Head Gasket

[Guy]

looks like it is on it's way out - all sorts of crap in the coolant   

so... what do i do?

get a straight repair, or spend a bit (a lot) more and drop a 20vt in there or ditch the car now and get something a little more punchy... or should i do something else? 

all opinions welcome?

[Horney]

How do you know it's the HG? I'll do a compression test tomorrow if you like.

Nick

[VeeDubClub]

1.8t!!!!!! You no you want to lol!

Realistically though, probs not worth selling as it would be hard to sell IMO- i no i definately wouldnt buy a car with a head gasket on the way out unless for abosl*te peanuts.

Fix and sell? Not sure how much it would cost as thankfully ive never had to do it!

Or just fix and keep!  

[LazyLunatic]

if the rest of the car is mint and it means something to you, i.e. you would be reluctent to sell, then drop a 20vt in. You could really tidy the engine bay up as well, give it a really good clean and have a sparking show engine, mmmmmm

of course it would perform too!! i guess there is more you can do with a 20vt too, bigger turbo, intercooler, remap to kick out more bhp.

If you can afford it, and you really love the DUB, then DO IT!!!

LL

[kells]

just fix it, not that hard and wont cost that much, bloody nice car that, deserves to live

[*tell*]

repair it 

[Vdubbster]

fix

[GOLF_MK]

fix it, damn nice car that!!!!

[MrBounce]

Grab a torque wrench & socket set and get to work man! 

[boneybradley]

yeah pressure test time....and if it is broke its gasket fix time  (unless your flush enough to do the 1.8t?)