Well today I started on my mates Mk4 Golf 1.8t.
It suffered a head gasket failure at the rear of No. 4 cyclinder causing a huge oil leak between the block and head.
once the head was off it was clear where the failure was as there was also oil on top of the piston crown.
The plan is to fit an AGU head and either a standard K04 or K04 hybrid depending on the funds he has to spend.
So today I went round to strip the head off for him.................
The secondary air pump and egr is getting binned as will the N249.
Will also simplify the breather system an fit a catch can.
we have already got a Welly cooler to fit which will go one once the engine is built back up,
Quick pic of my son holding it up.
It will be a slow progress build as he still has parts to buy.
A set of rods will be going in whilst the head is off, We will be sacking off the ebay 3" exhaust system as its not a very good system, Its rusting to bits after about a year of being fitted so another system will be sourced.
Once built the car will be sent to R-tech for mapping
I will update the thread as progress is made.
