[Vwdiesel] 1.5 or 1.6?

[Forrest L King]

I have had all good luck,  but similarly have had terrible luck at a few
other places.

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On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 20:14:21 -0500 "Arthur Sauerhaft"
<kivka at earthlink.net> writes:
> I've had nothing but bad luck with vwdieselparts.com . go any where
> else.
> -Arthur
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-admin at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-admin at vwfans.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Forrest L King
> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 4:50 PM
> To: koldrid at zoo.uvm.edu
> Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 1.5 or 1.6?
>
> Make sure to brush the surfaces free of all dust and foreign
> material,
> and USE NEW BOLTS - the Factory bolts are torque-to-yield bolts
> (stretch
> bolts) and can only be used reliably once.  Note I said 'reliably',
> some
> guy s will say they used them again and had no problems for another
> 400,
> 000 miles, but we all know they are smokin crack :)  If the head
> bolts
> ar
> 12 pointed triple square tey are 12mm and if they are 6 pointed
> allen
> heads they are 11mm.  you can order new parts from a variety of
> sources
> including the dealer but I have had very good luch and technical
> advice
> with www.vwdieselparts.com .  In fact i thinkthere is  a write up
> on
> this
> page about changing the head gasket and how to tell.
>
> Forrest
>
> On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 14:29:15 -0500 "Kenneth E. Oldrid"
> <koldrid at zoo.uvm.edu> writes:
> > Hi. This is my 1st post. I'm not sure if our 84 rabbit is a 1.5
> or
> > 1.6. We are
> > changing the head gasket and want to order new 1 online. I will
> look
> > for numer
> > of holes in gasket (1 - 3), but does it matter if it is 1.5 or
> 1.6?
> > Any tips on
> > doing the heads gasket change? Seems pretty straight forward.
> > Thanks,
> > Ken
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