Gary
 
What you mentioned about coolant = getting back into the engine happened once to me this past winter on a very cold day. It = was not a nice sound when I started it up!!!! I drilled a small hole in the = pressure cap to let the extra get into the overflow tank untill I can get it fixed.
 
Joe
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary Stearns
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 = 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: Uh-oh, cooling = system way pressurized

Thanks to all who have = responded.  At Ken's suggestion, today I removed the expansion tank cap to have a = look and attempt a pressure test. Before I got to a test, out of = curiousity, I sniffed it for exhaust smell.  Three guesses what I smelled and the first two don't count.    I do wonder though, = when the engine is running, if cylinder pressure is pushing exhaust into the = coolant through some failure,  wouldn't one expect that cooling system = pressure would then force coolant into the cylinder when the engine is stopped = and cooling?  If this was happening wouldn't the engine miss or = stumble some on the next startup?  Ours doesn't, it starts and idles = cleanly.  Oh well.  Looks like my fate is kinda sealed.  Now, any ideas = how I tell which head is leaking into the coolant?  As I said in my = first post on this thread, the engine was a purchased rebuild (Fast German Auto) = about 20k ago.  Shouldn't be a need to pull both heads if only one = has a problem.   I know that the list has beat the head gasket = issue 'til it's screaming for mercy, but I still don't understand why the wbx has = so many head related problems.   Would a failure like this be corrosion?  I've been using the orange stuff...
Gary