[Vwdiesel] '01 Jetta TDI, Head Gasket

[Dave Cook]

After someone said something about that, I started wondering the same thing.  I couldn't remember what, but I did remember that it seemed like there was another possible interface of coolant and exhaust.

Is there any way to determine which thing the problem is, short of changing out one or the other?  

Dave Cook


--- On Tue, 10/5/10, Tad <tadc at europa.com> wrote:

> From: Tad <tadc at europa.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] '01 Jetta TDI, Head Gasket
> To: "Dave Cook" <davevw at yahoo.com>, "Audi-VW-Diesels Group" <Audi-VW-Diesels at yahoogroups.com>, "VW Diesel Group" <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2010, 12:35 AM
> 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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