Cylinder Head Gasket?

[samhain1]

I have the same; my coolant is fine. In fact I had to change my coolant bottle since the sensor inside the bottle was giving me an engine error message is frosty weather, so I had a good opportunity to inspect the fluid as I transferred it from one bottle to the new bottle and it was absolutely fine.

Also I am not losing any at the water sits at the full line.

I do lots of short journeys and it's the winter so that combination means I am going to suffer. Someone suggested elsewhere that VW redesigned the oil filler cap some time back so I have ordered one and a new seal to see if that makes a difference. The seal I have cannot be great since I have the mayo but no other obvious problems and at £6.66 for a new one which will come Tuesday it's worth a try from my perspective.

[MikeFGTI]

Thanks for all the replies.

Here are a couple of photos showing the filler cap and the neck of the rocker cover, after having wiped all the gunk off and been for a long journey. There is a decent covering again.

What makes me think there may be something else going on here is that i've had the car for over 3 years and I think I would have noticed this going on before now.

Any further thoughts much appreciated.




Cheers

Mike

[samhain1]

looks the same as mine, more or less

[MikeFGTI]

I've just spoken to the service manager at the local VW dealers. They say the problem is a build up of 'oil emulsification' on the rocker cover and i need to take it off and clean it down. I guess i'll give that a try and see what happens.

Thanks for all the replies. I'll let you know if this cures it.

[samhain1]

Interesting. Will you put a new gasket on? I might do that myself

[Juicetin]

My 55 plate Gti has exactly the same. I've been doing a lot of short journeys recently. I did a 250 mile round trip the other weekend, checked it when i got home and it had all gone. A few short journeys since then and it's back.  No other symptoms so i'm hoping its just moisture build up/condensation.

[MikeFGTI]

Apparently VW dont sell the gasket separately, and it is only available from VW as part of the rocker cover! ECP sell the gasket seperately for about £25.00 but the garage told me that if you're reasonably careful, the old gasket should go back on fine.

I started on it last night and should get it back together tonight after work.

[Gene Hunt.]

My 55 plate Gti has exactly the same. I've been doing a lot of short journeys recently. I did a 250 mile round trip the other weekend, checked it when i got home and it had all gone. A few short journeys since then and it's back.  No other symptoms so i'm hoping its just moisture build up/condensation.

............it will be.As before they all do it this time of year on short journeys,just keep cleaning the gunk off with a clean cloth & either do longer journeys or wait untill the weather warms up & it will go.

[samhain1]

Just picked up My new oil filler cap and it's a completely different design underneath much deeper around the base and goes right into the hole rather than sit on top as the old one did. I have already put it on and it is so tight on to the engine block and the rubber seal is much thicker. I could hardly get it back off th engine. I didn't clean the mayo before I put it in and when I had a look I have already noticed much less mayo at the top and on the cap.

I am convinced moisture was getting in the old one only time will tell if it completely disappears but I will keep you posted. Could be £6 well spent

[MikeFGTI]

Is the revised one different to the one i've got (shown in the photo)?