Tdi Head Gasket on old 1.6L TD? 's - page 3 - IDI Engine - VWDiesel.net The IDI, TDI, and mTDI source.

• #30 by vph on 13 Feb, 2006 19:35
• Well Rodney's engine is going back together.  Here are some pics of the 1.9TD metal head gasket on the 1.6TD conversion.  The first pic is of the head gasket with the copper sealer sprayed on.  Notice the taped off part to keep the sealer off of the portion where the slug will go.  The second pic is of the .656" diameter, .045" thick plain carbon steel slug.  Rod, notched the slug for the coolant passage.  The third pick is of the gasket installed with the slug installed and coated with Permatex ultra copper high heat silicone.  He put a thin coat on the surfaces of the gasket that were taped off and on the edges, top and bottom of the slug.  Then torqued the head to 10ft lbs and let it set up for the last 24 hours.  
  
  I will update you all when we fire it up.  It will probably be a couple of weeks.  Hopefully, this will hold without leaking. At the bottom is a link to the rest of the engine pics....
  
  
  
  
  
  
  http://home.comcast.net/~vphyman/diesels.html