Re: [tech] torque on headgasket?

["Chris Chemidlin" <spredhaus@hotmail.com>]

>From: Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>

>On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 10:59:29 PST "Chris Chemidlin"
><spredhaus@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>>Does the VW Motorsport 'group a' headgasket take anymore torque than 
>>the stock one?
>
>Nope. Same-same.
>
>>The reason I ask is , under my oil cap Im getting 'maynoaise'- that's 
a 
>>sign of coolant getting into the system, right?
>
>
>No. Its a sign of moisture in the oil system. Could it be you didn't do 
a
>thorough CLEANING job on your rebuild? Sounds like you rushed the hell
>out of it to get it done. that's precisely how you screw stuff up. 


Woah! You don't have to get all snippy! When I match ported the head and 
manifolds, chips got everywhere. I didn't have the experience or 
foresight to cover everything up. I brought the entire head and 
manifolds to a place with a solvent tank and spent a good 30mins or so 
cleaning out EVERYTHING on the head.
I thought it was clean, but some of the solvent may have been trapped in 
the oil passageways.
I didn't even thing of that- that's why I posted the question.

Yes, I did have a deadline to get it done, but that just ment putting in 
long hours in the garage- not doing it quickly.  I have full confidence 
that I followed the Bentley correctly, but Im using the list's 
experiences as my own, since I have none in this case.
>
>
>>  Could it be left over 
>>solvent from when I cleaned all the metal chips out of it (aftermatch 
>>porting)?
>
>
>Why would solvent be in the head passages if its from your port job?
>
>

>>If I look into the coolant resovior, I don't see any oil- but then 
>>again, I don't know what to look for.
>
>
>If water is leaking into the oil, the coolant will look normal. (Should
>look like green coolant, or whatever it is you used.) 
>
>
When I asked this question, I was assuming that the 'mayonaise' ment I 
had a bad headgasket. Supposedly one of the signs of a bad headgasket is 
coolant in the oil, and oil in the coolant. 
I am fully aware that if there is an oil problem, the cooant will not 
have a problem, wise guy.

>>Can I just crank in some more torque into the bolts?
>>
>>HELP!
>
>
>NO!! if you used the one time torque bolts, if you torqued them like 
the
>bentley says:
>30ft lbs
>44ft lbs
>1/2 turn
>your done. 
>
Finally some useful info without the beating! Thank you. I didn't know 
that I could not retorque the bolts. This is the first time Ive dug into 
the motor on a watercooled car.
Shawn, please don't answer my questions if you're just gonna be a smart 
ass. I really appreciate your experiences, but I could do without the 
berating. 

BTW- where's my T-shirt I ordered 6 months ago?

>
>              Shawn Meze
>86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
>The Fastest, Quickest, Cleanest and
>best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
>http://www.Geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1308/index.htm


CHRIS CHEMIDLIN
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84 Jetta uGLi





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