Posted by jdemaris on January 07, 2011 at 10:02:53 from (67.142.130.22):
In Reply to: Re: Synthetic oil posted by Eric in IL on January 07, 2011 at 09:36:50:
Those head-bolts are just plain scary. I've worked on a lot of diesels, but those 1.6 head bolts feel like they're going to snap when you crank on them, back and forth.
I don't even know for sure if ours even needed head gaskets. Our only problem was running too hot in summer weather, not leakage. After I put new gaskets on, they did seem to run cooler, but not what I'd call running cool. I also tried to buy a new radiator but was not able to locate one. New Jetta diesel raditators with no AC are easy to find, but not with AC and the top neck is totally different.
Great little cars but I've never gotten along will with 1st gear being almost in the same place as reverse.
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