Randy, Your right it was black. So what do you think happens when the black or green ring begin to fail? I never did replace the black one. gary --- Randy Huyck <Fritz_H@msn.com> wrote: > What blue ring? I know about the black and green > and the metal shim, but I > don't recall a blue ring. > > Randy, Carla & Anna Huyck, Olympia, WA > '75 Rustfalia > '85 Vanagon GL > '90 Fox GL (For Sale) > '74 Super Beetle > '93 Mercury Cougar > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of gary hradek > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 12:08 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: back to vanagon content a headgasket > question > > > Nearly half of the last digest was about scams and > virus, nonvanagon stuff enough to blow a gasket. > Speaking of gaskets I have a question about the > failure and symptoms of the green gasket that goes > around the cylinder. It is clear that the beefy > black gaskets keep the coolant in the engine and the > metal rings keep the compression in chamber but what > about the punny little green job and the blue? one > that goes around the cylinder. There must be a lot > of left over lower rubber rings as nobody can use > those unless you pull the engine. What are the > early > symptoms when those rubber rings fail? Would the > lower one cause coolant in the oil? and the upper > one > cause overheating of the coolant? Just trying to > get > back to the business of vanagons. gary > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, > and more > http://tax.yahoo.com >
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