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Hi can anyone advise which way the brake calliper pistons rotate when pushing them back in the housing to allow new discs and pads to be fitted on my vrs. I read somewhere that either the front or rear callipers were just push back without rotating, I know to remove fluid from the reservoir and have its lid off whilst doing this proceedure. I have a 'G' clamp but not a wind back tool assuming its required or has anyone got advice on doing it without . Is there anything else I ought to do. I took advantage of last weeks money off and bought Pagid discs and Brembo pads from euro car parts. Thanks Martin

Hi Lee, just found your head gasket thread, not sure how I missed it, hope its still running well.

Hi dougie, smart looking vrs,paint on the cills better looking than mine at the moment, I note you are running it with a de cat exhaust, how about the mot, does it still pass. Smart wheels as well. Martin

Hi Steveo1,good to know the similar issue to my vrs worked out for you and to hear its hopefully recoverable for me as well. Appreciate your input.

Thanks for explaining, it's to keep and enjoy for as long as derv power is allowed or cost prohibited.

Hi Trevor, looking smart,interesting read.

Hi Luke,hope things work out for you. All the best.

Hi again Sepulchrave, I appreciate your thoughts, just a couple of things if the same thickness of head gasket is used once the head is skimmed would that not effect the compression and secondly what does mls stand for. I have already bought pd 150 head bolts last year ready to use. You see the car requires new break discs and pads all round, the rear shocks look weapy and the front struts look very pitted with rust , needs an exhaust back box minimum, all consumables I know but adds to the initial outlay before I can think of an mot pass. I also want to remove the power ecu flash to back to normal acceptable power. Thanks Martin

I know I have mentioned this before, I have received conflicting advice on how to move forwards with my suspected vrs head gasket issues, It is sorned at the moment and is only started every couple of weeks to keep the oil circulating and only run for a max of 5 mins, to move out and back in the garage. Visited an independent garage yesterday who was recommended, looked a tidy place. I said what I knew had possibly happened to the car and that my son had to add water to the expansion bottle fairly infrequently, and that it had a sniff test carried out confirming combustion gasses were present in the bottle. I was told yesterday they did not carry out cylinder head jobs any more as they recently had issues with a couple of jobs with the gasket failing again, a BMW and Ford diesel and both could not be resolved , having both to be fitted with used engines. Their thoughts were that the block to head which were alloy must have been warped causing failure again. a member on here suggested trying up rated head bolts ( I bought some last autumn from Dark side) but as yet not tried , I have spoken to a VW specialist who said never done a head gasket yet! To an engineering firm who are old school who said its ok to skim this engine type head as long as its a small amount requiring removal, not sure what that means, maybe gasket thickness options. To re manufactured new heads at quite a cost. Bit of a dilemma really, I would like to sort it out but at the end of the day its value is of course minimal. Any advice , reassurance would be very much appreciated. Ps I would carry out all work ,stripping , replacing with best quality parts as required. thanks in advance Martin