A Closer Look At The VW Cylinder Heads

By Josephine Pennington


When your Volkswagen spews a huge amount of the white exhaust smoke, then it means your car has a problem directly from its engine. Most likely, its the Volkswagen gasket that has a problem. The gasket covers the VW Cylinder Heads, seals the engine blocks and extends further to the coolant passages. Therefore, if your gasket has a problem, then it means that the coolant will be able to penetrate to the cylinder of your VW and turn it to vapor ones you have ignited the engine.

Is it normal for a gasket to fail? In very rare cases will the gasket of your car malfunction. However, it may happen if there is overheating due to intense heat. The heat in turn causes the gasket to bend leading to the improper sealing of the engine head. You do not have to worry if this happens since you can always replace the gasket using a new one from the VW Company. The company has grown overtime since the Nazi era. It is among the four leading car manufacturers around the world. Lamborghini, Bentley and Audi are some of the cars that the company manufactures.

To ensure that the car you have is an original VW, it should have a VW blue logo on it. When going to replace the gasket of your Volkswagen, ensure you purchase from a genuine dealer who has parts that are manufactured by the company. After the engine heats abnormally, it causes the metal blocks to expand and exceed the limits. After it heats, it causes detonation which is also a cause for the burning of the gasket.

When the gasket fails, an out-of-time combustion happens in the cylinder heads. The out of time combustion is not allowed. This is because the combustion that happens in the engine occurs when the closed valves and also the pistons on top of the engines power stroke. Therefore, the improper combustion will strain the valves, gasket and also the pistons.

Other than emission of the white smoke, you can know if your gasket is experiencing any problem if you hear a pinging noise in your car similar to knocking. To change your gasket, begin by removing the engine.

Begin by removing the mufflers and exchangers before you disassemble the lower compartment which encompasses the fuel pump, pressure plate and the friction disk. Remove the nuts which are eight in number and remember to keep the washers safely. After you remove the cylinders, hold them together with the assemblies.

After removing the cylinder heads, you may opt to replace them with a new one. To remove the sleeves, slide the piston away. In case you want to replace the whole compartment, remove the piston wrist ring and push out the pistons and remove the components inside. You can then replace the gasket using an original one to ensure that it fits the type of VW you have and its engine.

It is never an easy task to open an engine and replace the gasket of a car. If done by a novice, there are high chances that there will be more damage done. The gasket never expires and when it fails to work properly, it is a sign of more damage in your car engine.




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