if there is a strong leak in your manifold (you cant miss it because of the
noise), driving like this can generate enough heat in the engine compartment
to melt a lot of plastic and make quite a lot of damage. Well... this is
what happened with my 1.6l TD...

Sylvain B�langer
Montreal, Quebec
1.6l TD Westy

>From: Richard Ferguson <fergusrh@YAHOO.COM>
>Reply-To: Richard Ferguson <fergusrh@YAHOO.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Broken manifold bolt
>Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:43:12 -0800
>
>Hi, I have a broken bolt that holds the manifold to the block...the
>bolt is broken off in the block and the mechanic says he will have to
>drill it out...apparently pieces of the manifold gasket are being blown
>out too...He suggests drilling out the bolt...resurfacing the manifold
>and putting on a new gasket all for around 400$. Does this seem
>reasonable? Will I hurt anything by driving like this for a while? I
>have to fix my rear heater core first because it is leaking coolant.
>Thanks for any advice,
>Rick
>85 Westie
>
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