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Title: Head gasket
Post by: jayb on 19 April 2005, 09:47: Hi,

I've just read on an ebay ad that the head gasket tends to go on GTis around 80k. Is this true? My mk2 8v's done 101k and it worried me when I read that.

Jason
Title: Re: Head gasket
Post by: Mr Blue on 19 April 2005, 09:59: Head gaskets can go anytime so i dont know where the facts is that they blow at 80k?

Seen some that have blown at 180k

Though I have a few mates with mk3 VR6's on J plates and they tend to blow alot :laugh:
Title: Re: Head gasket
Post by: AudiA8Quattro on 19 April 2005, 11:42: Blow at 80k? bollox :laugh:
Title: Re: Head gasket
Post by: gibby on 19 April 2005, 11:43: Are you sure they weren't talking about timing belts rather than head gaskets ? Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â :undecided:

As Blue says, head gaskets can go at any time. Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â :sad:
Title: Re: Head gasket
Post by: Mr Blue on 19 April 2005, 12:03: its probably just a blag on epay :grin:
Title: Re: Head gasket
Post by: gibby on 19 April 2005, 12:24: Quote from: Blue Mk2 on 19 April 2005, 12:03
its probably just a blag on epay :grin:

Probably right. Fit a new head gasket and get 50 more bhp. :laugh:
Title: Re: Head gasket
Post by: jayb on 19 April 2005, 12:26: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9873&item=4542588768&rd=1

here's the link...
Title: Re: Head gasket
Post by: richandhazel on 19 April 2005, 12:29: What a load of rubbish. You can get as much as 200,000 miles out of one of these engines without ever needing to take the head off. Just depends on how the car has been treated and maintained. Overheating is the quickest way to knacker a head gasket, not to mention warp the head.
Title: Re: Head gasket
Post by: AudiA8Quattro on 19 April 2005, 12:35: Correct indeed Richard :laugh:
Title: Re: Head gasket
Post by: richandhazel on 19 April 2005, 12:38: Just read the ad. Personally I would never remove the head from a perfectly serviceable engine.

If it isn't broken, don't mess with it, more likely to do more harm than good :wink:
Title: Re: Head gasket
Post by: mrwotto on 19 April 2005, 12:39: As my dad always says

If it aint broke

Dont Fix It!
Title: Re: Head gasket
Post by: richandhazel on 19 April 2005, 12:44: Quote from: mrwotto on 19 April 2005, 12:39
As my dad always says

If it aint broke

Dont Fix It!

lol, that's what I meant to say.........but yeah, you got to agree. Its not like a timing belt/tensioner, oil change etc that you need to change as part of a schedule. Its like saying, I better change the windscreen as I've heard they can break after 80,000 miles :shocked:
Title: Re: Head gasket
Post by: mrwotto on 19 April 2005, 12:46: :grin:
Title: Re: Head gasket
Post by: gibby on 19 April 2005, 13:42: ...and they've taken the le castellete wheels off the Rivage ! What's that all about ! :shocked: They've also changed the steering wheel (which it says) and the gear knob. Also what's this about the timing belt being Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£4 ! The last one I got from VAG was Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£12 and then there's the labour to have it fitted on top of that. :rolleyes: