Jeff,

The part #'s are:

AKD 456 000 02, Engine Sealant (Yellow stuff)
D   000 400 01, Engine Sealant (Black stuff)

They run about $6 each.

Cheers,

Jeff
www.vanagonparts.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Jeff Engel
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 5:40 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: head gaskets

Hello all:
Am presently rebuilding a 2.1 out of a 1990 westy and am at the head install
stage. Bently calls for 2 different sealants when installing cyl. heads.I
found one of them thru the part # in Bently and it looks to be like regular
old black silicon. This was the sealant that you put on the cyl head gasket.
The other sealant with a bently part # that starts with AKD and a bunch of
digits mainly zeros wasn't a good part number according to my VW dealer.Does
anyone know what this sealant is that you put on the sealing surface of the
cyl head cap nuts. ( 8 on each head.) I'm thinking maybe some type of
antiseize lub but am not sure.
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.
Jeff 1990 Westy under repair