Headgasket

[MiniGibbo 142]

Worth upgrading..?

[welshpug 1,661]

depends on use and application, but in most cases, a standard pug gasket will suffice.

[MiniGibbo 142]

barely more than 100hp and no boost in sight but does get ragged from key on to key off

[allye 530 3 Cars]

does get ragged from key on to key off

 

**shudder** at least let the oil and water get up to temperature, prob why you old engine is giving up!

[MiniGibbo 142]

i was waiting for someone to post that.... im not that much of a bellend

[allye 530 3 Cars]

haha! thats alright then!

[Alan_M 66 1 Cars]

Don't know if your TU is of the wet-liner type, but if so, be wary the oil and water ways on the front left corner (above the PAS pump) can be troublesome. I changed the HG last year after a head overhaul and within a month had oil in the water but with no other HG symptoms. Fitted a new HG with some extra sealant around those waterways and the oil in water has gone.

 

Took ages to flush the oil out of the rad though

[MiniGibbo 142]

Don't know it's a early split block xs lump..?

 

Someone I know said look into a mls one.?

[welshpug 1,661]

all alloy TU's have that bottom end ladder construction and wet liners, I don't think MLS ones work so well with alloy blocks and liners

[MiniGibbo 142]

Does it..? I really should of looked into these engines in more detail lol..

 

Someone commented on my journal on saxp saying with it being a 89/90 engine it would be "an early split block" I didn't know they are all like that.

 

Does my 1300 Rallye have the same type then out of curiosity..?

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

All alloy blocks run wet liner's, Only iron blocks are one piece, HG wise just a good quality one, Payen or Rienz are fine, anything else don;t bother with

[MiniGibbo 142]

im guessing the dealer just sells one type..?

 

i was planning to get all the gaskets from the dealer..

[MiniGibbo 142]

to add onto this, how does the dealer gaskets compare to the ones you get at motorfactors..?

 

I normally just buy dealer parts but in a vain attempt of keeping this car on some form of budget lol..

[welshpug 1,661]

For a gti6, I know that the o.e standard thickness gasket is best to source direct, as it comes out cheapest, with GSF not far off with a decent Victor Reinz item.

 

with many items like these, saving money now is not a good idea, especially from a professional fitters point of view where pattern parts often don't fit particularly well, leak straight from fitment (have had this with cam oil seals)

[MiniGibbo 142]

Well that idea lasted five minutes, to the dealers tomorrow I go..

[pugmarshall 4 1 Cars]

You can't go wrong with Victor Reinz, always been spot-on in my experience.