Date:         Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:59:18 EST
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: T/S blown head gasket
Comments: To: robot_works@hotmail.com

Tim;
        The coolant gauge is useless. The highest reading is 12 psi due
to the pressure cap's limit. Instead look at the resevoir tank (the one
on the left). If it is full then you did good on your new purchase. If it
has any amount of air, that will not go away no matter how much you bleed
it, then you have a problem.
        The other possibility is a matter of semantics. The "blown" head
gasket may be refer to a more common Vanagon problem "The head seal
leak". This is a coolant leak around the heads.

Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe

P.S.
What is robot works?

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 02:01:33 GMT t obrien <robot_works@HOTMAIL.COM>
writes:
>Ok Gang,
>here is the story.
>I bought the 84 Wolfy Westy cheep because it had a 'blown' head
>gasket.
>I don't know what the previous symtoms were.
>This is what I do know:
>Compression test:
>Cold:
>151,151,145,145
>Hot:
>151,151,155,155
>
>No oil in the anitfreeze that I can see, no antifreeze in the oil.
>Temp goes
>up to midrange on the idio-gauge and stays there. After warming it up
>to
>temperature, I drove it 10 miles (16.4KM) in stop and go traffic, then
>took
>it out on the highway and took it up to 80mph (130KPH) for a couple of
>miles
>(3.2KM). No change in the idio-temp gauge. Sometimes the red blinking
>light
>is on, sometimes it goes away.
>When I turn the heat on, there is a slight smell of antifreeze. Does
>this
>mean anything?
>
>So where do I go next in my search for evidence of a blown head
>gasket?
>Where do I get a cooling system pressure gauge?
>
>Van runs nice, slight valve tap at idle.
>
>tim
>81 Westy "Hulk"
>83 7 passenger "soon gone"
>84 Wolfy Westy "Cory"
>
>
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