Head gasket has gone

[mistrall 0]

well after suspecting the head gaskett - i had a head test and realised the worst :(

 

first off - is 350 quid a lot of money to get it changed? :shock:

 

also should i have anything else done while the chap is in there?

 

ie cams lol or outher stuff - not 2 shure were it all goes lol

 

will i have lost power due to the head gasket going?

can i gain any power by changing anything lol

 

anyway any advice taken on board ..

 

 

many thanks - justin

[steveo29 0]

chances are its down on power with a failed gasket...certainly dont go nutting it about till its fixed

 

its worth having new valve guides and or stem seals whiles its off...if your flush and after more power then a ported/flowed head would be a godd idea

 

£350 is a fair bit...id do it myself

[bcstudent 0]

£350 is a very competitive garage price if you're not in a position to do the work yourself.

[2_Door_fun 0]

£350 is a very competitive garage price if you're not in a position to do the work yourself.

 

I agree..

 

I had my head skimmed and refited for that price. It was warped. The head set for the G60 was preety big. I had a tougherd head gasket fitted along with the rest of the headset.

 

My gasket blew at the Transmission end No1 pot I think. The coolent was washing out the bore and going down the exhaust!! Had it all done for £350. Ask about having yr head skimmed.

 

I would have done the job myself but was moving house at the time..Way to busy..

 

also after the job I had terrible trouble with the fuel lines. It seems that VW fitted wrong lines on some C's. When the rubber is old and has been disturbed by doing a head job. The hose's will not go tight on the FPR and return pipes. VW did a recall on this in the US also there were a spate of under bonnet fires in Germany because of this..

 

So do a check or get some new 4.8mm fuel line. They sell it in Halfrauds...

[mistrall 0]

thanks lads - whats the porting head all about - how much and were lol , also what sort of gains would it produce?

[steveo29 0]

a ported head has all the interanls smoothed out so that air can enter and exhaust cant exit faster....should be good for a nice increase

 

id imagine your looking at £400 upwards on a exchange basis...i think g werks has started to do flowed heads

[davidwort 0]

well after suspecting the head gaskett - i had a head test and realised the worst :(

 

first off - is 350 quid a lot of money to get it changed? :shock:

 

also should i have anything else done while the chap is in there?

 

ie cams lol or outher stuff - not 2 shure were it all goes lol

 

will i have lost power due to the head gasket going?

can i gain any power by changing anything lol

 

anyway any advice taken on board ..

 

 

many thanks - justin

 

Whatever you do, make sure you fit a VAG metal headgasket, not a cheap pattern part that comes in some 2.0L headsets, only about 20 quid when I bought mine from VW.

Your head should be checked for warping and only skimmed if necessary, there's not much to metal to play with on a 16v head.

Porting and gas-flowing should ideally be done with the manifolds and can get you from 10-20bhp if done properly, if you do have that done then at least ditch the 2.0 inlet cam in favour of a mk3 16v or 1.8 16v (KR) inlet cam or you won't get the benetfits of the head-work.

 

David.

[mistrall 0]

DO THEY HAVE TO REMOVE THE CAMS TO GET TO THE HEAD GASKET?

 

i would like to get the kr cam in but i dont know if she was already camed when i bought her lol - rr at 148bhp so mabe?

[Geo 0]

They don't have to remove the cams to change the gasket but they will have to remove them to skim the head.

[mistrall 0]

wish me luck - going in today

[Geo 0]

Good luck then :lol:

[FTM1975 0]

yeah good luck mate, that sounds like a pretty good price to me, Had mine done recently with new cylinder seals too. cost £400.

[lottysvdub 0]

good luck hope its not to bad for you bud

[mistrall 0]

got her home yesterday - seems to be beter - no oil change? is that normal?

[ben16v 0]

pretty sure they will have changed the oil if the H/G had gone

[bcstudent 0]

Yeah, that should go without saying I reckon.

[jimmy83 0]

If they haven't changed the oil, It would be adviseable to Do it yourself. water (albeit a small ammount) may well have got into the oil and vica versa.