: >Hey folks, > >Have...
1.9 Head replacement (was lifter collapse / smog issue)
Historical mailing list - Leonard Anthony
Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:51:13 -0700
...gaskets for the good side? The engine does not currently leak anything, the water jacket is fine. Also, I'm wondering how to tell...
Re: Longevity tips (longish)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 8 Jan 1999 19:52:17 EST
...Any debris that is in the coolant system also gets a chance to settle down in the bottom of the water jacket and help...
Re: advice on tranny rebuild and water leak on 1990 Vanagon GL
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:00:07 -0700
...Front the research I have done it appears > the > water jacket seal has failed. Supposedly the engine has been rebuilt but > has no paperwork...
Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:28:00 -0800
...the waterboxer is really a water-jacketed bored and stroked 1600 air cooled engine. about whether waterboxer engines are 'good' or not........ I like...
Re: distilled water & wbx reliability
Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:37:49 -0900
...When the complexation agents are depleted (or evaporated to dryness in a fixed air bubble in the water jacket of the head (example) a...
Rolling right along on my 'new' block (inline VW swap into Vanagon)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 8 Jun 2010 21:34:46 -0700
...Essentially a water jacket that fits between the filter and the filter flange. Could retro onto most VWs I have ever worked on.. Ordered...