Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 20:16:33 -0500
Reply-To: Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Oops - I let the engine freeze
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Dave, if the head gaskets are just weeping at normal temps, when you get
down to super cold they can leak. That is probably what happened. I
would put a half a bottle of bar's leak in the engine. That should stop
the weeping and reseal it for another year. Glad it turned out to not
be the freeze out plugs.
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
On 2/3/2011 7:31 PM, David Vickery wrote:
> Thanks Ken, maybe I caught a break. I restarted the van after it got above freezing today and it doesn't appear to be leaking now. It was leaking out pretty good before, so I am wondering if the frozen coolant opened up gaps in the head gasket and after it warmed up, they went back into place?
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> I might be hearing a slight tapping sound, very faint, like when you are a little low on oil. It could just be my imagination now that I am listening for anything. Could anything get messed up from freezing, that would cause that sound. I am wondering if I should not try bringing the van up to normal operating temps and see if it seems o.k. now.
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> Thanks
> Dave
>
> --- On Thu, 2/3/11, Ken Wilford<kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>
>> From: Ken Wilford<kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
>> Subject: Re: Oops - I let the engine freeze
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 3:05 PM
>> Dave, you are going to have to pull
>> the push rod tube covers off and
>> take a look. It could be the freeze out plugs or the
>> gasket itself that
>> has gone. If it is the plugs then you can get to them
>> from the bottom
>> of the engine without taking things apart. They are
>> only a couple of
>> dollars each. Hope this helps,
>>
>>
>> On 2/3/2011 4:22 PM, David Vickery wrote:
>>> We got down to minus 25 degrees (farenheit) the last
>> couple days and I am assuming the coolant in my 2.1 engine
>> froze because I started it up now that the weather is better
>> and coolant was dripping pretty heavily from the tin
>> covering the passenger side head.
>>> Anyone with experience related to this? Is it
>> likely just a freeze plug that needs to be replaced
>> now? Are they easy to get to? Could
>> it be anything else?
>>> Thanks
>>> Dave in Fort Collins
>>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Ken Wilford
>> John 3:16
>> www.vanagain.com
>> Phone: 856-327-4936
>> Fax: 856-327-2242
>>
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