rabbit diesel - water in cylinder #1

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of T. Reed
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:45 AM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: OT: rabbit diesel - water in cylinder #1

starter. When he pulled the plug for the #1 cylinder and tried the
starter he said a bunch of water and diesel shot out of the hole and the
starter would now spin. He put the glow plug back on and the car
started and ran "normal".

---Sounds like a headgasket, and/or warped head...

So what's the diagnosis? He complained that the car has been loosing
coolant; about a cup every 10 miles. He found a hole in the bottom of the
radiator and epoxied over it as a temporary fix; but it has still been
losing water. It wouldn't surprise me if the car has been overheated at
some point in the past..


--------I agree.....

 My understanding of diesel heads is that there are such tight clearances
that a warped head is not worth trying to resurface. If this is the case,
what is the going rate for a diesel head? $50? $75?

They are hard to find, because once they go, they really go...  Prolly
150.00 at least used, might even check into a new one...  Non-turbo I am
assuming...

One last thing-- for those who have done a headgasket on a vw diesel, how
difficult was it.. and did you need any special tools to work with the
injection pump being driven off the timing belt, etc?

Yes, there is a special timing tool, and something else that you need to do
something...  I have never done it, but I have known a few that have...

G/L
David

-Toby

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