Mark,
     If you have a digital camera perhaps you can post
some pictures at the yahoo group site for the vanagon
list.   Look very carefully at the heads because they
may have a problem which may require replacement.
Look to where the seal fits into the head for
corrosion.    Send me your e-mail address and I will
send you some stuff on these heads.  gary
From: Vanagon Mailing List
[mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Mark Vermillion
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 2:31 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Why would my head gasket do this?

What it did was get pushed out... on the head side. It
had recently
gone
together, ran and held fine for 20 some miles, and
then blew out.
Sounded like a cappucino machine.

I had about a 30 hour cure on the copper rtv stuff
that was on there.
Torqued the head correctly. I think correctly
anyhow... I'm seeing what
is an appears to be an inconsistency in either the
Bentley book, or my
torque wrench, i.e Bentley lists final torque as 37 ft
lbs or 50 nm,
but
on my wrench 37 ft lbs equals more like 55 nm...
important? I'd think.
I
went up to 37 ft lbs.

I'm going to put another one in, of course, I'd just
like to not have
to
do it again after that.

Thanks to all,
Mark

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