My MK1 can haz... melted?! =,(

[ben312]

Hydro vs solid lifter head, that and you have been smoking the crack.

I know, the moron I work with didn't believe me when I told him. He went out and bought a new 8v only to find out I was right.

Then how come I has two 8v's that have 5 cam caps?

[b*saint]

vw is a joke.

[ethree]

vw is a joke.

Yeah you never see a bmw snap a motor mount and put the alt fan through a rad hose leading to an overheat and warped head.

The only problem with newer vw's is the fwd factor.

[Pinepig]

Then how come I has two 8v's that have 5 cam caps?

Did somebody beat you with a stupid stick when you were a kid?

Read what you quoted from me one more time and see if it sinks in.

Do me a favor, go search my user name ( pigsdofly ) on the VWvortex and tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. Better yet go post your question and conclusion to your problem up in the 8v forum there and post a link back here so we can all watch an epic thread in progress.

[E30Nova]

Yeah you never see a bmw snap a motor mount and put the alt fan through a rad hose leading to an overheat and warped head.

The only problem with newer vw's is the fwd factor.

Actually yeah, I've never seen that. :)

Matt

[7pilot]

care to explain the broken head in this location and the other 8v I have sitting in my yard that does have a cam cap and studs there?

Ben, The solid lifter cars have the "missing" cap.
It was deleted on the hydro 8v heads.

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[ben312]

Did somebody beat you with a stupid stick when you were a kid?

Read what you quoted from me one more time and see if it sinks in.

Do me a favor, go search my user name ( pigsdofly ) on the VWvortex and tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. Better yet go post your question and conclusion to your problem up in the 8v forum there and post a link back here so we can all watch an epic thread in progress.

I mean you could be an asshole rather then answer my question. I learned alot from that^ answer.

Ben, The solid lifter cars have the "missing" cap.
It was deleted on the hydro 8v heads.

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Thank you sir. someone who can provide a simple answer.

[Pinepig]

It only got posted 3 different time until you saw it. There is definitely something simple here and I'm not so sure it's what you think it is.

[quikveedb2]

your Mk1 can haz...vr6 swap!
http://asheville.craigslist.org/pts/1725845423.html!

[bejbis]

I mean you could be an asshole rather then answer my question. I learned alot from that^ answer.

I already told you what happened. Something was poured in that engine that was not oil. Either you did it, or it happened before you got the car and its just now caused a failure. Heat did not cause that cover to melt.

[Farbin Kaiber]

Dood, he said he has changed the oil more than once, and I have seen many covers fried to the cams in multiple different engines, one was an m50. It does happen, a plugged oil passage thru the head to the cam journal would build up heat, melting the cover. Oil heat is different than 3600rpm metal on metal heat. Not saying that was the issue, but an example of how it could be mechanical and not "wrong-oil-fluid" BS you are trying for, if that were the case, then the whole cover would have melted.


Please, tell me what other than heat causes things to melt.

[b*saint]

Yeah you never see a bmw snap a motor mount and put the alt fan through a rad hose leading to an overheat and warped head.

The only problem with newer vw's is the fwd factor.

Actually I think BMW's are a joke too.

[ben312]

your Mk1 can haz...vr6 swap!
http://asheville.craigslist.org/pts/1725845423.html!

good price on a long block, but then I still need a trany, custom mounts, and to custom wire it in, just to have it be front heavy and have axles snap every month. But I may have to send him an email about the 2.slow.

[ethree]

good price on a long block, but then I still need a trany, custom mounts, and to custom wire it in, just to have it be front heavy and have axles snap every month.

Your vehicle is already heavily front biased in weight distribution and vr6's in stock form are not axle eating torque monsters by any means, massively boosted yes you will have trouble with axles not to mention actually putting the power down.

[ben312]

Your vehicle is already heavily front biased in weight distribution and vr6's in stock form are not axle eating torque monsters by any means, massively boosted yes you will have trouble with axles not to mention actually putting the power down.

I know its already front heavy, and I don't much like it. So adding to that alot is not something I would much want to do. I know a stock vr isn't something that will trash axles, but I have herd that when dropped into an mk1 that the axles have alot of problems. And the car is so light that getting the power to go anywhere would be a whole other mess. I'm leaning on going 2.0 and giving it some boost somewhere down the line.