16v head gasket Q

[vwtype53 at yahoo.com (Ben)]

First of all, remember you own a 16v.  Just ask Jason, they leak.  ;)

A little oil off the back of the head is "normal".  Do you lose significant oil?  If the answer is
no, I would do a compression test and make sure that everything seems ok and plan to just leave it
alone.  Don't fix it if it isn't really broken.

Do the car a favor and drive it more!!  ;)

Ben




--- Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com> 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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