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Re: My 1974 2.0 914.
I have had this car since about 1990. a couple of years ago I needed to rebuild the engine. I bought a rebuilt motor and the heads came loose. I took it to a local mechanic to re torque the heads. He could only get to the bottom four bolts on each cylinder as I expected. He said they torqued but one of the studs felt funny and suggested I rebuild the motor. I let him do the rebuild and he said the heads felt fine now. They came loose again. He says he didn't use head gaskets as they were not needed. I want to get this thing running right again. Why are my heads coming loose? Do I need gaskets on this motor. Some mechanics I have talked to say I need head gaskets and others say no. It would be interesting and helpful for you guys to chime in on this subject. |
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Life's been good to me so far..... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 15,556 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille ![]() ![]() |
You will find a substantial difference of opinion about the head gaskets. This one is mine.
Yes, you need the gaskets. The people who say you don't refer to a VW tech article that says to eliminate them. That tech article was published for VW vans after the 914 production run ended. It refers to an engine that evolved from the Type 4 engine, and has improvements that are not on the 914 engine. The tech article was never meant for the 914 version of the Type 4. You can ask Capt'n Crusty (John Larson). He has been working on 914 engines since they were new. He says to use the gaskets too. I also site Wes Hildreth, a Dallas shop owner, who also has been working on 914 engines since new. Wes won't build an engine without them. While I don't have the factory training or experience level of these guys, I have built lots of 914 engines. All of them have had the head gaskets, and I NEVER had a problem with the heads loosening up. My wife's car has been running 2 years on a new rebuild, and the heads have never been re-torqued. |
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