[Vwdiesel] Oil in cooling system

[Val Christian]

> I had to do dyalasis on my son's 91NA.
> 
> It's gasket was not blown from a combustion chamber, but it constantly
> leaked oil, as revealed when I changed the gasket, due to a malformation of
> the rubber insert in the gasket that seals the oil riser to the head.

Sandy,

Nice write-up.  Similar to what I do, including the Simple Green.  I
don't use a pump.

Typically, I wash things out several times, over the course of a weekend.
Between "wash cycles". I'll run errands, about 20 mi each, which gives me
a wash cycle.

To clear out the engine / heater lines, etc. to get a better wash, use
the exhaust of a shopvac, as it won't overpressure anything.  I used a 
leaf blower once as well.

The only worse job is getting "stop leak" out of a heater core!

Finally, I am convinced that the rubber oil gasket is a designed
failure.  In VW, Dodge and others.  Just waiting to fail.  I've
replaced more head gaskets for that reason than for any other!

Val