[Vwdiesel] What? Head Gasket Okay!?

[James Hansen]

sounds like it overheated.
head warpage can loosen bolts.  check the head for flatness.  consult 
your manual, it will have specs for that.

1981 may have poor coolant flow through rad by this age, might have been 
dosed up with plug-em-all-up rad sealer to get it sold...  any number of 
things.
you're all new to the diesel thing, right?
Weren't going up a long grade in top gear by any chance, were you?
-James


William Longyard wrote:
> Please help me understand what happened:
> 
> I just bought an 81 caddy 1.6 na.  Driving it home 600 miles and after about 
> 300 suddenly I smell antifreeze, the car slows down gradually to 55 and I 
> pull over.  Opening the hood I see the overflow tank bubbling like mad, and 
> I THINK I see a bit of oil coming out from the back side of the head.  My 
> assumption was blown head gasket.
> 
> I finally got the head off tonight and I can find NO crack or gap in the 
> head gasket.  I did notice that only three of the head bolts were on super 
> tight.  Another four were on very snug and three were easy to get off.
> 
> Looking down into the bores I found that number two cylinder has a slight 
> rounded gouged area on the firewall side of it, and the bore itself is 
> smeared with some aluminum.  The rest of the bore seems to have some white 
> crystal substance sprinkled around it.
> 
> Please tell me what to do next, and what caused this!  I'm sure I'm into a 
> new piston, and rings for No. 2, but what other damage may be done?
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> Bill Longyard 
> 
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