That's what happened to me. I had a 147,000 miles on the motor and new heads and gaskets already but figured I'd rebuild it anyway. The guys at the shop never really said what the problem was. I assume it was a broken ring. But the blue/white smoke gave me a very good reason to have it Rebuilt. > ---------- > From: guymon[SMTP:guymon@SKYPOINT.COM] > Reply To: guymon > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 12:23 PM > To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM > Subject: Head Gasket? > > I've been told my head gasket has blown! It's not your normal coolant > leaking head blow. It fact I'm not leaking any coolant. The van > starts > and runs okay untill it warms up then HUGE plumbs of blue white smoke > come out the tailpipe. In fact I was confused when I looked in the > read > mirror and just saw white. I had to turn and look behind me because I > thought I was seeing things. This is not like the normal head gasket > problem. Has anyone ever had this happen?! It's been about 50k since > the last head gasket repair. > > 87 Syncro 156k > > Guy > |
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