Jason wrote:
>>>>>>i find it hard to believe that VW would create a part for these vans
that would actually make them hot to the point of drying out the head
gaskets<<<<

Mmmmmmmmmm
VW as their share of error (horror!!) or mistake in the past, believe me.
Just so you know, I do part time mechanic, 1 or 2 cars per week or two. I
do clutch change for the racing one, axles, racing modification to the
suspension, and my speciality is head rebuilding (Gasket, ports, mating
head surface modification, valve, spring and so on) I only work on Honda
Civic & CRX (I have 2 CRX my self), VW Golf and Mazda. The worse one of
those, for the same mileage are always the VW (car are mostly from 1987 to
1995), all seal and gasket on the VW are always finish to the bone, they
are always leaking from everywhere and mostly all O-ring are dried up, like
a rock. (Nothing like that on a Honda) All VW car run hotter than the other
one (tested!), this is a fact and not an opinion.

The worse pitted head are again the VW!!! Sometime the VW head is not
recoverable. Most VW car is the Golf model.

The Honda problem is crack head.

I did about 10/12 VW Golf since 2 years.

I have some other stuff for "bashing" VW product but I will stay there for
the moment. Don't get me wrong, I love the Westfalia, I said the Westfalia!

I just want to say that I think that VW in general as a lower resistance /
time related.

Just so you know!
Ben
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