Don't throw in the towel.  Your problems can be caused by other factors.  If
you have leaks in cooling system that pass air, but not coolant, you get the
same effect.

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA
'84 7-passenger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Bias" <rbias@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 6:13 PM
Subject: Throw in the Towel... Or not?...

> All,
>   On my way home tonight I stopped for gas.  The Van has not been idling
> right today and this past weekend I had to extract about 2 cups worth of
> coolant from the over-flow (LIGHT BULB...).  At that time I checked the
> coolant tank and saw no air pocket...  Phew.  Fast forward to tonight
again,
> as the Van was filling up I popped the hatch and there it was in all its
> glory!  Coolant tank was bubbling with a 3 inch air gap and the overflow
> tank was half way up the cap.  I came home and told Annemarie.
>   The Van is an 8 passenger, 161K miles, 1985, 1.9L GL with a 3 month old
> paint job and many extra parts replaced, fuel pump, brakes, coolant hoses,
> front bearings, on and on...  The kicker is that I just did the head
gaskets
> at about 140K.  The heads were tested and rebuilt by a reputable shop.  I
> can't figure out why the gaskets let go again.  Any thoughts or comments
> please.  Anyone interested in it?  We are in NJ.  Thank you.
>
>   Richard and Annemarie
>   85 GL "Buba"
>
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