Mozambiquer
Vendor , w/Business number
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2015
- Location
- Versailles Missouri
- TDI
- 2004 VW Touareg V10 TDI, 2012 Audi Q7 V6 TDI, 1998 VW Jetta TDI. 1982 VW Rabbit pickup, 2001 VW Jetta TDI, 2005 VW Passat wagon TDI X3, 2001 VW golf TDI, 1980 VW rabbit pickup,
Well, just decided I'd show a few things I did on my wagon the other day...
I had gotten the Passat with what was supposed as a failed head gasket. It had combustion gasses in the coolant and would lose the coolant very quickly. It had been my parents car, and they had loaned it to a friend in Chicago when it suddenly started having white smoke and losing coolant. He took it to a shop which quoted several thousand dollars to fix it. They decided not to have that shop do it and went to pick it up. I checked it out and tried clamping the EGR cooler lines to see if that was the problem. It still had exhaust in the coolant, so the assumption was made that it had a blown head gasket.
The car then sat over the winter time with only water in the cooling system, but thankfully it didn't break anything!
This spring, I found out that the cam was going out again on my wife's mkv Jetta, so I needed something else. I asked my dad about the Passat, and he offered it for a really good price. I then ordered a set of head studs from Whitbread performance and went to tear into the car. I pulled the EGR cooler off first and noticed that there was water in it... I decided to try blocking it off and seeing what happened. Sure enough, no compression in the coolant anymore! Great news! But, now I have the head studs, but don't need the gasket to be changed... Well that leads me to the other day.
I decided that while I was replacing the coolant temp sensor, I should put the studs in. Here's some photos of my fun!
I had to remove the intake manifold in order to put the one bolt in. I then realized that what I've heard about the bhw not having the problems of intakes becoming coked with carbon from the EGR isn't necessarily correct... My intake had a lot of carbon buildup which I cleaned out with the torch method. I also installed a block off plate for the EGR valve. I left the valve plugged in until I get the car tuned.
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I had gotten the Passat with what was supposed as a failed head gasket. It had combustion gasses in the coolant and would lose the coolant very quickly. It had been my parents car, and they had loaned it to a friend in Chicago when it suddenly started having white smoke and losing coolant. He took it to a shop which quoted several thousand dollars to fix it. They decided not to have that shop do it and went to pick it up. I checked it out and tried clamping the EGR cooler lines to see if that was the problem. It still had exhaust in the coolant, so the assumption was made that it had a blown head gasket.
The car then sat over the winter time with only water in the cooling system, but thankfully it didn't break anything!
This spring, I found out that the cam was going out again on my wife's mkv Jetta, so I needed something else. I asked my dad about the Passat, and he offered it for a really good price. I then ordered a set of head studs from Whitbread performance and went to tear into the car. I pulled the EGR cooler off first and noticed that there was water in it... I decided to try blocking it off and seeing what happened. Sure enough, no compression in the coolant anymore! Great news! But, now I have the head studs, but don't need the gasket to be changed... Well that leads me to the other day.
I decided that while I was replacing the coolant temp sensor, I should put the studs in. Here's some photos of my fun!
I had to remove the intake manifold in order to put the one bolt in. I then realized that what I've heard about the bhw not having the problems of intakes becoming coked with carbon from the EGR isn't necessarily correct... My intake had a lot of carbon buildup which I cleaned out with the torch method. I also installed a block off plate for the EGR valve. I left the valve plugged in until I get the car tuned.
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