Ur quattro engine job

["Ian J Haseltine" <Jim_Haseltine@msn.com>]

For those of you who might be interested, the head gasket job on my quattro 
has so far gone like this:-

3 hours this morning in very hot sunshine (30+ deg), removed grill, 
headlights, cooling pipes, aux radiator, air box, fuel distributor and fuel 
lines.
Break to take daughter on visit to my parents, but as we always get a good 
meal with free beer (very cold) its worth it.
Another hour tonight to remove the inlet manifold, packed up for now, start 
again tomorrow.

I have changed my opinion of the garage that carried out the previous top 
overhaul, they have a good reputation in my area but I have found the 
following - number 4 injector loose in the head, also missing the lower o ring 
(there should be two shouldnt there? a large one at the top and a smaller one 
at the bottom?) it may be in the cylinder for all I know, one exhaust manifold 
nut loose and another missing completely, all the inlet manifold bolts only 
finger tight and some of the fuel unions so tight that I cant free them. Why 
do mechanics take pleasure in fitting hose clips at just the angle where you 
cant get to them?

The current head gasket is a REINZ, as is the only replacement that I have 
been able to get. Reinz are one of the VAG OE suppliers arent they?


More news tomorrow night.

Jim Haseltine
88 Ur quattro