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Ben, the spring-loaded tubes don't require the heads to be loosened (just in case it wasn't obvious). Unless you want to keep your engine bone stock you don't *have* to use these type of pushrod tubes for emergencies only. Toby Erkson, air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L '75 Porsche 914 1.8L Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/ ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: Thermo, Leaky pushrod tube Author: type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE Date: 11/23/97 4:24 PM ... You'll have to at least loosen the head (considerably) to replace the pushrod tube, and you'll want to do all four to prevent this problem coming up again, so you're a lot better off dropping the engine. In the meantime you can get a spring-loaded emergency tube...