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Date:         Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:48:49 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: uh-oh
Comments: To: Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <1w7znm5a.fsf@cs.indiana.edu>
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Of course the famous phrase, first uttered by an engineer, and so true, is recalled :

"It is the nature of fluids to leak."

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Allan Streib Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:34 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: uh-oh

Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> writes:

> Owners often report a drop or two overnite in cold weather. Dont > think this happens with new gaskets, though. Are you sure the > coolant is not coming from some other place than the head gaskets?

Pretty sure, unless it's seeping onto the top of the cylinder and migrating down along the gasket edge by capilary action. The drop I saw was still hanging from the cylinder, right at the gasket on the head side. It has been cold, below freezing when I've noticed this.

Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL


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