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| It's all about the engine..................... OK, so lets go over this. Just so everybody knows. It is NOT leaking heads or even head gaskets. The "Leaky Head Syndrome" is simply the water jacket seal. The water jacket seal is a U shaped, rubber seal that seals the water jacket from leaking coolant. The reason for this.Not necessarily poor manufacturing, but not realizing the corrosion factor. Phosphate in coolant caused this. The answer? Well, this. Using a Phosphate Free coolant. Flushing the coolant system every two years and using the right coolant. Keep in mind that even with the usage of phosphate free coolant, water jacket seals last about 9-10 years or roughly 130,000-140,000 miles. What about distilled water? Well we believe that if you live in major city or populated area and have bad tap water, then its probably a good idea to use distilled water. Think about it, if you can drink the tap water, using it to dilute phosphate free coolant probably wouldnt hurt. Leaking Fuel? Well whats the deal with fuel gushing underneath the van at fill-ups? Well the deal is possibly a few things. Maybe an animal ate a hole in the fuel tank (NOT) Maybe the fuel tank is gone??? Thats weird. Well this is the skinny. Vanagon fuel tanks have seals in them, hoses, all being rubber material. So after some time due to elements & time. The rubber breaks down and cause leaks. The Vanagon fuel tanks have about 4 rubber seals. Three grommets and a filler neck seal. There is also fuel line that can crack, so it's best to replace the hoses to. There is a crossover tube that is good to replace at that time. However, we have seen some filler neck issues where it has torn and needs to be replaced. If your one of those people who don't always fill up your tank, you may not be aware there is a problem, unless you smell fumes. The seals that may be bad are on the top of the tank. Also since your dropping the tank to service it. There is also a fuel sending unit inside of the tank that has a float. This controls the fuel gauage on the dash. So maybe this would be a good time to replace that was well. This van is cheap, lets buy it and fix it up!!!!!! We as VW Van nuts, always appreciate the excited,motivated, ready top buy a van, customer. The unfortunate thing is we always hear the same thing. People assume that just beacuse a Vanagon is "inexpensive" they won't have to spend a lot of money to fix it up. Even if you already own a Van, nickel and diming yourself to death is most common. Now to efficiently go over a van and fully restore a van can cost up to $20,000. OK, so that number is huge for a 20year old vehicle. This seems like a lot, but compare it to "fixing it up as you go" , it's actually a better bargain. Now think about it. Everytime you have the van worked on, everytime a hose blew out, everytime a repair was needed, when all said and done, over the years, add all those invoices up, shocking!!!! Everytime a repair is done, something else will go out, so you spend more money and the more money you spend the more to start to think it was a bad investment. So what are you trying say? Don'y buy a Vanagon? Hardly!!! What it somes down to is, you can spend money on a fully restored van, ready to go off the lot, safe and reliable. The comfort of knowing this Vanagon is 100%. Even if you have a van already, go over all the receipts of repair. They are pretty close to as if you would have spent that money, just once and not over and over, the van being towed in, ruining a family vacation. So unless you are a mechanic and know how to work on your Vanagon, trying to own one "on the cheap" will only lead to frustration and disappointment. There is no other van out there that has the same characteristics of VW Vanagon, sure they are out there, but thats why you chose a Vanagon, uniquely seperated from all the others. Lucas over at GO Westy wrote a similar article that we thought was right on the money. This is so true. Trust us, were are not the only ones that agree! Westy Fridge Issue?? Why can't I light the fridge? So to those who own the pleasure of owning a Westy. Either two things here. Either your the person who doesn't know why he is reading this? And those who say to themselves, " I can't light my fridge!" So lately we have heard too many people who said they couldn't get their fridge to to run off propane or they couldn't light the fridge! The really bad part? Some of them have owned their vehicles from the start! So either, were a really bad shop and our customers are not enjoying the full capabilities of the Westy! Or some are too frustrated and feel its useless! Well let's go over this now. We suggest after reading this, if you are still confused please contact someone who will know, so that you may enjoy the coolness of a beverage!! Alright. First, please make sure that you print this out and go over this with the fridge in front of you. SO, first things first, lets go over what the buttons and knobs mean. Subaru Engine Conversion....?? What to do?? OK- SO your engines getting tired and your not willing to give up the van. Well theres a few pros & cons to this conversion. Subaru makes a good engine for sure. Theres a few things involved. You will need to find the engine first. The wiring harness from the van needs to either be switched out with UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THIS TIME..........STILL ADDING INFO | |
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