VANAGON archives -- January 2000, week 4 (#470)

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 22:22:23 EST Reply-To: KENWILFY@AOL.COM Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: KENWILFY@AOL.COM Subject: Re: My Coolant Runneth Over Comments: To: geohahn@azstarnet.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

In a message dated 1/25/00 8:47:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, geohahn@AZSTARNET.COM writes:

<< Is this a problem others have experienced? Yup

Is there a test that might confirm this? Take the van to a shop that has an exhaust gas analyzer and get them to "sniff" your expansion tank. If there are exhaust gases present then you know what your problem is.

Is retorquing the heads likely to help or am I looking at replacing the gaskets? >> You could try a retorque but I doubt it will fix the problem. A new engine gasket kit from me is $99. Send your heads to a local shop to be pressure tested (could be a cracked head). I have new heads for $400 each. Hope you don't need either.

Ken Wilford http://www.vanagain.com John 3:16 Office (856)-765-1583 Shop (856)-327-0027 Fax (856)-327-2242

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