Date: Sat, 06 May 1995 00:29:12 +0600
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From: mantis@vt.edu (Brad Banks)
Subject: Repost: Head talk
>After reading about all of these head problems I'd like to understand what
actually
>happens (especially before it happens to my '87 Westy)! Can anyone tell me:
>
>What happens inside the engine? It sounds like liquid from the cooling
system gets
>into the combustion area of the engine. Is the failure always that the head
warps
>and disturbs the seal with the head gasket or are there other similar failures
>with the same effect?
>
>Are the heads defective when they leave the factory and it just takes a
certain amount
>of mileage for the problem to appear?
>
>If they are defective from the beginning, is there anything you can do in
terms of
>maintenance or driving style to prevent the problem from showing itself or
is it
>pre-determined and just a matter of time (mileage)?
>
>Is there a way to detect in advance if the problem will happen? Maybe an
oil analysis?
>
>If the problem occurs, what is the correct way to fix it? Do you have to
get new
>heads? Re-machine the old ones?
>
>After fixing it, what's to say that it won't happen again?
>
>Thanks for putting up with my mechanical ignorance! We're about to make a
trip from
>North Carolina to the Southwest for four weeks and I'm trying to get
everything in order
>but I feel pretty helpless about the head thing. Our '87 has 69k miles on it.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Jeff H.
>
>
i dont think anyone responded to these very valid questions... so here they
are again.
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