Head Gasket, do I preempt its repair?

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Originally Posted by DiscoDevil

Would you say that certain years are more prevalent? 1995 etc?

I'm at 210k on a 1997 tdi auto. It's got diesel gas too :angel:

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Only as far as age goes. When we pulled the head from this 1998 today, it was already creeping under 2 other fire rings but had blown through to a coolant gallery at number 3, so IF it had been replaced at 230K, it may not have looked so close to failure.

A lesson there IMO and makes me even more determined to advise replacement at 200 to 250K intervals.

JC