Hi all,

It seems that my driver side head gasket is leaking a little bit to the OUTSIDE of the head on the bottom corner of the end closest to the driver.

I do not have any bubbles in the radiator at all, and no smoke out the tailpipe.

I gather it is uncommon for a head gasket to leak to the outside?? I thought at first, the "blockoff" plate under the glow plug controller was leaking, but no such luck, but it does look as if it has leaked in the past.

I will be reoving the engine to replace both head gaskets. Is there any other critical preventative maintenance I should do while I have the engine out??

I have recently installed the following:

DSG gear set
new (rebuilt) injectors
new glow plugs and controller
new lift pump

I think I will remove the IP and have it rebuilt while the motor is out.

Mike