[Vwdiesel] '01 Jetta TDI, Head Gasket

[Tad]

I thought tdi gaskets rarely blew... Maybe you've got a cracked egr cooler?

On 10/3/10, Dave Cook <davevw at yahoo.com> wrote:
> My friend's TDI Jetta seems to need a head gasket.  For some time, it has
> been losing coolant mysteriously.  No leak has ever been observed.
> Recently, I saw bubbles going into the reservoir tank.  And on a mountain
> trip, I could smell the coolant being released from the cap as the Jetta
> worked to drive up a steep road.
>
> So I think I will be replacing the head gasket in the car.
>
> It has 184,000 miles.  We kinda figured that the timing belt would be
> replaced, but not the hardware as that was all replaced at 130000ish miles.
>
> So the job can be planned out, what all else would you recommend doing at
> that time?  How about the head?  Assuming everything looks ok (and checks
> out flat, etc) would you worry about reworking it and such?
>
> Other things to consider?
> Dave Cook
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