[Vwdiesel] Do Diesels ever need similar type cleaning?

[Terry Briggs]

I think i'll just be using stock type bolts, the accident made things 
tight so to speak. i plan on doing the timing belt as well, it only has 
about 35k on it, but i'd just be changing it next summer anyways,  The 
head gasket on the golf is the original w/ 276k on it, so if stock 
bolts last that long again, bonus !
On Jul 24, 2007, at 11:33 PM, Tony and Lillie wrote:

> Sorry to hear about your hand. Anyhow, good luck on the Golf. Of 
> course, we will be here to answer any questions. Are you planning on 
> using head studs in stead of bolts, BTW?
>
> Tony Hoffman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Briggs" <vbriggs at stny.rr.com>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Do Diesels ever need similar type cleaning?
>
>
>> I'd agree with that, both my diesels saw a fairly hard life [ compared
>> to a gasser] lots of high rpm freeway miles, either camp lejeune to ny
>> and back twice a month many moons ago ['79 diesel rabbit] or my 500
>> miles a week trip to work now and I've never had issue with the 
>> rabbit,
>> don't suspect I'll see much when I do the head gasket on the golf in a
>> couple weeks, which would have been done a month ago had i not hit a
>> deer on my motorcycle and busted up my right hand badly.
>> On Jul 24, 2007, at 11:04 PM, B & R Decker wrote:
>>
>>>     My old time VW mechanic was head service writer in the mid 80's
>>> for Pete
>>> Lovely VW in Fife WA (the largest VW dealership in the NW at the
>>> time). He
>>> always says the VW 1.5 and 1.6 diesel is much more prone to blown 
>>> head
>>> gaskets and other troubles when used in stop and go city driving than
>>> when
>>> it was used in a high mileage situation. He thinks that cold starting
>>> is the
>>> hardest thing on the high compression VW diesel when the block and
>>> head are
>>> cold and the head bolt tension would be the least. I'm not sure that
>>> is a
>>> correct assumption but I know that whenever I go to revive a gas
>>> rabbit that
>>> has sat for a long time it is usually a fueling or electrical problem
>>> that
>>> caused it demise but with a diesel it is almost always a blown head
>>> gasket.
>>> Loren's right if you drive your 1.5 or 1.6 easy with lots of low rpm
>>> driving
>>> you will have a carboned up engine.
>>> Brian Decker
>>>
>>>> But in a nutshell, no EGR, no cleaning required.
>>>>
>>>
>>>   I believe it was Scott that found out (got scolded) that if
>>> you drive your "early" VW diesel too easily though, your valve
>>> will gunk up on the backsides with carbon deposits.  In other
>>> words, drive it spriitedly once in a while and enjoy.  :-)
>>>   Our service mgr. alway said the ones that were driven harder
>>> had less problems and ran better than the easy driven cars.  He
>>> never knew just why but then they weren't all that old at that
>>> time either.
>>>      Loren
>>>
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