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Old 06-02-2004, 10:02 AM
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Default Head Gasket Replacement...
is this as simple as:

1. take head off
2. take existing gasket off
3. put new gasket on
4. put head back on

or is there more to it? Also, anything else that I need to take into account?
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you may want to look at a Bentley manual
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Default Coolant, all the PITA hoses in the way.
Other than that you got it.
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i would, if I had one
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Old 06-02-2004, 10:09 AM
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Default Well, yeah, that's it...
but step 1 involves a bunch of sub steps to get **** out of the way. And since you're in there fvcking around, you may as well do the timing belt.
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Default i did my TB 3k miles ago...should have done the gasket too
should have, would have, could have, but didn't.
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Default How do you know that gasket is bad?
They rarely ever fail. Most often, if you have coolant and oil mixing, it's the oil cooler failing.
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Old 06-02-2004, 10:25 AM
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Default i don't...I see oil leaks around my valve cover gasket...
so I tought i'd replace all gaskets and oil cap. I wasn't sure whether they (Head gaskets) fail often. They apparently don't, so I'll just replace the valve cover gasket and the oil cap.
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Default Yeah, leaky valve cover gaskets are a little more common than head gasket probs.
I know Scott (audisscott) just replaced his VCG a few months ago. Look him up for some pointers.
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