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Offline Sam

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Re: Headgasket!
« Reply #20 on: 13 April 2011, 18:55 »
Or join club gti and its only a tenner  :grin:
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Offline RyanVW

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Re: Headgasket!
« Reply #21 on: 13 April 2011, 19:01 »
Quote from: raferackstraw on 13 April 2011, 13:28
one other thing mate, once head is off you will need to check if has warped and get it skimmed as necessary, otherwise the new gasket will blow in no time

will it be obvious if the head is warped?

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Offline raferackstraw

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Re: Headgasket!
« Reply #22 on: 13 April 2011, 19:32 »
get a straight edge and lay it across head and then shine a torch beam at where the edge meets the head, from the opposite side to the torch see if you can see light thru where the edge is against the flat metal of the head, do this all across head. or take it to a good machine shop and get them to check n skim as neccessary
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Re: Headgasket!
« Reply #23 on: 17 April 2011, 18:35 »
Quote from: caistor_bmx on 13 April 2011, 18:55
Or join club gti and its only a tenner  :grin:

yeah... but the mk1 OC I have found to be very useful  :drool:
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