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Do you have a decent old school, diesel engine competent, friendly, local garage who'd be prepared to do it ? If so they'd probably be happy to have the vehicle recovered to them and do the head change, with new gasket, and replace the timing belt and check the timing of the pump at the same time. ...

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I guess I should not try to replace it myself. ;P And that the head gasket should be replaced as well.

Since i can`t use the car. Maybe it would be more easy to just remove the whole engine, and deliver it to a engine repair shop. Hmm.

Hi. Greetings from Norway. I will try to explain in english..... :) And thanks a lot for reading this !!! I have a 1989 VW T3. It’s supposed to have a 1.9 turbo diesel engine from a Golf (but I’ve never managed to find the engine code). When I bought the car, I had no idea about cars. But I’ve manag...