new pictures of engine strip down

[jte]

The head gasket is quite reasonable at ?28.

[kniterider]

yeah i dont mind the price of the head gasket and the bolts nor the roller, oil etc, its just the valves!! europarts will charge ?9.50 per inlet valve and ?11.80 for exhaust valves, but not sure wether theyd be any good?? a cheaper option yeas but how long would non vag parts last???

 :'(

[kniterider]

any one know any numbers of any GOOD vw breakers???

 :'(

[Veedubgt18v]

is there no way you can go to a salvage yard and strip out the parts you need from a crash dmaged car, clean them and grind them in. wouldnt that work?  

[jte]

Yeah, if it was my car i'd go for VAG, but they are damn expensive.  

Could you source them from scrap yards or is that not really sensible?

[jte]

Or just take the whole head/engine from a crash damaged car.  Got to be cheaper than ?600.

[Veedubgt18v]

i reckon theres a way to do it cheaper than vag without sacrificing quality, i reckon crash damaged is the way to go

[kniterider]

yeah probably ill ring a few if anyone can come up with some decent breakers, the engine only ran for around a year then got changed for 2ltr 8v so there aint gonna be many about i thinks.................

[Veedubgt18v]

yeah that would explain the exorbitant pprices, nevermind keep looking im sure it will work out, cant you get an exchange head from a vw specialist like in the magazines?

[Veedubgt18v]

was that engine fitted to any audis or seats or skodas or anything?