1994 Volkswagen Golf "head job" Questions

You have to remove everything on top of the engine and take the head to a machine shop to be soaked in acid and tolerance checked. My suggestion is leave this job to a professional shop or dealership

...YES U HAVE A LEAKING HEAD GASKET, MAKE SURE U CHECK THE COOLING SYSTEM OVER AND VERIFY IT IS DOING IT'S JOB, SOMETHING MUST HAVE CAUSED THIS GASKET TO GO, RUNNING HOT IS THE USUAL SUSPECT

had oil leaking into the coolant, changed head gasket, still same problem Job was not done properly, Allso there could be a internal crack in the engine block,

...at rear of my 1999 vw golf v5 2.3 engine also have white smoke. had a compression test not head gasket no water in oil or vice versa. tracy in uk need a ring ...

pump is failing, or there are blockages in the oil passages in the block or head. You may need to pull the oil pan and check the pickup screen to see if stuff from the head job fell into the crankcase

...acceleration is starting to diminish... or you seem to not have as much power as usual, then it is probably a faulty cylinder head gasket... sorry.... hopefully not, as this is a bit of a job to

...gasket failure and the only solution would be to have the engine re-built to replace the cylinder head gasket. this is a big job to do let me know how you get on or if you need further assistance ...

...head gaskets. When a gasket breaks down, it lets in oil and water where it is not supposed to be. This is fairly involved. It is one of the bigger job you can do at home, but only if you are ...

...head removal. It is quite a job, due to the fact that the camshft id chain driven. If you are up for it then once the head is removed, poor liquid into the exhaust ports and see if it leaks out ...