[Vwdiesel] head gasket woes(way too long)

[Dana Morphew]

Also, what torque procedure did you use?  You gave it a "warm-up" and "1000 mile"
torque?  The bolt holes were very clean before installation?  The head gasket is
right-side up?  You began with a new gasket?  The coolant is still good?

Dana

Nate Wall wrote:

> 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:

>>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..

>>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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