[Vwdiesel] Head Studs - wanted !!

[Nate Wall]

<<<When I remove the head, will there be any VISIBLE
signs that indicate a leak?>>>

Well, in my case there was! I had a slow coolant leak
that began right afdter I put new rings in. I could
not see where it was leaking, since it was somewhere
behind the injection pump bracket/inner timing belt
cover. Aluma-Seal stopped it. Teardown revealed a
crack right through the right front head bolt hole in
the block--Ouch! Coolant residue was seeping out of
the crack. Even though I cleaned out the bolt holes, I
cracked the block upon installing the head!

--Nate

--- Forrest L King <forrestking at juno.com> wrote:
> I am looking to buy head studs -
>
> 1. does anybody have a set for the 12mm 1.6 Diesel
> they want to sell?
>
> 2.  Raceware wants 179 bucks - just can't do that.
> anybody know of a
> group buy?
>
> 3. ARP does not list studs for the 1.6D, only for
> the gassers, and they
> told me those were 11mm???   They said if I would
> get the dimensions of
> the studs they could throw a set together for me in
> less than a day.
> Anybody know the length, pitch and diameter (I
> assume that would be 12mm)
>  - they told me they has 7/16 listed as the VW
> size??  Is that the same
> as 12mm? (really???)
>
> 4. Does anybody out there have any other suppliers
> for headstuds?  I'd
> like to keep my cash outlay in the 130 dollar area
> -
>
>
> Next subject :   I think my head gasket is leaking
> (i told y'all this
> last week).  I did all of the torque sequnces per
> the Bentley, but it
> started leaking before I got to 1000 miles for the
> final set.  I
> aknowledge the suggestions for cleaning out the
> holes to prevent a false
> torque value, or splitting the block.  It is
> possible that I had liquid
> in a hole, however I did blow them out with an air
> gun, so possible, but
> not likely.
>
> I want to pull the engine apart and see if I can
> tell where the engine is
> leaking from - I do not want to spend 160 dollars on
> the engine if this
> will not fix it  (130 headstuds +30 headgasket).
> The engine is
> undriveable right now, so I am not hurting it by
> pulling it apart.  My
> question is this :  When I remove the head, will
> there be any VISIBLE
> signs that indicate a leak?
>
> My water is currently dirty (sooty) but it has no
> oil in it, and my oil
> is currently clean (well, normal, not clean, lol). I
> suspect the
> headgasket because I just had the valves set
> (remeber that saga?)  and
> the piston rings are new and the block is not worn.
> The engine is
> running on 2 or 3 cylinders at low speed but evens
> out at high speed.
> The coolant is not overpressurizing (or I am not
> noticing it while
> zipping down the highway) but it is getting dirty.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Forrest, again.
>
>
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