That spot is a weak point and seen many crack there..Rt side upper fnt or left rear upper nut seepage with the factory heads Daryl of AA Transaxle 425-788-4070 "On the cutting edge of Old technology"
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Peter DiFalco Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:31 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Coolant bottle harbinger - opinions? Leak seems to be pooled most obviously below the rear upper torque nut on the left (driver side) head. This seems to be an original head (120k mi) unlike the other side. I believe I may have cracked the head, if list archives research proves reliable. I will continue to do the pressure bottle and see how it goes and post updates to this thread if only to serve as a warning to others: if you can't make time for little repairs, you may need to make time for big ones. Cheers, Peter On Sunday, June 27, 2010, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > At 01:30 AM 6/27/2010 Sunday, Peter DiFalco wrote: > > I'll be starting with the bottle and cap and thoroughly checking out the > system. When the warning light came on I killed the engine and coasted to a > stop. Here's hoping i haven't done any damage. > > > Should be fine in that case, other than whatever's leaking. > > Yrs, > d > |
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