A bad pressure cap will give the same symptoms.

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA
'84DL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart MacMillan" <macmillan@HOME.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: She's a boiling over ....

> Try bleeding the system.  If it happens again you most likely have a
> head gasket leak.  Take it to a shop and have them use their "sniffer"
> on the coolant tank to be sure.  You should still be under warranty from
> AVP.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Stuart MacMillan
>
> schur xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > I'm steaming (well my camper is anyway). I have about
> > 2000 miles on a remanufactured engine (AVP) and it
> > seems to be running fine.  It has new heads. The engine
> > runs cool and has the same amout of power as my old engine
> > before it needed to be replaced.  After I exited the
> > highway this morning and came to a light I saw steam
> > coming up from the back of the camper. I pulled over and
> > shut off the engine. Looked behind the license plate
> > and saw that my coolant overflow container was
> > overflowing.  Last I checked (when it was cold)
> > the level was at the bottom of the overflow container.
> > Anyone know what's happening here? Should I be
> > panicking?  I thought I remembered reading years
> > ago on the list that this could be a sign of a cracked
> > head?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any (good) news!
> >
> > Jeff H.
> > '87 Westy