if you're going to do any gooping ..
re-use the intake manifold gaskets at the head.

won't be as nice as new ones of course ...but with the right goop it can
seal just fine even if the gaskets are torn up a bit.
( lots of people get those on backwards ..one way is more right than the
other )

and as always ..
it's recommned to diagnose and inspect first...............'then' ...get the
right parts.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Grungy" <grungy@GRUNGY.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: sometimes it just won't go...

> Tried the propane, and the engine did speed up when it was applied
> near the obviously-cracked intake manifold hose.
> Bought four replacement hoses.
> Cut off the cracked hose.
> Now I see that I probably have to remove the intake at the head to
> install the new one.
> Didn't know that, or I would have had a replacement gasket in hand
> before I started.
> Now I have no part and a van that won't run, blocking in the van that will
> run.
>
> Do need to remove the intake in order to replace the intake manifold hose?
> Or is there some trick?
>
> I might be able to put the old, cut hose back in place and glop it
> with sealant long enough to move the van while I await parts.
>
> (And the crack doesn't appear to have gone all the way through the
> old hose, so the propane may have simply reached some other leak
> path.)
>
> At 8:36 PM -0800 3/6/11, Jim Arnott wrote:
>>Hey John,
>>
>>I'm hearing the description of a worsening vacuum leak. I'm be
>>digging out my propane torch and floating some propane over all the
>>vacuum leak possibilities looking for the one that speeds up the
>>motor. (You don't light the torch.)
>
>
> --
>
> bcnu - Grungy  (Houston, TX)  opinions are just that.obviously.
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