1.6TD copper head gasket

[zooky]

how do you modify the 1.9 HG?

You don't if it's going in a hyd motot.  It's a direct fit.

Andrew

how about a 1.9 HD onto a mechanical 1.6?

[935racer]

I have a hydraulic head Ecodiesel and I'm about to remove the head and replace the gasket. It's not blown, but I'm intalled a TD pump and plan to run up the boost and don't want to take any chances. I'll be using stretch bolts. Also, one more question. Where can I get a tool to remove the head bolts? It looks like a Torx, but not quite. Thank you.

Its triple square, NOT TORX, same style your cv bolts are.

[larry104]

Its triple square, NOT TORX, same style your cv bolts are.

Actually, my inner cv bolts are 6 mm socket head cap screws. Where would I get a triple square tool bit for a 3/8 or 1/2 drive ratchet? Thank you.

[935racer]

Its triple square, NOT TORX, same style your cv bolts are.

Actually, my inner cv bolts are 6 mm socket head cap screws. Where would I get a triple square tool bit for a 3/8 or 1/2 drive ratchet? Thank you.

I have seen those, they are aftermarket not factory hardware, Any good tool store should have triple square tools.

[Mark(The Miser)UK]

Its triple square, NOT TORX, same style your cv bolts are.

  Here's a funny thing:
A Torx [is it 12mmIIRC?] DOES fit and torque the head bolts.
Even though they ARE a tri-square. I know this because I've done it.  A crud filled head with gooed up bolts looked like 6pt to me on my first 'new' head post allen key back in the '80's. Only after removal and inspection did I discover 12 pt needed. Didn't buy a 12 pt for years (never saw one!).
 [I do have one now though  :oops: ]

the the axle bolts tri square 6mm is it? is different and the torx does not fit. Which is strange as it ought to be a scaled down version ( to do with torx teeth not being scaled down linearly)  However a damaged axle bolt can be removed by hammering in a torx which will deepen/widen its 6 grooves.....Twilight Zone over... :shock:

[tylernt]

Yeah, my aftermarket CV bolts were allens. They are now covered with a thick coating of RUST. :evil: Next time I'm getting the real VW bolts!

I tried to use a Torx to remove my head bolts. Bad idea, I stripped two and had to DRILL them out. Yuck! I went through like three drill bits. I had a hard time finding a 12mm 12-point bit, finally found some online when I started searching for "triplesquare", I think I finally got mine from from Snap-on or someplace like that.

The 8mm, I think I actually got at a local tool shop. It's not a chain store so that probably doesn't help you, sorry.

[zooky]

me too, I just want a metal gasket for my mechanical motor

[larry104]

So a 1.9 gasket is metal and the 1.6 is fiber , correct? I like the idea of using a metal gasket, and copper would be ideal. I use copper gaskets on my motorcycle heads and they work great. My 92 hydraulic-head eco uses a 3-hole fiber gasket. Obviously, fiber will squish more than a steel or copper when the head is torqued down. Does anyone have the gasket/piston-protusion specs for a 1.9 metal gasket?

[veeman]

I'd potentially be interested in one for my 1.6 mechanical head.  I thought about using a 1.9 metal gasket as people have done, but I'm a little hesitant to cut plugs and try to match thicknesses / crush heights between materials.

Any chance you can price the per unit price factored out over runs of 5, 10, 15, 20 gaskets?  

That'd probably make the decision easier for people if they can compare the costs and we can see how many people we need on board.