Date:         Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:09:53 -0500
Reply-To:     Richard Bias <rbias@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Richard Bias <rbias@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Repost: Research done, now your opinion...
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Come on, where is everyone?...  My email box is usually clogged with
postings on if you eat meat or not, the next generation VW Van, the never
ending tire post, Vendor bashing, political and religious views on just
about anything, if we should be fighting the War or not...
  Here is your chance to help a fellow "Vanagon Nut" out in a time of need
and let me know what you would do if your Van was my Van's shoes...  I ask a
real Van question and I got one reply all morning(Thank You because I do
appreciate your view), I would like to hear from you.  Thank you again.

  Rich


>From: Richard Bias <rbias@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Richard Bias <rbias@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Research done, now your opinion...
>Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 08:19:49 -0500
>
>Hello All,
>  Thank you for your replies on my "Throw in the towel, or not" email.  Our
>Van has been parked in the driveway since the day it happened and I haven't
>looked at it yet except to see that the overflowed coolant in my overflow
>tank is not the bright, snappy orange it once was but now it is a dingy,
>burnt orange color.  To recap, my heads seem to have gone south again after
>only about 25K miles.  I have an air gap in my reservoir tank and the
>overflow is overflown...
>  My wife has talked me into fixing it again (I am very happy about this
>because I think if I had just dumped it, I would really have regretted
>it!).
>  I want to be very careful with the money because we just don't have it
>growing on the tree in the back yard.  Here is the pertinent information...
>1985 GL, 1.9L, 161K miles, New H2O pump, thermostat, Temp II sensor about
>8K
>ago, like I said new gaskets with rebuilt and tested heads 25K ago.  The
>heads had the crack between valves but the shop said the tested fine.  I
>have got the engine running like a top and (hard to believe, doesn't use a
>drop of oil in between the 3K oil changes) when I did the heads last time I
>had the cylinder barrels out and they looked good, no scratches or gouges
>and the honing marks were still there.  Pistons and rings looked good so I
>did the job knowing the heads tested fine.  People on the list with the
>1.9L
>engine have talked of 240K on up miles on their engines...  Do you think it
>is feasible to go with new heads on a 161K. 1.9L engine?  There, I asked...
>Please let me know what you are thinking.  As always, thank you for your
>time and concern.
>
>Rich and Annemarie
>1985 GL "Buba"
>
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