Date:         Mon, 24 May 1999 14:44:52 -0400
Reply-To:     Bill Knight <bill@NS.ESC.STATE.NC.US>
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From:         Bill Knight <bill@NS.ESC.STATE.NC.US>
Subject:      Re: waterboxer head nuts leak
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I'd try Curil K2.  The most important factor is to get the head surface area
and the nut face clean and dry.  Of course this means draining the coolant
first, but if you can't get it completely dry, nothing is going to work.

Bill Knight


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Joshua Van Tol
Sent: Monday, May 24, 1999 1:55 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: waterboxer head nuts leak


Does anyone have suggestions for stopping 1.9 liter waterboxer head nuts
from leaking? I have a presistent problem with two of them.

I've tried the standard vw sealing compound, silicone, head gasket sealant,
and even, most recently, copper sealing washers. Nothing has worked.

The sealing surface on the head is a bit scarred up, which probably
accounts for the problem. So, any suggestions? I'm thinking of trying some
permatex 3H on the nuts.

My only other recourse, as far as I can tell, is to remove the head, and
have the sealing surfaces remachined.

Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net