Date:         Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:59:10 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Leaking Woes
Comments: To: Michael Knight <vwdormer@HOTMAIL.COM>
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> But is it normal for the heads to both leak
> at the same time?


Yes.
>
>
> Any suggestions? I really would like to put off pulling the heads and
> such
> for a while.

You may or may not be able to. I put it off for two years, but this
year's cold snap brought on a pretty good leak. I am in the process of
pulling mine. I got about six hours into the job yesterday, am probably
another two hours from getting the heads undone, provided that I can
figure how to dismantle the nuclear-plant-style exhaust assembly.
>

> Currently I am not over heating and the oil usage is minimal as
> well as loss of coolant.

Depending on what the weather is like where you live, you might get
away with it for a long time as I did. I put two two-thousand mile
trips on mine, plus the usual daily driver routine, since they started
leaking christmas before last. But be advised that you are taking a
risk. They could pop any time. I was not willing to go to NY and back
again with them dripping a couple tablespoons a day in cold weather,
even though it only dropped dime-sized puddles on warmer days.

Jim

>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Knight
> '77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde"
> '85 Vanagon GL, nameless
>