[Vwdiesel] Heads up

[B & R Decker]

Hi Sandy;
	I suspect VW engineers felt they wouldn't get enough heat transfer
with an Iron head but it would most likely have made the head gasket problem
go away. The VW diesel is really totally reliable except for the head gasket
problem. Personally on an engine I build for myself I pop for the close to
200 bucks it takes to buy Raceware head studs (re-usable). I wonder whether
the solid copper head gaskets used for racing engines perhaps along with
o-ringing would be the ultimate fix.

Brian Decker

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Sandy Cameron
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 7:59 PM
To: vwdiesel at audifans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Heads up

Merry Christmas diesel heads.

Did VW ever make Iron heads for their diesels?
1.5 or 1.6?

I would be very tempted to try and get one, if so.

Have just done 2 head gaskets on son's and friend's cars, and it's obvious
the slow deterioration of the gaskets is due to the alloy head, and the
thermal cycling of stop and go.
Must squirm around a lot.

Tempted to leave it running forever.

I even keep it on the block heater in winter when not running,, just so it
won't cold cycle so drastically in cold weather (makes for quicker starts
too !)

Iron heads might be a good idea.

Sandy

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