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I have used a tee-ed in pressure gauge to diagnose a leaking head gasket in my VW before tearing into it. All fixed now.
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I know my #14 head is leaking combustion gasses into the cooling system, has been for at least the 20k miles I've owned it. I put a colder 71c thermostat in it and and lower pressure coolant reservoir cap. I can hear it hissing away even after a short drive with the engine still cold. So long as it doesn't consume any coolant or oil I'll keep driving like this. The #17 head is stashed away in the garage. One of these days I'll get around to swapping it in. If I was still running at 90c all the time with a high pressure coolant cap I would definitely add a pressure gauge.
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I'm on borrowed time with this head. I told myself I was going to replace it last summer and I didn't. Maybe this summer. Its hard to get myself to tear apart the engine when its running so well otherwise.
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