Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:41:44 -0400
Reply-To: Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Best source for Head Gasket sets 1990 2.1L ?
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Pretty much all of the list vendors either sell Victor Reinz or Erling sets.
These are both German made sets and I have used both on customers vans with
no problems. Really the key to doing a sucessful head gasket job is
preparation.
When doing the job, after everything is removed, clean everything! This
means clean the case where the head gasket sits, clean the o-ring grooves in
the cylinders with a pick, and have the heads cleaned and checked for cracks
at a local machine shop. If you find any cracks in the heads, throw them
away and get either good used ones (rare) or new ones (best). If you don't
have any cracks then fill any pits in either the head surface or the block
surface where the gasket will sit with JB Weld and then sand back to normal
height with a sanding block. Clean everything up with some brake cleaner
one more time and then you are ready to put things back together.
I go by these guidelines everytime I do a head gasket job and I have had no
problems in many years.
Of course we sell both the head gasket kits and the new heads if you need
them. I recommend doing both heads at the same time (why not?) and getting
a complete engine gasket kit which we sell for $120. It comes with not only
the gaskets for the heads but also many other engine gaskets that you may
need in the future and is the same price as buying two head gasket kits.
Also when you replace your head gaskets you should:
Check/replace your water pump. Check/replace coolant hoses that look
suspicious. Replace your belts, and give the van a tune up unless it was
recently done.
If you follow these guidelines you should have no problems and have a happy,
healthy van to drive around in.
Thanks,
Ken Wilford
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
kevin obrien
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 3:02 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Best source for Head Gasket sets 1990 2.1L ?
Hello All:
I need to replace both heads on my 1990 2.1L engine.
Anybody got sets of head gaskets or know of the best
place to get them (I've heard some head gasket sets
are better than others.)
Cheers!
Kevin
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