What your discribing, the round thing, is a "freeze plug". There are two in
each head and one has the drain plug in it.

Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim G" <ppg1@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:45 AM
Subject: Is it a head leak?

> Hi Again
>
> I noticed a drip drip from my van last weekend and I cannot determine what
> is leaking.  I removed the engine tins to look at the head gaskets, and
they
> look good, and they were replaced about 3 years ago.  The only thing I
> noticed is that next to the drain plug on the head, there is another
> circular plug looking thing but it is not remove-able,
> and that looks a little corroded around the edges.  My van only leaked a
> little bit, and I tried to run it in the driveway to make it leak again so
I
> could find the problem, but of course it ran just fine and did not leak a
> bit.
> I would like to get this figured out because I am tucking my van away for
> the winter and I need to know how much money to save for the tune up next
> spring.
> Any advice appreciated.
> thanks,
> Kim
> 85 GL
>
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