Head gasket repair in a bottle....

[ssray]

Mk4 golf 130pd TDI estate I'd fitted pd150 head bolts a few years ago when I got it.

Possible head gasket failure......
It knows I've been thinking of selling....
Symptoms: it's been pressuring the expansion bottle for a while,off for a 100 mile trip, stopped 3 times there and back, the expansion tank overflow was leaking.
New aftermarket one fitted, then I ended up replacing the hoses from the block to the heater matrix, flow and return, one was no longer available, good used one fitted.

Today a different hose popped off, it was a 3 mile drop son off at work and back run, loud pop and off it came.

I refixed it and went round the block, back at home the rad hose was really hard , couldn't squeeze them.

It's not worth getting anyone to repair it as it's possibly a 1k car, I don't have the time to do it myself.

So back to the title, I've got a combustion check kit arriving
Is it worth using a bottle of head gasket fox stuff?

Ta Ray

Edited by ssray on Tuesday 18th August 20:04

[bangerhoarder]

Head lift is common on these engines, and that contributes to HGF. Uprated head bolts alongside a new headgasket should work it. Also factoring in a new cambelt it's not a particularly cheap job.

[ssray]

bangerhoarder said:

Head lift is common on these engines, and that contributes to HGF. Uprated head bolts alongside a new headgasket should work it. Also factoring in a new cambelt it's not a particularly cheap job.

Thanks, I did install 150 head bolts a few years ago, before this started
I'm getting a new thermostat tomorrow and a head gasket test kit