When you say, all that 20 years of grime, it tells me that your mechanic did
not even clean it before working on it.  He might not even taken the whole
engine out the first time he replaced the head gaskets, yet one has to take
the whole thing apart to bits almost.  And one has to be clinically clean
when all the goodies put together.  Besides, it is better to have the engine
vertical when one puts the head on with the tubes.  So, grime and dirt and
shit is not in.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richards, Andrew" <Andrew.Richards@NIKE.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: head-aches

I'm thinking the leak looks like a mixture of oil and coolant due to
heavy grease and road grime that has built up on the original block over
the last 20 years.  It just looks too watered down to be oil.

AR

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Lewis [mailto:kdlewis@northstate.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:34 PM
To: Richards, Andrew
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] head-aches

Andrew,

Thought #1> Oil AND coolant could not leak out the same headgasket
fault,
IMHO.
Thought #2> Is it in the same spot as the other two times? There could
be a
problem with the head bolt in that spot i.e. stretching due to rust.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richards, Andrew" <Andrew.Richards@NIKE.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 6:41 PM
Subject: [VANAGON] head-aches

Hey All,

My '87 GL may have sprouted its third passenger side head gasket leak in
30K miles......

.....What seems to be a mix of oil and coolant is dripping from the
block "nub"
towards the front of the vehicle.

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