106 Gti Hg

[skinner2k3 3]

I currently have the head off the 106 due to a rad full (slight exaggeration perhaps) of oil.

 

Two questions, firstly the gasket removed was 1.5mm thick, is that the original thickness?

 

Also other than HG or if fitted a heat exchanger splitting is there any other reason I could have oil in the rad?

[welshpug 1,657]

only if someone topped up the rad with oil, standard TU5's do have a heat exchanger.

 

 

there are three gaskets available for them, afaik 1.5 is standard, Sandy could confirm

 

209 Z0 CYL HEAD GASKET CN

0209 W3 REPAR + 0,20

 

0209 Z1 REPAR + 0,40

Edited April 7, 2012 by welshpug

[skinner2k3 3]

Definitely not been topped up with oil

 

No cooler or heat exchanger on this one, its a 1997 car.

 

Will depend on the skim req then.

 

Cheers

[welshpug 1,657]

afaik all gti's had the heat exchanger

[skinner2k3 3]

I may be wrong but I would be looking for a oil filter sandwich plate with two lines off to a T in the rad top hose. Unless there is another type I haven't noticed, I am sure this one does not have one, and hasn't since I have had it at least.

[welshpug 1,657]

quite common for them to be removed

[Alan_M 66 1 Cars]

Don't TUs suffer from the oil to water ways passing at the front left corner (where the PAS pump is). Usually a tell-tale sign is if oil is leaking from here. Took me ages to flush all the oil out of mine!

[skinner2k3 3]

Ah, that corner was the only part of the HG that did look knackered. There is a rubber coated metal seal there that had detached from the gasket.

[Sandy 191]

Standard J4 gasket 1.35mm. Most 106 GTIs didn't have the oil/water heat exchanger bizarrely, but VTSs did, don't know why!

Make sure you use the MLS gasket (multi layered steel) and NOT a composite one, there was a recall on them originally, but I think only affected cars had the change. The OE 0209Z0 is MLS.

[skinner2k3 3]

Cheers Sandy. The gasket I removed was composite. I was planning on going to Peugeot for a new one rather than partco or similar, but will insist on an mls.

 

If a 1.5mm was fitted I assume it's had 1 skim.