I too had this same dilemma on 2 of my 4 tires. I had the long stems and they cracked and broke. I had my tire guy install short stems ( I have the chrome VW Frisbee caps so the length is not an issue ) and all is well for quite some time. I thought the stems first used were probably old and dried out or that the length caused some flexing while in operation causing premature wear. Bruce is right though. Check yours before you'd wished you had. Dave '85 Westy " Magic Bus " '93 EVMV " The Truck " '98 Beetle " Lipstick " ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 6:38 PM Subject: Re: To use Bars Leaks or not.....
I'm with Mr. McNeely. If you can swell the head gaskets AND they are only in the seep stage, that's fine. However, when the water pump starts leaking, there's a good chance that catastrophic failure is only a few miles down the road. I've been stranded twice by being an optimist on water pump issues. Now I'm a realist - replace it NOW. Karl Wolz On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 8:49 AM, B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote: >>> I'll second Jeff's email. I had a mystery coolant loss in Dixie and put > in 2 bottles of the Subaru Head Gasket Conditioner. That was in the spring > and the coolant level hasn't budged. << > > I'm starting to think that's the way to go. > > Thanks everyone for replying on this. hmmm where to find a Subaru dealer > around here, I have 4 VW dealears nearby.... > > Bryan > |
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