Rubber 1-Piece V/C Gasket

I want to say that I first saw it on a 90 Corrado with the G60 engine. It also had an aluminum VC if I remember correctly. Then I have seen it on the A3s with the 2.0 engine. You will need to change the studs to the early Audi or Rabbit style without the shoulders. Or I guess the A3 studs. lol IIRC Some parts places will sell a kit. Possibly the part number is 037-103-483-C or 051-103-483A. I forget which, but I would think the latter should work. BTW I have not done this conversion..........yet, so I can not absolutely say that it works. But I am pretty sure that it will. :-)

later, dave Reminder........ Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes. Frieda Norris

Thanks!

Forgive my stupidity, but when you say "studs with shoulders" what are you referring to?

Thanks,

Pete

Pull your valve cover--you'll see that the studs have little shoulders where they meet the head (like a built in washer). Forget the rubber, stick with cork if it's for the Jetta.

I've still got my eyes peeled for the Beetle.

Darryl.

Sorry....do I know you?

As far as the cork gasket goes...how can I put this deicately....they suck...having done 3 over the last couple of years, I am sick and tired of fixing this...

Have you seen my Jetta and/or Beetle?

Heh, I'm the guy that saw your work order down at Crosby, connected the dots and started a thread with the subject: What are the chances?

/me hangs his head with a solitary tear at the corner of my eye.

Are you compressing the cork gaskets too much? Or too little?

Darryl.

Jim B.

Just to add to what Jim, said make sure that you use the shoulderless studs that come with the kit. If you try to keep using your original studs you will be trailing oil as you drive away (guess how I know that).

HTH Steve

Ah yes...now I remember...my apologies....

I have torqued the bolts to exactly what VW says, yet the gasket still seems to leak....

- Pete

Did you torque on installation and re-torque the following day?

Yup!

In regards to what another poster said regarding synthetic oil....won't that cause increased leakage in the engine? I mean, I thought that if I started to use the synthetic oil in my Jetta that it might start to leak in more places than it does already (valve cover gasket and oil pan gasket)

- Pete

Jim B.

The Timing belt and all seal have been replaced...as I said, the only leaks are at the oil pan and the valve cover..

If the car has 280,000 km on the clock and has always had regular oil, is it going to do anything drastic to the engine?

- Pete

deicately....they

Mine's the same. Last time I had it in the dealer said that the cork ones do weep a little bit of oil and he actually discouraged me from replacing it saying that it'll only do it again.

I think that I am going to give the rubber one a try and see what happens...

- Pete

Note replacement studs.

Yepper, just as Jim says you can have what you want.

Retrofit the cork gasket into the trash and motor on down the road.

TBerk

I ordered the studs tonight at work for my Jetta...and tomorrow night...the cork gasket bites the dust!

- Pete

The valve cover gasket replacement was a breeze! Thanks to everyone for their tips and advice. I wish that I had taken some pictures, but it is a dirt cheap modification that is so easy to do!

Highly reccomended for anyone with a Digifant Golf or Jetta!

- Pete

night...the