What Lies Beneath Your VW Cylinder Heads?

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.

Many folks wonder what leads to the burning of the gasket. Just like the word burn means, it is due to the extreme heat in your engine. This leads to it warping and causes the engine not to seal normally. It is very easy to get VW repair parts of both the body and engine. This is because the VW Company is among the top global car manufacturers and they have improved overtime from the regime of Nazi. Some of the global cars that VW manufactures and sells include Lamborghini, Bentley and Audi.

How can you know that a car is manufactured by the VW Company? All VW cars have a blue VW logo on them. In all their vehicles and any other vehicle, engine heating is the main cause of the head gasket to fail. When the engine heats, then it will cause the engine metal construction to expand beyond the set limits. Some other few reasons of the gasket to fail include detonation which is also called pre ignition.

The burning of the gasket causes it to fail working properly. This results to the combustion of the cylinder heads. The out of time combustion occurs in the cold valves and pistons which are above the engine. This causes the valves and the gasket to strain more.

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.

Continue and remove the exchangers and the mufflers before you proceed to disassemble the friction disk, pressure plate and the fuel pump. When removing the cylinder head, you should keep in mind that there are eight nuts which have washers. Remove the cylinder head and hold it together with the cylinder 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.

Replacing the burnt gasket is not an easy task and it requires a qualified and experienced person. Keep in mind that your gasket can never expire due to age and when it burns, it means that there is a problem with your engine. One of the most common indications is that some of the parts of your engine are very old and worn out.