Could be the gasket or the plate is badly corroded. The screws may put up a
fight. Plan on replacing them. If the gasket is bad most likely a sign the
engine has been badly over heated.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Steven Shelton
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 10:35 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Coolant Leak

While troubleshooting the oil pressure light problem on my 1985 1.9L, I
found a coolant seep.  It seems to be coming from a small, 2" X 1" diamond
shaped cover plate at the front of the driver's side of the engine, just in
front of the spark plug .  It's held on by two allen head bolts.  Could this
just be a matter of taking off the plate and sealing it with Permatex or
will removing that plate open a Pandora's box of problems?