Changing the headgasket on my 1.6TD this weekend. Engine is from a 92 jetta and i have a few questions that i couldnt seem to get answered from searching, or i just suck at searching, most likely the latter.
1. whats the difference between 11 and 12mm heads? I always hear about these 2 sizes and no idea what that means... How do i tell them apart?
2. I remember hearing the gas 8v head studs work for some diesel motors, which would those be? how would i determine if they will work for me?
3. Since i will have the head off i might aswell do the 1.9TD metal headgasket, do they have the same tolerance groups for the different notch sized gaskets? ie: my 1.6 firbe gasket has 2 notchs, will the 1.9td 2 notch metal gasket be equivalent to the fibre gasket? of course i will be measuring the protrusion anyways.
4. whats a good method to clean the old gasket material off the head and deck of the block, i have used razor blades to get as much off but i just want to clean them up a little more beyond that. any recommendations?
Topic: Head studs/gaskets.. I know I know, its been asked a million times (Read 1960 times)
