Re: Blown head gasket??? {part 2}

["Craig Williams" <roccolister@hotmail.com>]

Well, hearing that you have oil pooling on top of the piston , it's a good
guess that the source of the oil is from above the piston. That means a
problem with a valve stem seal or something like that.

You're going to have to pull that head. Hopefully you will see where it is
coming from when you do that.

-- Craig

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Hausler <mk1scirocco@yahoo.com>
To: scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: Blown head gasket??? {part 2}


> So I do some looking last night at the car after work.
> This is a 2.0l 8v ABA block engine.  Engine bay looks
> fine. Tailpipe has a coating of black oil. Coolent is
> brown but normal. Oil level is fine and looks ok.  I
> then pull the spark plugs. 2-4 look perefect. #1 is
> the problem. The plug is oil soaked. I stuck a
> screwdriver down in to the cylinder and looks like
> there is about a 1/4 inch of oil in there. So it is
> either getting in there by a blown ring or the valve
> stem seal. I am going to drain the oil to see if it is
> the ring, but the oil on the dipstick looked real
> clean. I would figure the oil would get dark if the
> ring was bad. I also remember a slight ticking noise
> when I started it  yesterday. I was thinking a valve
> adjustment was needed.
>
> So when I pull the head will it be noticable where the
> oil is getting in?  If it is the rings will I have to
> pull the engine?
>
>
> thanks
>
> mark hausler
>
>
> --- Mark Hausler <mk1scirocco@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I think I blew my head gasket last night. Here is
> > what
> > happened.
> >
> > I drive back from dinner late last night and notice
> > my
> > idle is running high. Pop the hood and everything
> > seems fine. Smells a little like burning rubber but
> > not bad at all. This morning the car was hard to
> > start
> > and had to keep the revs up just to keep it running.
> > Time for a tune I tell myself. I get out to close
> > the
> > garage door and pop the hood to see if anything is
> > noticable. Nothing strange under the hood. A little
> > more white smoke out of the tail pipe but more like
> > vapor. I drive off and in my rearview I notice a
> > cloud
> > left behind. At the first light I am waiting to
> > turn,
> > not much smoke then but when I take off I fill the
> > while intersection. FUCK> . OK something is wrong.
> > Turn around a go back home. At home the smoke is
> > whiteish and smells burnt. Not heavy oil or heavy
> > coolent. When I turn the car off  it runs on for a
> > second or two.  I had no real power loss.  Does this
> > sound like a head gasket?? Is there other things I
> > need to replace at the same time if this is what it
> > is? My engine only has 50,000 miles on it. Is there
> > other side effects to this?
> >
> > help
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > '81 scirocco s
> > '87 GTI 16v
> >
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