RS VR6 0 Posted March 7, 2007 Look at the gunk on the water passages!! Also the grooves in the timing chain tensioner. The bottom of the head...again the passages. See the nice trail of coolant coming out of the waterpump? Whats going to be replaced: Waterpump Headgasket New injector O-rings Chains/tensioners Valve seals Lifters Clutch with new main seal, flywheel bolts, throwout bearing Cams (Schrick 260/264) Various rubber seals: Crack pipe O-ring, T-stat seal Car only has 120k on it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nuggit 0 Posted March 7, 2007 Ack! those waterways are lurrrvely! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted March 7, 2007 Jesus - thats the worst i've seen, was the HG gone or the coolant just old? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2cc 0 Posted March 7, 2007 What temps was she showing? Reckon she was pretty hot looking at that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonnyboyo 0 Posted March 7, 2007 Wow! Kinda making me wonder what state mines in after 123k Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
g60bv 0 Posted March 7, 2007 would that not cause hot spots.? are there any hair line cracks any where. including pistons. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS VR6 0 Posted March 7, 2007 Actually the car runs fine. The coolant temps were nice and cool. The car never ran hot. The headgasket was not leaking and the coolant was a few months old. I was having the headgasket changed out along with the cam install. This is what was found after the head was pulled. I'm assuming that all the buildup in the water passages are from the previous owner not using distilled water when mixing with the coolant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
g60bv 0 Posted March 7, 2007 using dilstilled water. oooh aren't you posh. my cars lucky if its gets pond water. he he Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS VR6 0 Posted March 7, 2007 Distilled dosen't leave behind the residue that tap water does. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob Heath 0 Posted March 7, 2007 Could this be caused by not usin antifreeze, coz they put anti corrosion stuff in?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS VR6 0 Posted March 8, 2007 Top of the block cleaned up. Cleaning the pistons tommorrow. Head cleaned up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob_B 0 Posted March 9, 2007 have fun grinding those valves back in!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RS VR6 0 Posted March 10, 2007 Speaking of valves...here thay are. Clutch disk Pressure plate Throwout bearing...toasted! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted March 10, 2007 Rusty water like that means neglect, no other reason, but obviously by the previous owner. All VRs have localised corrosion on the block and head like that, it's a legacy of the old G11 days..... which is why VW revised the formula to G12+ in recent years. Pistons and valves in excellent shape for the mileage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
