[Vwdiesel] stuck stick in cylinder

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/13/2011 5:51:51 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
dieselwesty at yahoo.com writes:

I will  have to second that, safe way is the hard way, remove the head and 
replace  other high mileage items as you go.
Replacing all the little things that  need to be addressed along the way 
will firm up the motor and make it a  more reliable daily driver.




At this point I'd probably have to agree.  If the timing belt  was still 
on, etc but to get to things, the injector lines are probably off, the  cam's 
out, pump may be as well...  Disconnect the exhaust and pull some  head 
bolts and it's done.  Not necessarily harder but at this point,  probably faster!
    Loren