Hi All,
First off my mechanical skills are not the best however I like to try and learn.
I have had just got my Golf running right after replacing the throttle body, when she started misfiring. I took her to my local garage and upon thire advise I replaced the HT Leads, Sparks, Dizzy and rota arm. This helped but didn't solve the misfire so she went back for them to have a look, they came back and said the compression is down on cylinders 1 & 2. Head gasket is the first thing to blame.
So I got her in to a friends garage and this moring started work on taking the head off. After a hour or so hit a couple of walls.
1. Upon removing the camshaft cover bolts one of the snaped leaving a bit in one of the camshaft bearing caps (the far most left one when looking at the engine).
2. After getting the camshaft cover off I could see the head bolts, however I don't have anything in my toolkit that fits.
My questions to you are:
1. Can I just replace the camshaft bearing cap with a new/used one?
2. What tool do I need to remove the head bolts with?
3. Once the head bolts are off can I remove the head without having to remove the exhaust manifold from the rest of the exhaust? (I have got the bolts holding the exhaust to the head off however a couple of the studs are still in the head.)
4. Has anyone seen any good guides to replacing head gaskets. I have done a lot of searching however don't hurt to ask.
Unfortunately it looks like I might have to hire a car for next weekends famliy trip as I'm not confident in getting this done in time.
Thanks in advance for any help or advise.
Matt.
