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Date:   Tue, 23 Mar 1999 19:10:47 -0800
Reply-To:   yahi <yahi@OLYPEN.COM>
Sender:   Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:   yahi <yahi@OLYPEN.COM>
Subject:   Re: Leaking Heads
Comments:   To: "Tom L. Neal" <jneal@netcom.com>
Content-Type:   multipart/alternative;

Hi Tom,

This is what I have been experiencing lately:

Vehicle starts up and idles fine, then discharges whitish exhaust, tailpipe is wet and sooty. With engine warm this diminishes somewhat which previously led me to believe moisture was due to condensation in the exhaust system which evaporated as engine temp increased. But, now I think there is a consistent internal leak. No evidence of any external leak.

Under load engine exhibits intermittent misfiring. Much has been said about this symptom on the list i.e. possible causes being defective temp sensors, O2 sensor, AFM, idle stabilizer, Hall sender, fuel pump, injectors, vacuum leaks, poor grounds, etc. I've checked out all these and they're ok.

That leads me to this:

A unknown amount of coolant probably small but consistant is migrating from water jacket via faulty rubber head gasket into combustion chamber. This builds up and fouls the mixture causing misfire, discharge of moisture (whitish exhaust) and unspent fuel (rich odor). Haven't as yet experienced the dashboard sound and light sound show you experienced, then again I haven't been driving much either.

This, unfortunately is starting to make sense to me or maybe it's fortunate because a head job will afford me yet another opportunity to become even more at one with my vehicle. Does this make sense to you? Thanks for asking.

Thom '87 Syncro Wonderfully Wet Western Washington

---------- > From: Tom L. Neal <jneal@netcom.com> > To: yahi <yahi@OLYPEN.COM> > Subject: Re: Archives ? > Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 3:25 PM > > I've had every variation of leaking heads known to man, I think. > The scariest is the internal injection of explosive has into the > cooling system, which heat up the engine real fast and causes the > needle, red light, and buzzer to all pronouce a problem exists, > usually up hill in the heat, of course. The internal water sucking > and leaking are placid by comparison. > What are your symptoms? > > Tom Neal '87 syncro > > On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, yahi wrote: > > > Hi! > > My '87 Syncro has been giving me considerable trouble lately - me is > > starting to fear the worst - internally leaking heads. My second worst fear > > is to no longer be able to access the archives. I've been unable to access > > it for several days now. Is it down??? Is it me??? Help??? > > > > Thom > > '87 Syncro Westy > >


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