At 11:00 AM 02/17/2000 EST, you wrote: >Van was a '91 Carat Vanagon with 166k miles on the original heads. Dealer >serviced for 145k miles until I bought it. Coolant used to be green but was >kinda brown looking by the time it came out of the motor (looking to put a >rebuild in soon so I didn't bother to flush). >Head gasket blew catastrophically on the passenger side leaking coolant all >over the road. Both heads were severely pitted and the gaskets were in >shreds on both sides (even the one that didn't blow). Case was pitted as >well. Both heads were cracked up into the water jacket even though the van >didn't overheat (according to the gauge anyway). New heads, gaskets, and >alot of work later we are humming down the road again. :) >More than you wanted to know? > > Thanks for the report, Ken. There is no such thing as too much data if understanding is a goal.
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