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I'll have to remember those tricks.......

Well, it's been a while since I posted anything.... not much to post. Just removed the injectors and the heat shields just now from the used head. Searched here and found out it was 1 1/16"- at least I had a box end that big (head is off). I had an impact socket that size, but it went away....b...

I believe that I have a oil leak into my coolant. A little history so maybe I can get this repaired easily. I just replaced the timing belt and head gasket. I am thinking that I may have put the gasket in wrong side up. Is that possible. I remember looking for some marking on it and could not find ...

Okay, I called a local outfit to pop test the injectors (ones that cam w/ car and the ones with the new head). It runs $10 each. Any way, I asked about the "crush washer"/"head shield" and was told that VW's have a heavy washer in the head!? And it didn't need to be replaced.... ...

It's been verified! Head bolts are still stock 11mm- a 11mm nut fits fine, 12mm is WAY loose. The used head also arrived today. Man, the section between the valves looks great! One had no cracks at all. Another had a little bit, not much, much smaller then what was on the head that came w/ the car. ...

Open for suggestions. I need to determine the correct head so that I can advise the fellow who has offered one. I understand I should not use the TORX 6-point socket to remove the bolt. Have 3 questions ... First, I have never removed a head, or even a head bolt. If I remove one to ascertain if it ...

doonboggle, Sorry, not sure. The engine in question was already taken apart when I purchased the car. 82vdub & vwtyp133, Here are the info on my head bolts. They are indeed a torx type bit, not hex. I didn't have my camera to snap a shot.... and forgot to take one (Rabbit stored off site). :x :x...

Head is on it's way- ran me $200 shipped. Head looks like it has injectors and it was off a running engine. Unfortunately, the did NOT cover the hole when the lines were removed. :( Maybe to be safe, I'll reuse the injectors off the head that was with the car... unless I want to risk trying to clean...

82vdub wrote:

VanBoy wrote:I'm so new here, I don't even know what I might need.

That gave me a nice chuckle this morning

Anytime, anytime.....

It maybe an old car I'm fixing, but I want to do it right the FIRST time.

Wow. That truly is a collector car. Abbotsford.....man, you are just North of me.....

Your 1.6L heads.... 11mm, I take it they are "mechanical" lifters? Just bare heads......

(If they are available still....)

Wow.... so far from what I've seen (and I just barely browsed), you're the closes yet that has this much parts! Granted, I'm in WA state.... about 4.5 hours away.

I'm so new here, I don't even know what I might need. (Trying to fix a 78 Rabbit w/ a 1.5L... has a cracked head.)

Well, as people have stated, NA diesels can be turboed. But just don't abuse them. An excellent example of other NA diesels that have been turboed are the Ford/IH 6.9L IDI, 7.3L IDI, Chevy 6.2L and the early 6.5L. Everything I have seen on the 6.9/7.3 IDI says to have a pyro and keep the temps under...

First, all 1.5L's have 11mm head bolts from the factory. Whether someone drilled and tapped them for 12mm bolts, that's anyone's guess. I personally wouldn't use the head style as a reference, I'd use the under head length (UHL) as a guide. The 11mm bolts UHL is 4", and the 12mm UHL is 4 5/8&q...

Okay, I'm pulling up an old post, but I figure I'd use this thread..... (and yes, I have searched.... I've printed to PDF many, many threads here for reference.... Trying to do a crash coarse in learning about 'vintage' 1.5L VW diesel engines.... So, according to the pic here: http://www.vwdieselpar...