Scott, you should not be experiencing all the head gasket leaking that your having ! If the repair is done properly it should not leak again. I did my heads on my '87 Westy back on 06 June 1996 at 203700 km and now have 278500 km and no more leaking to date. I filled the corrosion pits on my original heads with JB Weld and resurfaced them. Also removed the cylinders and replaced the O-ring at the base. This is important as once you release the pressure on the head bolts these O-ring may not reseal. I made sure all mating surfaces were clean and true and used Permatex Ultra Gold high temperature silicone gasket maker as the joint compound. Find a good mechanic near you who understand the problem or bring it to me. The ones I do not leak again. Cheers Frank Condelli '87 Westy & Lionel Trains STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems Almonte, On Visit me on the web.......> <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html">Frank Condelli & Associates< /A> or http://http://onward.to/frankcondelli Want to win $10,000? Click to enter!! <A HREF="http://irecommend-it.com/sh.e?22EC343C3B75">iRecommend-It Public Page for RAlanen@aol.com</A> |
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