Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:44:27 -0600
Reply-To: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject: Re: Coolant going from expansion into refill tank and overflowing
refill tank
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Tom,
If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, you'll be better off
with a complete gasket set from one of the list vendors. The green
seals and had gasket rings are the least of this job, unless you just
happen to have all the other stuff and are missing the two items you
mention.
Jim
On Jan 26, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Tom Miller wrote:
> Does anyone have the part numbers for the green o-ring used on the
> cylinder
> head to liner seal and the flat metal seal that goes on top of the
> liner for
> 2.1 WBX engines?
> Thanks!
> TEMiller
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 7:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Coolant going from expansion into refill tank and
> overflowing
> refill tank
>
>
>> Internal head to cylinder seals leaking or cracked heads. I know, not
>> the answer you wanted to hear.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
>> Behalf
>> Of tabe johnson
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 3:59 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Coolant going from expansion into refill tank and overflowing
>> refill tank
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> (Per Bentley, the refill tank is the one you can get at through
>> the license plate door; the other is called the expansion tank)
>> My 1987 Westy puked coolant into the refill tank twice last
>> summer during and after long hot highway drives. I bled the
>> system and did nothing else.
>>
>> The other day the coolant level light went on. Sure enough,
>> the refill tank was overfull and the expansion tank was way down. I
>> refilled and bled and the same thing happened after a highway
>> drive the next day. I noticed a steady stream of bubbles going
>> into the refill tank when the engine is warm. The rate of bubbling
>> _may_ increase with engine RPM but I'm not positive of that yet.
>>
>> I checked the expansion tank cap. It holds pressure. I pressurized
>> the system to 15 PSI with the engine cold. The pressure was
>> 14.5 PSI after one hour. I watched the pressure when I started the
>> engine. It didn't soar immediately. A compression test shows
>>
>> Cyl # Jan 2004 Jan 2005
>> 1 160 145
>> 2 155 157
>> 3 150 143
>> 4 170 165
>>
>>
>> What's next? I'm gonna look at messages from the last couplea
>> weeks too cuz I remember others going through similar things...
>>
>> Thanks for all suggestions,
>>
>> --tabe johnson
>> xtabe@yahoo.com
>>
>>
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