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Subject:Re: Vanagon Head Gaskets
From:Steve Johnson
Date:Sat, 15 Apr 1995 18:41:10 -0700 (PDT)

So SkiDooer@aol.com says:
> Good point on changing the antifreeze frequently....I changed mine about
> every 2.5 years using phosphate-free and still had the leakage. Should do it
> 
> The heads I've seen with corrosion have pitting all over the inside face of
> the head wherever the coolant comes in contact. It looked to me more like
> aluminum deterioration than it did destruction of the gasket. Whatever the
> case, the antifreeze change (using phos-free like Joel said) has got to be

Hmmmm... From previous postings about this issue, I was under the impression
that the concern was about getting air into the system.  If this is not
true, then why were we fussin' about bleeding the system so much if that
is not the cause of the head leak problem, eh?  

Steven 

sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com