[Vwdiesel] head gasket

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

Turbo ? ----I learned from Loren that pulling the small line from the intake 
manifold
if you have an LDA does wonders to lower cylinder pressure.

So do that first thing.  Then reduce fueling to minimum   --and LIMP on to
Spring time.    


  Better watch it, you're starting to sound like my uncles.  MF 135 Tractor 
was spewing water 5' out of the radiator filler when the cap was off.  They 
thought they'd try some sort of head gasket in a can or whatever.  I said 
"It didn't work did it."  Of course it didn't.  
  Cutting the fueling would be like cutting down the load a few grains 
on a 30-06 that has a lot of blowback from the chamber.  Sure, it might 
blow back a little less but that won't save your eyes or stop the continuing 
damage.
  A blown head gasket pressurizes the coolant at idle.  You can't cut 
the fueling back any more than that.  You can risk limping along, 
overheating and warping the head, cracking a reservoir and getting 
stranded or you can just do the INEVITABLE and replace the gasket.