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Date:         Thu, 9 Dec 1999 15:36:38 -0800
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Organization: The Cobalt Group
Subject:      Re: Red Flag! was need engine for '87 Westy
Comments: To: Wolfvan88@aol.com
Comments: cc: vanagon@vanagon.com
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True, heads warp, but she said she just had a new one installed and now
the mechanic says she needs a new engine because it is "warped."


We need more information to understand what is really going on here.


Wolfvan88@aol.com wrote:
>
> >>Vanagon engines do not "warp." They leak, crack, blow >>gaskets, and have
> >>noisy lifters but don't "warp."
>
> The heads on vanagons can and have warpped when overheated.  Then they are junk unless they are de-warped.  Many trash them they can be fixed with the right amount of baking.
>
> Robert


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