Re: [T3] Push Rod Tubes

["Ron Arnold" <type3@bellsouth.net>]

another question i had towards this is , is it best to use like Permatex or
some kind of gasket sealant on the rubbers or leave them dry ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Per Lindgren" <lindgre@online.no>
To: "type3" <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Push Rod Tubes


> The tubes are of course not supposed to melt, but since they are made of
plastic
> it is possible. The telescopic tubes were made so they were replaceable
without
> removing the head (dont know why one need to remove the tube).
>
> VW made their own collapsible telescopic tubes on the Vanagon wasserboxer
> engine, these are made of aluminium and quite expensive, $19.95 each @ The
Bus
> Depot.
>
> PerL
> 73 Variant L
>
>
>
> Ron Arnold wrote:
>
> > my stock pushrod tubes were leaking so i replaced them with a set of
Bugpack
> > Nylon tubes , after a club meeting i noticed they were leaking a big
heavy ,
> > after i got home i took them out and 2 of them were melted like into
shape
> > of where they needed to be .. is this normal for these tubes to melt ?
only
> > 2 of the tubes had melted i put them back in with some silicone on the
> > rubbers to see if that makes the leak stop ,..
> >
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