Coolant leak

[jlagnese at massed.net (John Lagnese)]

...said the queen. Nuts, said the joker, I have them and I'm not!

-----Original Message-----
From: Gordy Stedman [mailto:ydrogs@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 12:22 AM
To: Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Coolant leak

So I finally got around to changing the head gasket after a very
successful
trek to the junkyard (scored among other things a flawless newer MK1
windshield with tint strip along the top with a very spongy seal for
only
$15 bucks!).  So I bought a G60 rubber valve cover gasket because I was
told
they were reuseable and would work on my standard 8V valve cover.  Well
the
son of a bitch leaked oil everywhere along the gasket once it got
running.
I did lightly coat the seal with oil and tightened to standard JH torque
per
instruction.  So I reused the old cork gasket for now and it sealed
fine.
After burping the cooling system and refilling I took it for a 20 minute
spin for some taco bell and came back with a full radiator.  Yea!  Only
problem now is that the oil that leaked out of the valve cover reached
my
clutch and it is slipping like crazy.  Rats!  Or as Dan would say,
"Balls".

-- 
Gordy
MK1 x 4
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