>From: "Hans Achter"

>You don't need to remove the heads to change the pushrod tube seals on the
>vanagon engine.  The
>tubes can be removed through the heads.

This is a 1.9, I thought the pushrod tubes were like that of the Type I
engines. Are they like the Type IV engines and have the orings and the
retainer clip in the head?

>If you're in an area with cold winters, often the heads will leak when the
>metal contracts due to
>the cold.  My old engine did that for two years - didn't leak a drop in the
>warmer months and always
>ran strong.  You could just keep adding coolant and if it ever starts
>leaking inward then do the
>heads.

I am in Austin, TX, currently temps have been 60's to low 80's when the leak
occurred.

What do you mean by "leaking inward"?

Michael Knight
'77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde"
'85 Vanagon GL, nameless