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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: A Guy on September 12, 2006, 11:12:59 am

Title: which head gasket?
Post by: A Guy on September 12, 2006, 11:12:59 am

'94 1.9 idi, no air, manual trans.
I need the appropriate head gasket .  My parts guy says he has listings for three of them which one do I need?   the options are 1 hole, 2 hole or 3 hole.  The # of holes corelates the the thickness of the hg.  
Any quick help is greatly appreciated.
Out.
Greg

Title: which head gasket?
Post by: jstaton on October 02, 2006, 09:22:03 am

The holes denote the thickness of the gasket material. The easiest way to see what size you need is to look at the front of the motor ( the front being the front of the car) where the head and the block meet. Part of the head gasket sticks out here, you will see 1,2, or 3 holes (not notches) this will tell you what you need.

Title: which head gasket?
Post by: burn_your_money on October 02, 2006, 03:13:41 pm

I was always under the impression that you had to remove the head to check which HG is required. Maybe it's differant with the 1.9s?

Title: which head gasket?
Post by: coke on October 02, 2006, 06:15:46 pm

You have to remove the head to get a 100% sure answer. If the gasket that was on it was right, you could just pick up another of the like. But the only way to tell for certain is to pull the head, and measure the piston protrusion above TDC.