[Vwdiesel] head gasket woes(way too long)

[Nate Wall]

Who made the head gasket? and was it a diesel motor gasket? Erling (sp?)
is the brand you should be using. Its VW OEM.

--Nate

cass wrote:

> hi kids.
>
> little curious problem ,and im wondering if anyone has a suggestion
> for, regarding my head gasket...
> background....
> i completely  rebuilt this 1980 1.6NA diesel about 20,000 k ago.
> it ran great..except for a very small antifreeze bubble at the front
> of the gasket/head.
> right from the get go.
> a pin head really...i re torque the head...
> didn't get worse..didn't seem to affect anything..
> but i figgerd it was on borrowed time..
>  i figgerd it might be that
> i had had the head resurfaced..and i felt the new surface as a wee bit
> rough...
> but put it on anyways.
> but it didnt go away after re-tourquing
>  i figgerd replacing the head gasket meant take the head in
> again to be re-resurfaced..
> so..i decided to drive it n see what happens.(read...lazy)
> ((i don't think a normal human would have noticed the lil pin head
> bubble leak..)
> anyway...
> it finally started to steam like there was no tomorrow..
> ran just a little on the hot side at this time.
> no oil in water..or vise versa..
> so i parked it n took off the head...
> now..this motor has NEVER been over heated..
> yet the head gasket looks like nothing ive ever seen.
> at least 8 different cracks..very obvious..
> everything elts is very normal looking...
> injectors  glow plugs ..cylinders..
> the gasket just looks like it really was drastically over heated n
> abused.. :o(
>
> so.. has any one elts seen this and can they tell me why a head gasket
> on a fairly new re-build
> never been even over hot...would do this?
> is this kinda normal?
> the car was running perfect  no really abnormal smoke..no loss of
> fluids..
> up till when it did the steam show.
> and it was taken off the road immediately..
>
> im a lil frustrated n concerned..
> thinks i should consider?
>
> thankyou in advance
>
> cassie
>
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