I would like to hear from anyone on the list that has had any head gasket
problems with AVP's rebuilds. I installed one in a customers Westy, the
first time I've used their engines. It was unanimous from you folks that
they were the way to go for  quality. Well, here limps in the van with only
500 miles and a totally gushing left head gasket. I've replaced many sets on
other customer's vans, never a leaker. Is it possible that the AMC heads are
not machined correctly, or more likely that the gaskets (Elring) are at
fault? Or worse, that AVP is not doing something quite right. They agreed to
pay me to replace the leaking gasket, but indicated that "some people don't
bleed the cooling systems properly, and steam builds up in the head, causing
the gasket to fail". Well, I always do bleed them, per the Bentley
instructions, twice on completion, and again at the first oil change (300
miles). They claim that they can tell by the way the gasket blew whether the
van was bled properly. Sounds to me like they are looking for a way to get
out of warranting some of their defects. Your thoughts? Thanks!

Karl