Date:         Thu, 7 Oct 2004 08:51:00 -0400
Reply-To:     vw4x4@FYI.NET
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From:         Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: re-torque-ing heads to stop coolant leak
Comments: To: Pascal Giasson <pascal.giasson@GNB.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2004100708211740@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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You are refering to the recall campain the VW had years ago on the head
gaskets.   The campain fix was to add a 1/4 turn to the head gasket
torque nuts.  This was of little value unless you have a compression
leak.
                                                  ERic

Pascal Giasson wrote:

>I have searched the archives for information on how to retorque the heads
>with no luck.  My '84 westy is not leaking and the PO said that the heads
>had been retorqued by the VW dealer as part of a VW program to prevent the
>heads from leaking.  Is this something that I should re-check (the head nut
>torque) or does this just need to be done once?  Thanks
>
>Pascal
>'84 Westy
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>On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 17:58:36 -0500, Mark & Laura Zaranski
><zaranski@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
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>>OK, '87 7-pass gl with well over 160kmiles.  Some leaking evident from
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>heads (drips on both sides) since acquisition, expected to need to redo
>heads at some point in not-distant future.  Vehicle came to me with a
>complete spare engine that includes newly reman'd heads, so I was not
>dreading the eventual need.
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>>Tony Wolf (Wolf's Foreign Auto, Merrillville IN 219/942-0576) had the van
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>for other stuff, when I picked it up he said "Your heads were leaking
>coolant like sieves!  I retorqued them and now they don't leak."  That was
>about 9 months ago.  Still no leaks!
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>>Mark Z
>>Porter, Indiana
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