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® tdi heads partsplace inc call for all volkswagens® ® cylinder heads 1.5 to tdi ® daily driver section rebuilt head what does it mean depends on who s talking water-cooled vw® in-line 4-cylinder engines from 1974 to 1998 are all basically the same design this family of engines includes 1500 1600 1700 1800 gas engines and 1500 and 1600 diesel engines the engines while different here and there are very similar many parts from a 1500 gas engine will fit on an 1800 gas or 1600 diesel it s a great basic design generally the shortblock assembly will run 250,000 miles without any additional work the head generally needs work at 150,000 miles if your engine runs out of water and the head warps or if your diesel drops a valve or if you have 100,000 miles on your engine you need a rebuilt head a valve job valves ground or a dozen other names you may be offered a valve job for $40.00 plus 6 a valve and $5 a guide or some such seemingly low number our heads are done right caution the factory says always replace head bolts every year we hear a hundred horror stories the cheap job turns out to be not so cheap the head was warped and they didn t find it until it was all rebuilt there was an internal leak undetected until it was reinstalled on the engine the head was milled too far and the valves hit the pistons vw® head work is not for everyone many shops that do a hundred american car heads wreck many vw® heads new diesel heads available if you are on a budget we offer good tested and guarnew new new dealer us anteed used head assemblies we sell parts valves guides springs if you are an excellent mechanic but rabbit®/jetta®/dasher®/golf® `81-86 1.6l mechanical generally your best bet is to buy a remanufactured head #sn12111 121400 .539.95 from the partsplace rabbit® jetta® golf® `83-86 turbo mechanical our heads are remanufactured by companies that spe#sn12195 128200 .549.95 cialize in remanufacturing vw® heads they do other aluminum heads such as ford escort and audi® but their hydraulic golf® jetta® turbo `86-92 1.6l 12mm main business is vw® heads #sn11612 134700 .549.95 jetta® golf® passat® 1.9 diesel `93-98 not tdi® #sn16491 699.95 many things can go wrong the head can be warped tdi® head `99.5-04 new late the center of the head is higher than the ends when you bolt it down there is a space or gap in the center #sn16736 call and the head leaks between the two center cylinders or #sn37665 reman 89995 between the cylinder and a bolt hole or oil or water tdi® head `96-99.5 new early port the typical machine shop grinds the head or #sn18654 call surfaces the head this means if the space or gap is #sn39646 reman 69500 0.010 then they take 0.010 off each end until each end is level with the middle again sounds simple but the entire head is warped not just the head surface so when you bolt it down again you are bending the cam up 0.010 if you are leveling the bottom the top our remanufactured heads are built and cam will be bent this is just a little thing which by diesel specialists the typical machine shop forgets dealer us this is not a problem in many heads because they rabbit®/dasher® `77-80 1.5l 11mm don t have an overhead cam riding in a bearing block #sn1161 76300 .439.95 without cam bearing vw® heads do not have any cam rabbit®/jetta®/dasher® `81-82 1.6l 11mm bearings if the cam is bent or under tension it just wipes out the bearing blocks and itself #sn1170 67200 .429.95 our shop remanufactures the head by completely dis rabbit®/jetta®/golf® `83-86 1.6l 12mm mechanical assembling the head to the original casting and makes #sn1171 82700 .419.95 the whole thing over again the casting is heated until mechanical for all turbos `82-86 1.6l 12mm it is plastic the head is bent in a press back into shape #sn50001 1,06000 .419.95 similar to a forging process then heat treated all over again so the head is straight before it is surfaced there hydraulic golf®/jetta® turbo/non-turbo `86-92 fore the cam is straight #sn9041 1,34700 .429.95 this is just one of the differences in a remanufactured call for tdi® remanufactured heads head and the valve job by the local machine shop the local machine shop might be great on a small limited 12-month warranty block chevy but don t take your vw® head there our deluxe remanufactured heads have the valves 1.5 engine sn30245 250.00 seats guides springs pucks adjusting springs and cam 00 installed lubricated the valves are adjusted you just 1.6 engine `81-82 11mm sn30247 .250.00 1.6 engine `83-85 12mm sn30249 .250 bolt them on hydraulic engine `86-92 sn34501 .350.00 1.9 diesel® g/j 93-98 sn37686 .395.00 all heads sold exchange tdi® diesel sn37772 approx 599.95 core charges apply but please read on diesel heads 11mm 12mm we re your diesel source vw® makes two different length head bolts look at the picture if your car is `77-81 it uses 11mm bolts if it s `83-03 it uses 12mm in between it could be either measure call almost all gas cars use 11mm bolts 11mm bolt 12mm bolt #sn12306 .set/10 17.95 #sn15551 .set/10 25.00 head bolts diesels vw head repair is tricky gasoline heads dealer reman recycled rabbit® scirocco® jetta® 1.6l 1.7l fi #sn1151 49835 299.95 #sn34712 15000 rabbit® gti® jetta gli® 1.8l solid lifter `83-84 #sn1164 67500 399.95 #sn30070 20000 golf gl® jetta gl® fox® cabriolet® 1.8l `85-87 #sn30071 1,06000 349.95 #sn34722 20000 golf gti® jetta gli® `85-87 hyd big valve #sn5011 1,06000 399.95 #sn34724 25000 golf gt® gti® jetta gl® 1.8l digifant `88-92 #sn35936 66000 349.95 #sn37505 25000 gti® gli® scirocco® 1.8l 16v `86-90 #sn36579 2,01100 599.95 #sn35042 39500 remanufactured diesel heads some cheap rebuilt heads are not so cheap good used heads don t let this happen to you p-52

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