slugmaster100 0 Posted September 23, 2008 Good day to you all.... My 1.8 16v KR engine has decided that after 153,000 miles that it wants a new head gasket (I think.... head coming off tomorrow to confirm) as I believe it to have gone between cylinders 3 & 4 :( . Oil and coolant passages are un-affected :) - so there have been no overheating issues :D . Whilst the head is off, I am going to send it off for pressure testing and whilst it's there, possibly skimming a bit off it. I'd like to know before I do this: 1 - is it possible? 2 - is it worth it for power/torque gains of any amount? 3 - how much could be SAFELY taken off? - without the risk of piston/valve marriage and further running problems. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't tell me a measurement if you don't know or aren't sure!!!! Thanks in advance... Rich. PS. I'll be fitting a genuine VW head gasket back to it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toad 0 Posted September 23, 2008 1. Yes 2. Not sure, don't think it'll make that much difference. 3. The company doing the maching will have the figures. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ben16v 0 Posted September 23, 2008 yeah agree with toad, my HG went in 03 prob 130k had it skimmed as the garage said and touch wood its on 176 now and has been fine, put out good results on 2 rollers but im not saying thats anything to do with the skim, from what i heard/asked at the time it makes sense to get it done or at least checked while its off in case its not 100% HTH ben Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
