Head Gasket?

[SarahD]

why wont the cam go in its outta the 1.8 8v originally i think 

[Agreeable Slick]

mainly because a valver is a DOHC, whereas the 8v was a singular, i think also the 16v were a different fitment to the 16v's due to the spacing, and also the time it held the exaust valves open.

[pinkfloyd]

Sass take it to a garage and ask for a steam clean, this will get rid of ALL the oil in your engine bay at the moment and if it dont start after it's down to the machanic to get it going again (just bat your eye lashes at him) then by the time you get home you can see exactly where the oil is coming from and work out what you need from there.
If your still unsure take some more pic's of your clean engine and post them on here and we can all have a look.


Pink Floyd

[Judderi]

i hope to god it aint head gasket

gunna degrease and clean everywhere and try finding where its coming from

need some ramps ideally to get underneath and give it a good clean

Your welcome to borrow my ramps if you need to. Just let me know

[SarahD]

thanks ben mate, but ive been to the garage today and its coming from the head gasket :embarassed:

dont think its that bad and im gunna get a head gasket at the weekend...

am gunna clean it tomorrow and get some better pics but heres the proof for now....







 

[...joe]

christ!! that would've been the last place i'd have thought oil would have come from!!!

[SarahD]

the lad at the garage said dont worry bout it too much cos it dont seem that bad

theres not been any leaks on the floor but its defo leaking from there a little bit

hope it dont fcuk the head up... ill get a 16v engine if i do though

[GTI EDITION (aka LTD)]

I trust that you're getting the head skimmed ,shouldn't cost much,  otherwise you could end up back at square one and having to pay out for another gasket set. :huh:            Which is exactly what I ended up doing once , when I wrongly assumed that the head was OK 

[SarahD]

no i aint

if it still leaks then ill put a diff engine in cos itl be cheaper

[richandhazel]

Right............always check the head as it doesn't take a lot for it to go out of 'true'. Skimming the head will be very much cheaper than a new engine!

Those leads are not original VAG oem therefore why you are having a rough problem in the wet.............Pay the extra and get oem leads...........they will make the world of difference