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Re: daily driver = RUST
Historical mailing list - joel walker
Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:04:38 -0500
...tell you that the water runoff can freeze and the door will not open. so there you are, jacket-less, outside the bus, with...
Re: Vngns ARE junk!
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:18:29 -0500
""""If you think the wasserboxer is just a Type-1 aircooled with a water jacket instead of cooling fins, you're TRIPLE-nuts. You...
Where is temperature sensor & why does needle drop when heater is on?
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Mon, 7 Sep 2015 10:06:46 -0600
...I would have thought the front heater would not affect the temperature of the water exiting the engine coolant jacket that significantly. As I...
Re: oil drain plug repair
Historical mailing list - THOMAS CARRINGTON
09 May 1995 19:19:19 GMT
...In fact, I Helicoiled two 1/4-20 bolts in a water jacket last night. Tom Carrington BBTSQP8@bell-atl.com 88 Vanagon 65...
Re: Engine Assembly Wizzdom
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:48:29 -0400
...Used to do a careful circuit around all cylinder bores and then around the the water jacket ports. This was passed on to me...
Re: advice on tranny rebuild and water leak on 1990 Vanagon GL
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:54:44 -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: Coolant Leak around Sensor in Reservoir
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 26 Jan 2000 00:12:16 -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...
antifreeze and stop leak
Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:22:10 -0700
...I have some external cracks in the external part of the water jacket on my boxer. I had green antifreeze initially. Added some stop...
Re: head gasket problem ?
Historical mailing list - Kim G
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:41:53 -0500
...Could the head gasket be slowly leaking combustion gases >into the water jacket ? I don't know if this is possible since I don...
Waterboxer head gaskets
Historical mailing list - Brendan Irwin
Sun, 7 Dec 1997 14:26:08 +0000
...This is the thick grommet that seals the outer aluminum cylinder jacket to the outside edge of the aluminum cylinder head. Made of some...
'81
Historical mailing list - Bill N
Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:56:57 -0700
...The water cooled engine isn't a completely different animal. It is basically an air cooled engine retrofitted with the water jacket for cooling...
Re: 1.9L exhaust system comments
Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
Sat, 27 Apr 2002 23:12:55 -0500
...You have an aluminum > alloy block with water jackets which go up to the head on the outer > periphery of the head. Inside you...
Re: Stuck Head
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:58:53 -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: Broken bolts on 1.9L lower alternator bracket....
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:34:36 -0500
...How far into the block can I drill? If I go too far I assume I will break the water jacket? That wouldn't...
Re: Engine question just curious (long winded reply)
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:48:14 -0700
...The engine is basically the type 2 aircooled case (upgraded with somewhat better metallurgy) with water jackets cast onto it, and water cooled heads...
Re: Transaxle noises
Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
Wed, 2 Dec 1998 21:01:01 -0600
...Hear the difference? Most of the engine mechanical >noise is blanketed by the water jackets. Same holds true with >a gearbox and the gear...
Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1-Old Volks Home
Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
Tue, 6 Feb 2007 07:44:44 -0500
...Thanks to those who pointed out the 4 nuts inside the water jacket, that WAS what was keeping the case from splitting apart. Now...
Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Fri, 6 Apr 2012 11:19:54 -0700
...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: WBX motor rather than ....
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 21:50:52 -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: Heads are off; now what?
Historical mailing list - Stan Smith
Thu, 22 Feb 2001 07:56:10 -0500
...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: Diesel head question
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Tue, 10 Sep 2002 16:58:27 -0400
...The leak would get worse as the engine heated up, and it only leaked from the cylinders into the water jacket -- I found no...
fizzix ?
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Tue, 18 Jul 95 11:23:17 PDT
...Putting a water jacket around an air cooled engine makes it a water cooled engine! > Lemme see, you're worrying about the air to...
Re: Chevy 4.3l into the vanagon
Historical mailing list - neil n
Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:04:26 -0800
...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: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion/extremists
Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
Wed, 6 Mar 2002 13:59:49 -0800
As long as they do NOT use a 2 valve pushrod engine with headbolts going through the water jacket. Better they subcontract the engine...
Re: Retrofit Electric Pumps and a 110V pre-heat circulating system
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:24:18 -0800
...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: Electrolysis and prevention of corrosion:
Historical mailing list - Gregg Howald
Thu, 17 Feb 2000 15:15:45 PST
...They are supposed to replace the water jacket > > >drain plugs on each side of the case. Kinda pricey, but probably worth > > >it. > > > > So, are...
Open letter to Larry Chase:
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 2 Feb 2003 17:44:26 -0600
...I believe in lucky things, like a lucky neck tie, lucky jockey shorts, lucky jackets, lucky houses and several other lucky things. I put...
Re: bubbles in coolant
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 12:25:16 -0600
...The aluminum block and heads looked very good in the water cooling jackets. We had always just used Prestone antifreeze. The inside of the...
Help!! Weld hole in engine? Expert advice needed ASAP
Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
Sat, 24 Feb 2001 10:40:34 -0900
...the crankcase into the water jacket. Despite a slug of sealant and new longer studs, it won't hold water. The aluminum block heats...
Re: head electrolysis cure?
Historical mailing list - Robert Williams
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 18:43:17 -0700
...anyone ever tried using some sort of sacrificial anode in the water > jacket to reduce/elimate the reduction/oxidation reaction that results > in pitted...
Dex-Cool . . . I hesitate to ask this
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:13:43 -0700
...I have never seen any corrosion in the water jacket areas of the heads. I have seen corrosion under the rubber head gasket which...
1986 2WD Engine/Electrical Problems/Questions.
Historical mailing list - blytz
Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:56:38 -0600
...I'm also afraid the block might have possible water jacket problems, the previous owner mentioned it, but couldn't remember what the problem...
Re: Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:48:57 -0800
...Dreaded water jacket head gasket leak strikes How many people check, and pay careful attention to how much the outer water rubber gasket is...
Re: antifreeze leak
Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
Thu, 7 Feb 2002 21:35:44 -0800
Sounds like the metal gaskets are leaking exhaust into your cooling jackets.....pushing out all of the antifreeze. Shouldn't happen on a decent...
Stuck fuel injector cures?
Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:14:39 -0700
...fix the (improperly installed by a professional shop) leaky port side water jacket gasket. Well, I found my tuit and got the beast all...
Re: [WetWesties] Sealing goop on cylinder sleeve inboard ends?
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:52:15 -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: Super-technical question
Historical mailing list
Sun, 6 Oct 1996 20:42:57 -0400
...Have you got the EXACT thermal coefficients > of expansion for the jacket alloy, and the case too, and have you worked out > the temperature...
Re: Heat handling design error help
Historical mailing list
Fri, 7 Jun 1996 14:23:17 -0400
...You start by talking about "water jacketed" engines, implying the 1983 to 1991 wasserboxer engine, and then jump over to the in-line engines...
Re: Go-Westy wasserstopper - initial impressions
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:58:35 -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: [Fwd: [T2] H2O Vanagon part needed - pic included]
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:00:27 -0500
If that part of the coolant system froze and split he may well have much bigger problems, if the water in the cylinder jackets...
Re: It's alive, but it gives bad head! (Fixing head leak on '87 2.1L)
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:38:27 -0500
...yes, you're seeing daylight between part of the gasket and the head/water-jacket joint. http://www.birdbird.org/cars/westy/dscn0004.jpg...
Re: 84 head job update #2
Historical mailing list - Tim Spotted Wolf
Wed, 22 May 2002 10:50:28 -0400
...what do I use to pry the heads from the cylinders??? anyone have a special tool or technique??? Do the water jackets come off...
Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:03:58 -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...
RE: 1986 Vangon Cylinder head leaks - repair / Vanagon parts
Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
Tue, 22 Oct 96 09:34:24 UT
...Should I now remove all the barrels completely to replace the gaskets/sealing rings for the coolant jacket? Is it difficult to compress the...
another road test: 1983-1/2 VW Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 11 Jan 95 23:11:51 CST
...The crankcase is also new and now has an integral water jacket that occupies the space once filled by the finned cylinder barrels used...
Re: Open letter to Larry Chase:
Historical mailing list - Ian X
Sun, 2 Feb 2003 17:34:04 -0800
...I went directly to the bathroom > to shower and into the > shower about three minutes the hot water cycled on > the washing machine > presoak...
Re: Machining Cylinder Heads a Viable Solutuion to Wasserboxer Problem?
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 06:47:09 -0600
...still mate up to both the jugs and the case (block) water jacket at the same time. While doing the fly cut it would...
Re: Oil Pressure Gremlins
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Mon, 6 Mar 2000 02:14:39 -0800
...The second pressure switch is in an awfully inaccessible spot to the right/below the water pump - it can't be changed without either...
Re: Back From Mexico!
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 11 Apr 2001 14:53:11 -0700
...Outside of a couple quirks, like the water jacket design, they are as good as any other heavy vehicle, and a darn sight better...
Re: leaky head gasket question again
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 2 Apr 2002 20:53:39 -0700
...leaky head gasket question again > I imagine the JB weld was only used on the jugs/water jackets, not the heads > themselves. Your heads...
Re: need help with engine assembly
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 28 Mar 2004 20:21:18 -0600
...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: Form Jay Leno's Garage
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:33:35 -0700
...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: Proper recovery from coolant loss while driving
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 29 May 2011 15:11:07 -0700
...I think based on Ben's handy coolant flow > diagram, that water flows form there into the water jackets, so > filling cold water there...
Re: More v belt questions
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:39:29 -0700
...your water pump drive ratio will be too slow. Ratio of crankshaft diameter to water pump pulley should be in the area of about...
Re: head stuck to cylinder tricks
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:08:32 -0500
...look into the coolant hole/piston pin removal location in the water jacket, you will see the piston pin, you CAN see the pin...
Re: Form Jay Leno's Garage
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:24:47 -0700
...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: '82 diesel cooling problem
Historical mailing list - Bill/Lisa Protzek
Sat, 22 Jun 1996 18:22:24 -0700
...compression and combustion gasses are leaking into the cooling jacket, pushing the cooling water away from the metal even more, while sending the coolant...
Re: Don't cry for me Wasserboxer
Historical mailing list - Jeff
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:20:29 -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: Leaking Heads
Historical mailing list - yahi
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:10:47 -0800
...A unknown amount of coolant probably small but consistant is migrating from water jacket via faulty rubber head gasket into combustion chamber. This builds...
Re: Ford Excursion is DEAD ? (longish reply)
Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
Fri, 2 Aug 2002 03:16:37 -0700
...instead of a hollow water jacket, it should have been made solid and then bored out for cylinders and coolant passages. and the head...