Volks, 

The subject line is perhaps misleading or a little premature as far as a
long term fix, but I thought I'd share this possiblity of at least a
temporary fix to leaky head (wasser jacket) gaskets.

The coolant had been dripping, increasingly to the point of making a small
puddle, say 10 cm dia. when parked.  I investigated and located the leak. I
thought to myself, self, there must be a way of reseating the gasket without
the major engine teardown.

So I took a big wide flat blade screwdriver and +/- kneaded the gasket at
the leaky area, with a fair bit of force, being careful not to cut into the
rubber nor to (grossly) dislodge it from it's seat.

After 2 months, 2 fairly major trips through very challenging roads (Cape
Breton and Gasp� Peninsula) and 3000 kms, the engine is still dry.

I'm not saying this will work every time, nor that it will work permanently
(that would take a 3.3L Subaru SVX motor!), but I'm happy with the results
so far. 

It might be worth a try for you sometime too.

Alias Fred, aka Schtroumpf Bleu, renamed from Bleu Schtroumpf