Howdy List,

I have discovered that each of the heads on my '82 ac vanagon have a
small crack running from an exhaust port.  This engine actually ran
pretty well but had developed oil leaks from the pushrod tubes and I
wanted to check out the piston/cylinder conditions for bad rings etc.
When I cleaned the carbon off of the heads I found the cracks and am
now looking for the cheapest solution to my problem.  From what I can
tell the rods are tight and the cam looks good and so I hope to get a
little more out of this engine before a complete rebuild or
replacement.  Anybody out there have an old set of 2.0 square port
heads with the cylinder head temp sensor mounting hole?  I don't mind
getting a rebuildable set, but I don't want to pay to have cracks
repaired as I have been told that this would cost over $500.00.

Thanks for any help with this,

Jonathan Poole