Randy,
     Your right it was black.   So what do you think
happens when the black or green ring begin to fail?
I never did replace the black one.
         gary
--- Randy Huyck <Fritz_H@msn.com> wrote:
> What blue ring?  I know about the black and green
> and the metal shim, but I
> don't recall a blue ring.
>
> Randy, Carla & Anna Huyck, Olympia, WA
> '75 Rustfalia
> '85 Vanagon GL
> '90 Fox GL (For Sale)
> '74 Super Beetle
> '93 Mercury Cougar
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of gary hradek
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 12:08 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: back to vanagon content a headgasket
> question
>
>
> Nearly half of the last digest was about scams and
> virus, nonvanagon stuff enough to blow a gasket.
> Speaking of gaskets I have a question about the
> failure and symptoms of the green gasket that goes
> around the cylinder.   It is clear that the beefy
> black gaskets keep the coolant in the engine and the
> metal rings keep the compression in chamber but what
> about the punny little green job and the blue? one
> that goes around the cylinder.   There must be a lot
> of left over lower rubber rings as nobody can use
> those unless you pull the engine.   What are the
> early
> symptoms when those rubber rings fail?   Would the
> lower one cause coolant in the oil? and the upper
> one
> cause overheating of the coolant?   Just trying to
> get
> back to the business of vanagons.   gary
>
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