Headgasket Questions

[8v-of-fury]

So my brother just texted me at work saying he's got oily substance in his coolant over flow of his 1.6 hydro td.. So we assume HG at this point. I want to put an AAZ metal gasket on it with some head studs as well... Is there any particular gasket I am looking for??

[745 turbogreasel]

So we assume HG at this point.

Eliminate the oil leak/cooler.

[8v-of-fury]

Ok if I take that out of the equation.. Flush the coolant and see what happens?

[theman53]

Myke W is where I got mine. He sold out though so I don't know where to get them. The aaz metal gasket the right thickness is all you need if you oil cooler checks out.

[R.O.R-2.0]

yea, oil cooler is more common than h/g... easier and cheaper to replace too..

[8v-of-fury]

K got my bro tearing in to it right now. Told him to take the two coolant lines off the cooler, and stick them together. And cap off the two ports on the oil cooler.

Take the rad out and flush it, and flush the motor with the hose and light detergent. We'll see what happens I guess.

Thanks a bunch guys!

[vanagonturbo]

you might want to have him leave those caps off the oil cooler and verify its the culprit...

[R.O.R-2.0]

you might want to have him leave those caps off the oil cooler and verify its the culprit...

yup, cause oil will leak out the cooler eventually..

and you can avoid the connecting the 2 hoses together if you simply use some n/a hoses that do not have the oil cooler connections..

[damac]

Curious because I noticed some stuff in my coolant reservoir recently and wondering if we are seeing the same thing.

Months ago I flushed everything and installed new seals and water pump, thermostat and coolant.  Got new hoses as well.

Everything seems fine performance and fluid wise but I have what I would call black sand type particles that are collecting down low in the reservoir.  But I have never detected an oil slick at the top of the fluid even after settling, and its all still pink.

I thought maybe some bits were leftover on my new hoses and just slowly circulate and collect there, is that normal and maybe we have the same thing going on?

[vanagonturbo]

do you have a factory oil cooler of unknown age?

[damac]

Mine looks like an old part, I just replace the oring and gasket when I had all my stuff off cleaning.

Hmmm thanks for this thread as a reminder, I am going to dump my coolant and blindly replace this part.  Does anybody have any issue with the cheap replacement parts they make now, or this is something I should specifically get from vw?

I assume they corrode inside like a heater core and mix on the inside where you can't service it?

On my old f250, that thing has a huge external oil cooler and it has 4 orings you replace.  When I brought the truck home oil was puking into the coolant reservoir and ruined all the hoses, etc.

[clarkrep]

You might check out thesamba for a new old stock one.
Seems I saw one on there less than a week ago but I didn't find anything besides a used one in my quick search.
I don't have any experience with the aftermarket ones.

[Luckypabst]

If it is the headgasket, Partgeek had them for a great price. However, a MLS gasket isn't worth the hassle on even a mildly modified engine.

Chris

[8v-of-fury]

Not worth the hassle? Please explain??

$51 shipped to my door next week.

[vanagonturbo]

Not worth the hassle? Please explain??

$51 shipped to my door next week.

please do explain..