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• Re: Review: Victor Reinz Complete Engine Gasket Set
  Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
  Thu, 19 Apr 2001 13:50:27 +0200
  Hi Marshall I, too, bought a Victor Reinz Complete Engine gasket set here in South Africa when I was doing my 2.1 rebuild...
• 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. >10) ??? Themostat Housing to Water Pump Gasket 1.9L >11) Coolant crossover pipe to head gaskets? No sealant or any gasket goop...
• Re: Fridge Combustion Chamber Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 09:30:54 -0700
  Or you can just use the high temp gasket in a tube stuff from your local FLAPS. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Olynick" <keepsake...
• Re: Victor Reinz full gasket kit concern (2.1 wbx)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 20:13:54 -0700
  ...The gasket in question is pale green, same as the rear of pump gasket. Looks and feels like the same material. The 0.004...
• Fridge Combustion Chamber Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 11:20:51 -0500
  The local Dometic service depot tells me combustion chamber gaskets for our RM182B fridges are no longer available. If you're in the same...
• Intake manifold gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:36:11 -0700
  Just received a new pair of air intake manifold gaskets from Vanagain (thanks Ken.) Pretty chunky gaskets I must add. Do these gaskets require...
• Re: Need advice for head gasket leak
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Sep 1996 15:12:19 -0400
  In a message dated 96-09-23 23:36:31 EDT, kdlewis@juno.com (kenneth d lewis) writes: > If your "head gasket" was leaking...
• Re: Convert Gaskets (WAS - advice on exhaust repairs needed)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Jul 1996 20:23:52 -0400
  ...converter, and it came with one regular gasket and one metal doughnut gasket. Is this right? The bentley shows two regular gaskets. It looks...
• Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 24 Mar 2005 22:17:25 -0500
  ...I'd say exhaust (metal gasket) (???) 13) ??? 14) Exhaust manifold gaskets. No sealant 15) Pushrod tube seals (inner) Permatex 518 or any gasket goop...
• intake manifold gasket
  Historical mailing list - Craig
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:34:02 -0700
  When I replaced the cylinder head gaskets on my 1983.5 water-cooled Westy, I bought a gasket kit that contained gaskets for the...
• Re: Intake manifold gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:16:47 -0700
  ...Intake manifold gaskets > Just received a new pair of air intake manifold gaskets from Vanagain > (thanks Ken.) Pretty chunky gaskets I must add. > > Do...
• Re: -Diesel- Oil leak-Fixed! (comments please)
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 18:40:51 -0600
  ...http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bludevil/GasketDetail.jpg What could cause this? Now the gasket I replaced it with was an original thick gasket but...
• Re: new head gasket split
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:48:58 -0500
  After rebuilding a 2.1, I torqued the heads on by the book with a new German gasket set. The engine ran good and...
• Re: #1 cylinder header pipe gasket burning out
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 08:59:57 -0800
  what type of gasket are you using? You can get what looks like the right gasket for the exhaust pipe that is actually for...
• Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A (repost)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:12:48 -0500
  ...I'd say exhaust (metal gasket) (???) 13) ??? 14) Exhaust manifold gaskets. No sealant 15) Pushrod tube seals (inner) Permatex 518 or any gasket goop...
• Re: Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:52:12 -0800
  ...I'd say exhaust (metal gasket) (???) 13) ??? 14) Exhaust manifold gaskets. No sealant 15) Pushrod tube seals (inner) Permatex 518 or any gasket goop...
• Re: Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A (repost)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:08:48 -0800
  Tabe - 8)Yep, it's for the Water Pump 10) Fuel Pump Base Gasket - Carb Models in Europe 11) Yep, Coolant Crossover Pipe Gaskets...
• Re: WATERCOOLED in4CyL GASKETS
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:57:28 EDT
  I don't know if the gaskets are different between a gas and a diesel but I do know that there are three thicknesses...
• Re: 1982 air cooled vanagon intake gasket
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:14:01 -0700
  You only need the one (thick) spacer/gasket from Bus Depot it has the soft gaskets glued on both sides of it for positive...
• Re: Winshield gasket
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 1 Dec 2021 20:44:20 +0100
  ...If your windshield is fine, and you want to replace the gasket anyway, cut the gasket and save the glass. Using your feet, to...
• Re: Gasket ID?
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:29:56 -0500
  ...A transmission gasket kit exits under part number 010 398 007B which includes trans oil pan gasket, oil strainer gasket, sealing washers and various...
• Re: Refrigerator burner box gasket wanted
  Historical mailing list - robert
  Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:25:56 +0000
  ...Refrigerator burner box gasket wanted The gasket in my Domestic 182 refrigerator in my 1987 Westy that is in the burner box (the large...
• Re: Major oil leak after head gasket repair
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 02:51:49 +0200
  John Silverman wrote: > > >Question...should the garage have done the valve cover gaskets w/ the head > >gaskets, and or should they have done today...
• Re: Why would my head gasket do this?
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 21:26:46 -0600
  Mark I had both the rubber gaskets blow out on my '85 1.9 WBX. The engine was rebuilt about 8000 km before the...
• Vanagon exhaust gaskets for 84GL Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - william greenamyer
  Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:08:31 -0700
  ...Since I have to pull apart the exhaust system again to fix some gasket leaks, I was wondering why the exhaust gaskets to the...
• Re: 2.1 oil pump gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:03:47 -0700
  traditionally on oppossed four vw engines........there is a super thin paper gasket to seal the cover to the oil pump. if you are...
• Review: Victor Reinz Complete Engine Gasket Set
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 23:40:37 -0500
  ...Lots of manifold or exhaust gaskets, I think. Some of the gaskets are included in baggies with VW numbers on them, so I guess...
• Re: Trans pan gasket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 12 Mar 2016 07:11:54 -0500
  From the dealer the differential gasket is no longer a cork gasket. It is a formed paper board gasket of considerable thickness. Many of...
• Re: Trans pan gasket
  Historical mailing list - colin smith
  Sat, 12 Mar 2016 10:53:28 -0800
  I just changed my automatic tranny gasket on my 84 Westfalia that I just bought a couple of weeks ago and it is nothing...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 13 May 2015 22:17:16 -0400
  It depends on which gasket is installed. Notched fiber gasket, the tab goes toward flywheel. Holed metal gasket, toward the pulleys. Yes, they made...
• Re: VALVE COVER ADHESIVE
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 22:41:52 -0500
  Hi, Gene Berg ( vw guru ) recommended gluing the gasket to the valve cover with gasket cement. I believe it's to hold the gasket...
• 2.1 L Exhaust Header Gasket Size, Can you use any other VW model years gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:07:57 -0400
  I am trying to get a gasket for my 2.1 L Exhaust Main Header as the mechanic who installed it did not put...
• Pop top gasket question
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 15:22:47 -0400
  Greetings all, I am in the process of replacing my poptop gaskets on our 84 Westy. Since I have no instructions with this (gaskets...
• Re: Differential Pan Gasket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 11 Jun 2016 10:12:36 -0400
  The factory at some point came up with an upgraded gasket and bolt design to fix this. The cork gaskets don't work especially...
• Re: Cleanest head gasket job ever is now complete......
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:05:22 -0400
  Haven't noticed the metal sealing rings (head gaskets) being a different size ... but when I was forced to redo my '85's gaskets...
• Re: Gasket ID?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:55:09 -0400
  The Differential pan gasket is still available. Part # 090-507-215. To find it in ETKA you need to look at the rear axle...
• exhaust gaskets
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:36:56 -0400
  ...There are solid metal gaskets which I guess were used on earlier VW's. I was wondering why the solid metal gaskets are not...
• exhaust gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:40:29 -0500
  ...There are recommendations out there to use a sealant on exhaust gaskets. This includes the exhaust gaskets between the exhaust pipes and the head...
• Re: -Diesel- Oil leak, CAVEAT EMPTOR!
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:19:26 -0600
  ...http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bludevil/GasketDetail.jpg The gasket I replaced it with was an original Volkswagen thick gasket but notice the broken one...
• Re: 2.1 L Exhaust Header Gasket Size, Can you use any other VW model years gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:22:29 -0400
  Did he not put it in or did it almost fall out immediately? Are you talking about the gasket from the cast iron piece...
• new head gasket split
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 20:43:39 -0800
  Hi all, After rebuilding a 2.1, I torqued the heads on by the book with a new German gasket set. The engine ran...
• Re: Broken Stebro Muffler Bracket / Malcolm's trip + FIBER EXHAUST GASKET WARNING
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:43:35 -0400
  ...Fiber gaskets were (are?) recommended for any SS joint. So I needed one fiber gasket for the collector to J-pipe joint , one for...
• Re: EB2007 Vanaru Test Drive
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:24:02 -0700
  There is a known problem with factory head gaskets on certain later year Subaru engines, especially DOHC 2.5's,...however, once you install...
• Re: exhaust gasket question 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:55:44 -0400
  Exhaust gaskets that only have metal on one side are fitted so that the metal is toward the head. I've always bought exhaust...
• Re: "windage tray" and other I4 conversion comments
  Historical mailing list - The Southards
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:47:43 -0500
  ...Do you have a part number for this rubber valve cover gasket? I've always used cork valve cover gaskets and I usually have...
• Re: Trans pan gasket
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:40:09 -1000
  is this about the Differential Pan Gasket on a Vanagon auto trans, or the ATF pan gasket ?? the diff gaskets just get old and...
• Re: Head Gasket Job Costs?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Fri, 24 May 2002 21:03:06 -0500
  ...One wanted $1300 US just to replace the gaskets. I figured I could buy a lot of gaskets and tools for $1300, so beginning...
• Re: Need three parts for a 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:32:12 -0800
  had me wondering there .. 'aluminum head gasket' .. must be the metal sealing rings that go on top of the cylinder barrles. Got lots of...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 10:29:50 -0700
  I thought what Dana Morphew meant was that "IT TAKES" a gasket, not that "IT NEEDS" a gasket. In other words, if you put...
• Gasket sealant
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 00:02:26 -0700
  ...My question? Which gaskets go in dry and which get sealant. I'm using an Elring gasket kit which came with a 20 ml...
• Re: 1982 air cooled vanagon intake gasket
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:34:00 -0700
  ...Bus Depot only carries the thick gasket and told me no other gaskets were necessary. My local VW dealer told me that the gaskets...
• #1 cylinder header pipe gasket burning out
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 10:53:31 -0600
  Hi, I have a recurring problem with the gasket for the #1 cylinder header pipe. This gasket fails after running the car at highway...
• Re: Gasket sealer for cooling system part
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:23:51 -0400
  Wouldn't it be better to use the copper-red colored Permatex on the gasket and mating surfaces just to be sure? John ----- Original...
• Re: Final Drive pan gasket
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 9 Aug 2017 12:49:36 +0000
  VW gave up on the cork based gasket for this application many years ago. They also updated the screws with a flange head. The...
• Rocker Arm gaskets?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jul 1995 15:41:43 EDT
  ...Reading over the procedure for installing the rocker arms, Muir says to use gaskets provided for in the gasket kit. I found four "O...
• Need three parts for a 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:41:10 -0600
  All gaskets... two aluminum head gaskets and one rubber head gasket. Have all else. Anyone? Jim
• Re: Question about leaking head gasket.
  Historical mailing list - Jason Weisberger
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 09:12:41 -0800
  Mark, If it is only the gasket today and very young leak, the damage can certainly be increased by continuing to drive on it...
• Re: Gasket ID?
  Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 14:23:53 -0700
  At 03:29 PM 10/7/02 -0500, Birkenfeld Jeff wrote: >Andrew writes: >I need new gaskets for the ATF pan(4 bolts), the...
• 1982 throttle body gasket PN?
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 16 May 2007 09:40:13 -0400
  Hello, Can anyone tell me the PN for the throttle body gasket on an air cooled 1982 Westy? This is the gasket that goes...
• Re: "A" head gasket needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:19:39 -0700
  Did you take it apart yet or peal the Right Stuff off the old gasket. ? it should come off just fine. I use it...