

| Subject: | '82 Diesel Westy Preventative Maintenance |
| From: | Robert Zezoff |
| Date: | Tue, 12 Nov 1996 08:38:18 -0800 |
I have an '82 diesel Westy with 35K miles, always garaged. I got it from my in-laws when it had about 30K miles. A new head gasket was put on at about 29K miles. I have done the normal oil, coolant, and filters type of maintenance. What preventative maintenance should I perform?? Someone once suggested to me to replace the head bolts with different/new head bolts which will not "stretch". Anyone know about or recommend this? I would appreciate your help and experience as I plan on keeping this car a long time. It only gets used about 3K miles a year. I firmly believe that proper preventative maintenance saves much $$ over the long haul. BTW. I put the yellow bottle Prestone in last year and my water is very soft. Did I make a mistake? Should I change it immediately? Is there a procedure for bleeding the air from the system, I did the bleeding last time at the radiator bleed screw? THANKS!!
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