Take it from dad......1986 Syncro Westfalia

[heyed67]

that thing is wickid man I just might have to find me one of them in the future...

[vw7266]

Ive been fighting demons in the gas tank...

But I think I have it fixed

That's another hour

so 24hrs to date.

[vw7266]

motor out heads off etc fun times!

50hrs so far

[chuckspence]

Whilst you have the motor out, remove & inspect the water pump area of the engine block, I've had cooling issues with Vanagons due to damage to the block at the water pump impeller location (ie: previously bad water pump bearing causing the shaft/impeller to tilt and machine a circular groove into the block face), sometimes they work ok, and other times the damage will make it impossible to circulate coolant properly, if there is any damage fix it with Devcon titanium putty (industrial strength JB weld) also great for repairing pitted cylinder heads at the cooling jacket gasket area, and don't forget to replace the water pump....

[vw7266]

Yup pump is on my list

[sweeth20007]

Great post Chuck keep them coming!

[vw7266]

Woah randy came over and helped me put the motor back in yesterday...it starts so that's a good sign....still needs coolant.