Tim!
Head gasket problems are definitely heard of in Sweden, at least. It's
pretty much taken for granted that they start leaking within 150.000 km of
use, whith a somewhat higher life expectancy on later models.

< Head gasket problems are certainly something that almost all owners of
< Vanagons in the United States have or will have to face.  I'm just
< wondering if head gasket problems are as common in Germany and Europe as

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