16v head gasket Q

[doubt at inwave.com (Nate Mellom)]

I've never pulled a head off a running engine, let alone a 16v, but 
somewhere I think I heard that you need to retorque the head bolts after 
x miles.  I'm sure someone more knowledgable will chime in, but maybe a 
retorque will take care of it.
Nate


Daun Yeagley wrote:
> Long story short, it looks like my head gasket on my 16v is
> leaking oil down the back of the block at the passenger
> side corner.
> 
> So the question is, do I just go and re-torque the head
> bolts, or pull the head?  The head was off about 3 years
> and probably as many thousand miles ago (if that,
> truthfully.)  It's a stock 2.0 block & head.  I'm just
> wondering if I didn't get it torqued properly, as it wasn't
> long after install that I noticed the leak.  (I don't know
> if it was leaking before.)
> 
> Opinions?  I'm part-way into disassembly.  If I do pull the
> head, how can I check to make sure it's in good shape?  I'd
> hate to put a new gasket on only to find the same problem
> cropping up again.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions....
> 
> 
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '80 Scirocco                 '81 Scirocco S 16v to be?
> '86 Scirocco 8v              '88 Scirocco 16v 
> '88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!) '96 Passat GLX Wagon
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