[Vwdiesel] Head Gasket leak fixed, thanks

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

A few months ago, in my 85 Jetta TD, the head gasket began leaking 
compression gasses into the coolant, resulting in massive overheating of 
coolant and disastrous blow-out of aging rubber coolant hoses and fittings.

I asked the list for input, and one of the replies was a suggestion to 
re-torque the head bolts before going to more expensive measures such as 
taking off the head and replacing the head gasket.

That advice worked.  Two head bolts were below torque specs. Tightening 
them stopped the compression leak. Replacing the hoses and coolant solved 
the other side of the problem.

A virus wiped my email out box this week, and I have no record of who 
supplied that very useful advice, but I greatly appreciate the help. Thank 
you.

Doyt Echelberger
Ohio, USA