That loose head.

[jadney@vwtype3.org (Melissa & Jim)]

>From: Jason Renville <Jason_Renville@ccm.al.intel.com>

>Well I pulled my head off.  The one that had been leaking compression 
>out the side.  I had a terrible time getting the head off.  I then 
>proceeded to have a terrible time getting the jug out of the head.  It 
>turns out that the head had melted and dripped molten aluminum on the 
>stud and formed around the jug.  Oh crap.  Well I guess I need to at 
>least rebuild the top end now.  There is less than 35K on the bottom end 
>with a new case. 

So what caused this???  Have you been using Toby's wastegate? ;-)

Jim
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