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• Question about headgasket by entuzijast on 07 Sep, 2005 14:13
• I have read all the posts, and i still dont have an answer..I have an IC, I have a real TD pump (I own eco Golf), but the only thing I don't get is the 1.9 TD head gasket..I am no mechanic, but how do you put a head gasket with bore 79.5mm on a engine with bore 76.5mm?
  
  Or you are talking about some another 1.9 L engine?
• #1 by vwmike on 07 Sep, 2005 15:28
• Quote from: "entuzijast"

  I have read all the posts, and i still dont have an answer..I have an IC, I have a real TD pump (I own eco Golf), but the only thing I don't get is the 1.9 TD head gasket..I am no mechanic, but how do you put a head gasket with bore 79.5mm on a engine with bore 76.5mm?
  
  Or you are talking about some another 1.9 L engine?

  
  
  The gasket bore is just larger but it will still seal as the dimensions of the block surface are still the same. This will also lower the compression a bit.
• #2 by entuzijast on 07 Sep, 2005 15:35
• Lower the compression?..How much?..What I mean, in winter can be very cold, and compression is significant for cold start...