Headgasket blown again/right after replacing???

[The München Monster]

Hey guys. Had my car tested a month ago for hgf and it came back as failed. So we took the head off replaced gasket, had head skimmed and tested, torqued everything right, every single thing was done carefully and right and finally now a month later I finally few to drive it to a mechanic to get it properly bled, and he shows me the vial from the chemical test they do for hgf and he says it's still blown. Aside from being absolutely irate, I just can't comprehend how this could be. It's only been driven perhaps ten minutes at low speeds since it was put in. Head was in good condition after skimming, block too. Gasket was high quality. I'm at a loss, can anyone think of how this could be?

[Dirty325ix]

I bet that's just the remaining crap that is still left over in the system
Or maybe you have a cracked head/block

[Best_name_available]

What brand was the gasket?

[The München Monster]

Victor Reinz Head gasket

Head was tested for cracks. Block is iron and apparently the chance of that cracking is miniscule

I really hope it's crap in the system man. Otherwise I'm going the thermalweld way,truly cbf pulling the head off again

[efficient]

That's your problem Victor reins head gasket

[E30NJ]

That's your problem Victor reins head gasket

I thought Victor Reinz head gaskets were good.

[The München Monster]

I've only heard good things about them.

[The München Monster]

Plus, if it was a bad hg, it would still last longer than this.

[cgk_iii]

Victor reinz are HORRIBLE when it comes to HG's for the m20, i couldn't stress about this enough. Goetze or Elring are probably the best out there. Couldnt tell you how many times I've heard/seen people blow a HG right after installing a brand new victor reinz HG. I tell everyone to steer away from VR at all cost.

[Best_name_available]

The only reason I asked was to see if it was victor reinz lol, there's tons of guys on here myself included that have their gaskets leak as soon as they're on...


Not as "high quality" as you think...

[The München Monster]

This info could have been useful beforehand

But noted. If thermalweld doesn't work I'dk what I'll do. Really don't want to take all that shit back off

[cgk_iii]

Take it off and do it right.

[The München Monster]

I'm not taking it off again anytime soon. With the time and resources I have it took me this last month to finally get around to it.

[SkiFree]

Is this an M30 or an M10? If so, been using VR's on the M10 and M30 race cars for years. However I HAVE seen lots and lots of "mechanics" blame sloppy building practices on HG's of all brands, it's an easy out for an undisclosed underlying issue.

What's even more entertaining I've seen the same M30 HG packaged in both VR and Elring gasket sets before.

Additionally

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/topic/135846-head-gasket-blues/

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/topic/21909-1972-head-gasket-water-jacket-cutouts/

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/topic/131236-head-gasket-issue/page-2

[spdracrm3]

drive around for awhile and see if it overheats or pumps coolant out of the overflow tank (mark level on reservoir) ,usually if it has a problem still it fills the cooling system with air (displacing the coolant) and causing overheating ,just watch the gauge carefully you'll know for sure if it still overheating .if your not loosing/displacing coolant or overheating your probably just getting a false reading