I'm hoping someone here can shed a little light to my query. Unfortunately, on the weekend my car broke, lost power with blue/white smoke. It cant be looked at until next week to establish exactly whats going on, however I have a good idea. Best case scenario (sounds stupid, but is compared to the next option) is head gasket has gone, which is easy enough to rectify, However, ever the optimist, im fearing the worst, and after reading that its quite a common fault on earlier mk5 golfs (mines 2005 2.0ltr gt tdi), the cylinder head is either porous, or has even cracked.
So obviously, if this is the case, I don't want to fit the same head, as the chances are, it could happen again. My question is, as im lead to believe that the 'C' type of head (3rd attempt at resolving the fault), made after 2006, didn't suffer with this issue, will it fit my earlier engine, or does it have to be the same year? Also does the engine code need to be the same?
Thanks in advance.
