Notice to Hotmail/Gmail & BT Internet users - Please check your SPAM/JUNK folders for our emails. Please add our email as a contact to your email account.
Light/Dark Mode Enabled: You can now select the option by clicking the moon/lightbulb in the top right corner!
Search the Community
Showing results for tags 'head gasket'.
Found 7 results
-
Iv had my beloved polo for a few months now..... its slowly getting there. Most recently ive had a leaky head gasket which is costing me a fortune in cardboard for the garage floor😂😂. Gasket was changed before it came into my ownership and not sure whether it was ever torqued down again after settling in. Would anyone have settings the gasket should be torqued to when tightening for the second time? Any help is greatly appreciated :)
-
Good morning to you all and second go on the forum. The project is progressing nicely thanks to your help. Sub frame off and sorted, gear selector oil seal changed, wheel bearing sorted and now onto the big one - the cylinder head! Almost lost the will for this one reading the Haynes manual! Can sort the timing belt, although it is a massive faff by the look of it, but wondering how much I need to dismantle to get the cylinder head off. According to Haynes I will need to disconnect everything attached to the inlet manifold and throttle body etc and remove it with the head. Exhaust m
-
Hello polo people, I have recently changed the head gasket on my mk2f coupe and after being ran up a grand total of 4 times oil has started to seep from under the gasket just above the alternator, iv had the head skimmed and cleaned up the block surface did everything by the Haynes manual, anyone got any suggestions what iv done wrong?
-
Hi all I was looking for a little advice regarding my 2010 1.6tdi. It's been losing coolant over that last few months, not massive amounts but I'm having to top up from min to max every 500 - 700 miles or so. I've checked the following and can confirm: No evidence of leak on the drive No steam from exhaust No rough idle No sweet smells in the cabin No contamination of oil on the cap or dip stick No hiss from coolant tank when engine is cold. I've taken it to a garage for a pressure test and they say they couldn't find any external leaks. They've suggested it's either a head gasket prob
-
Hi I own a 95 Polo and recently noticed something strange with my oil cap, it has some creamy looking substance on the side that sits inside the engine and I have had mixed opinions of what it is for example I first got told I needed a new head gasket because water was leaking I then asked someone else and they said where my car was sat for a year it was just condensation in the engine and I just needed to leave my car running for a while I then tried that and it is still like it, do I need to run it for longer or do I need a new head gasket some help would be appreciated,
-
I'm about to get the head off because of a leak above the alternator. Stupid question do I need to drain all the oil, the Haynes manual doesn't tell you to under head removal and there's no water in it. I know the coolant has to go. Also I'm getting the head skimmed, should I whack some cling film over the cavity to avoid dust and such getting in while the head is off. How do I make sure the timing belt goes back in the right place? And finally any advice for fitting the new gasket, it's a rubber elring job? Cheers J
-
Hello, so I'm in the middle of replacing my head gasket on my mk2f with an AAV engine. By chance I was checking the thread on my new head bolts and it turns out they are 98mm long like the PY/G40 engine and the standard ones are meant to be 96mm long, now I'm stuck can I still use them on mine? or am I best to buy the right length for the engine code. The bolts are stamped with 8.8 tensile strength.
