For the exhaust and intake manifold studs and nuts, spray them with a good penetrating oil a few days in a row. That made mine come off like a breeze. I think the time and heat cycles helped.
Denis Palmans wrote: > > Well, the 8v GTI had some problems getting started this morning and > yesterday. When it did start it would run badly, but that would go away > after a minute and it would run perfectly. > > I went to do an oil change on it today, and to my surprise it was completly > milky brown in color. There was also some coolant loss in the past few days > but i figured it was the leaky coolant resevoir. > > My question, is this definatly just the headgasket? I dont really see what > else it could be as it doesnt have an oil/water cooler. > > I'm just trying to make sure before i start tearing this thing apart. > > Second question, does anyone have any tips for changing the head gasket on > an 8v motor? Only part i'm really worried about is removing the intake and > exhaust manifolds. > > -Denis > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. -- Kervin 86 Scirocco 2.0 8v 4K+80% and lots of other numbers and letters 88 Gti 1.8 16v Not done and now it's winter :( 00 tt600
