Good morning All, I am looking for a little re-assurance (if possible) and some advice. I am currently doing my second head gasket replacement in the six or so months I have owned our Vanagon (1985, 8 passenger, 1.9L, White GL). The first head gasket job came when I sprung a leak to the outside world of streaming blue coolant. I cleaned the heads and the cylinder barrels myself. I was extremely careful to do a precise job, took close to a month, with more than a couple of "all day'ers". I took my time as this was my first time with a water cooled. I had a Bus in HS that I did a lot of successful work on the engine, brakes, clutch, front end (don't ask), body... My current situation happened on a 700 mile trip to Pittsburgh. I had compression pressure in the coolant system. I understand that I may have not had the heads "sand blasted" cleaned the first time but how does the compression head gasket leak? I just brought both heads to the shop and they got the OK on the pressure test and there is very little to no pitting (I know what a pitted head looks like too). Why do you suppose they leaked? Second question, What do you lubricate coolant hoses with to make them slide on their male flanges easier? Thanks for any words of wisdom and or support. Rich and Annemarie 85 GL "Buba" 98 Bug ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com |
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