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Subject:Re: uh-oh
From:Jeff Palmer
Date:Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:26:23 -0600

I thought that was Frank Gehry??

On 30-Jan-08, at 2:59 PM, Tom Buese wrote:

> On Jan 30, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote:
>
>> Of course the famous phrase, first uttered by an engineer, and  so
>> true, is
>> recalled :
>>
>> "It is the nature of fluids to leak."
>
> & Architect Frank Lloyd Wright famously said:  "If the roof doesn't
> leak, the architect has not been creative enough" +-
>
> Mr. BZ-thats why we carry professional liability insurance
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf Of
>> Allan Streib
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:34 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: uh-oh
>>
>> Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> writes:
>>
>>> Owners often report a drop or two overnite in cold weather. Dont
>>> think this happens with new gaskets, though.  Are you sure the
>>> coolant is not coming from some other place than the head gaskets?
>>
>> Pretty sure, unless it's seeping onto the top of the cylinder and
>> migrating down along the gasket edge by capilary action.  The drop I
>> saw was still hanging from the cylinder, right at the gasket on the
>> head side.  It has been cold, below freezing when I've noticed this.
>>
>> Allan
>> --
>> 1991 Vanagon GL

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