head gasket change on a mk 4 auto

[Tucky]

Hi all i done well this week with picking up my mk2  gti 16v for just £220  with ful  engine rebuild etc any way i mentioned about getting a 1.6 sr auto. The lads desperate for cash and wants to do a swap with some of my blue point tools (which i have ) and £50 his way.  Ive got a sneaky suspision that the head gasket mmay be gone / on is way out.  Is this a straight forward job to do and are there any threads on here that explain  on how to do so Thankks in advance Tristan

[dan2252]

why you think head gaskets gone? oil cap covered in rubish? every one of these 1.6 ive seen seems to have crap allover filler cap