Date:         Mon, 13 Jul 1998 21:13:55 -0400
Reply-To:     James Wagner <wagner01@EROLS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         James Wagner <wagner01@EROLS.COM>
Subject:      Leaking head gasket after overheating
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Greetings All.

A coolant hose broke on my 85 Vanagon resulting in terrible pinging and
a cracked passenger side cylinder head.  After replacing it and pressure
testing the coolant systems several times I now find I have a slow drip
from the head gasket on the drivers side. I am weighing my options at
this point and think I have three: leave the head alone and deal with
the leak by replacing coolant (the vans got numerous problems and I
really don't want to spend much more money on it), take the head off and
replace the gasket, or replace the head.  I am not sure the second
option makes any sense since the head may have warped from overheating.
Has anyone ever experienced this.  Or does anyone have a feel for how
quickly a slow leak becomes unmanageable.  Any help greatly appreciated.

James Wagner

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James Wagner