[Vwdiesel] ARP Head Studs - OIL IN COOLANT

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

I'm hoping that it's just the head gasket.  It drives fine, no overpressure, 
no overheating, just oil in the reservoir.  Anything else I should look for 
other than the head gasket/cracked head/cracked block?


  Not doing the final retorque can indeed cause a leaky head gasket.  Sure 
hope that's ALL you find.  You'd especially be looking for a collapsed 
seal around the oil passage head bolt/stud or a crack in the block at it.  
Hopefully all it is, is leftovers from BEFORE he did the head gasket.  :)

> 
> ** ARP has a 12-point nut on there, can I use the regular craftsman 12-point 
> socket to get it off or should I be looking for a special socket?


  Just a 12pt normal socket.  It's probably std. Raceware's are.

> 
> Finally, the head gasket notches mean different things on a early-1980 and 
> 81+late vehicles.  Anyway to tell if a 2-notch early gasket was replaced by a 
> 2-notch late gasket?  I'm trying to figure out why the gasket (I think) 
> failed.
> 

  Yeah, the bulges in the head, where the oil returns are won't line up with 
the gasket.  It'll stick out beyond the head and block.  Thing is I've only 
seen 3 - 5 notch early gaskets and none to 3 late.  The late used to come 
in 81 and 82-on varieties.  Early ones have small return holes and small 
bolt holes.  81 have small bolt holes but large returns.  82 on have large 
bolt holes and large return holes.
     Loren