Former VWDieselParts.com Forum

The gasket that was on my engine was a two notch, but when I measured the piston protrusion with a dial indicator and used the chart in bentley, it told me I needed three. If compression ratio is not a factor in the gasket thickness, why have three different thickness and a chart to tell you which o...

I misread the manual, it was the maximum warpage that I read. The manual actually says "gasket surface, do not reface, maximum warpage .004" section 3, page 25 of the 1985-1992 manual. So I guess if I read the Bentley correctly, you're not supposed to surface a diesel head at all. My brand...

yeah, like that !

I am in the middle of replacing the cylinder head on an 89 NA Jetta. The PO cracked through TWO injector wells overtorquing the injectors. I bought a brand new head, since I was never able to find a rebuildable core. The car is reasonably clean, with only 135K on it, new shocks and tires, new brakes...

thanks!

That is something like I was imagining, but I wanted to hear from someone with more experience first. I'm wanting to do this job just once, and not have to buy and reinstall the same parts over and over again....

Any new news on this front?

I'll probably get spanked here for dredging up too old of a thread, but I probably also would have been spanked for not reading the old threads before posting... :roll: :wink: Anyway, I did do that dumb thing and tried to hold the cam in place to remove the sprocket with the silly locking tool, whic...

Glad to hear that you had the head redone. If I understand you correctly, you are talking about the sealing surface of the valves. They wear out, especially the exhaust valves. Now you need to get yourself a Bentley manual. Check ebay or abebooks.com if you can't afford or find a new one. I am in th...

My understanding of internal combustion engines is that yes, if you decrease the combustion chamber size, then yes, the compression ratio goes up. As was pointed out here, though, more major worries in a diesel are what happens when the valve opens and touches a piston because you've lowered the hea...

I've never bought a car with a bank loan, and in the last twenty-five years, have had over 70 different old/used vehicles. Sometimes they turn out to be real losers, like the 60 international 4WD truck I paid $2000 for and drove for about a month before it died, and I couldn't get any parts for it. ...

what about the marine grade fuel lines for boats?

rebuildable core would be fine for the right price.

Thanks!

check out this forum about TDI conversions:

http://forums.tdiclub.com/forumdisplay.php?f=63

I have a jetta here with a broken injector hole that came from the PO overtightening and probably leaning away at the same time.

saw a big sign along the side of the highway in southern oregon that said:

"If you bought it, a TRUCK brought it."