Cylinder head gasket - removal & replacement

[wasserbox@yahoo.com (Mark Mages)]

Yah - I just consulted the Bentley - it's amazing that
it takes 2 manuals to get the WHOLE story - bent.
doesn't mention that you can pull it with the
manifold, but does show a picture of it... Haynes
doesn't mention that you have to disco the manifold
and DP.  I assumed that there was enough "flex" in the
flex pipe to pull it up a little and swap the
gaskets...  That probably would have been a bad
maneuver :)


Thanks for the info peoples...  I can't believe I am
getting into this less than 2 mo's after rebuilding my
vanagon engine...

--- Captnbr@aol.com wrote:
> You can remove the cylinder head from the engine
> with the exhaust manifold 
> attached with no problem, i've done it before.  But
> you must disconnect the 
> exhaust manifold from the downpipe first by removing
> those six bolts.  If you 
> have already done this I can't see why it would not
> pull off.  Shake it 
> around a bit. 
> 
> Brian 86 16v
> 98 Jetta GLX Vr6
> 


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