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SUCCESS! WOW! that was nerve wracking to say the least. The sequencing i found online stated the following: stg1: 30ft lbs stg2: 50ft lbs stg 3: 180* turn stg 4: allow engine to warm up to 190*F stg 5: 90* turn stg 6: drive 600miles stg 7: warm up to 190*F, one last 90* turn. I'm up to stage 5 so fa...

IS MY HEADGASKET BLOWN? ...When shut down, the pressure from the cooling system can push coolant into the cylinder. If that cylinder is on the intake stroke or compression stroke, the next time the engine is cranked over it will hydro-lock if the amount of coolant in the cylinder exceeds the combus...

I had this exact same problem with mine.

I was being lazy and didn't want to remove the transmission mount, finally got angry enough to go so far out of my way to remove it lol, after that everything went very smoothly.

good luck

as far as i know, all the injector lines are the same from NA to TD. I've got NA lines laying around somewhere but i don't have paypal or anything.

ok, well it seems to overheat from just idling, but if i remove the coolant res cap the temp remains stable in the proper range.. I did some looking around online and i think i may have torqued the bolts wrong. I used an old Bently Manual for 78-84 Rabbit and something else... I figured it would be ...

hmmm... Maybe i ought to upgrade to studs?

I bought new headbolts from Felpro, I'd never reuse the bolts.

sorry about being unclear. The first motor, the original is toast. the piston rings crumbled when i pulled them out and it looked as though a turbo may have been sucked into the motor at one point. Piston #3 has weird gouges all over it with mirrored gouges in the head. The rabbit motor has 206k, it...

hey guys! i'm a newb and could use some help right about now. I've got a '91 ECOdiesel Jetta i bought rougly 3 months ago. on the way back home from purchasing it, the motor overheated and destroyed the rings. Upon opening it up i discovered the block was in need of a bore job and everthing went dow...