Well i got round to doing my head gasket on Sunday afternoon as the weather wasn't too bad (working outside). Anyway got the head off no probs but found a slightly bent pushrod(No8) just as the daylight started to fade so i packed up fot day.
Monday...get home from work (in the dark) popped the bonnet an get mi led torch out and have another nosey at mi bores an piston tops.... Found a crack in the top of No.3 piston so i had another look at mi head and found another crack between the valve seats on No3...Took it to LOCKSIDE Engineering Tuesday afternoon,did pressure test and its OK they skimmed it but it only took .008 off (Could have got away without it)
Got the sump and oil pump off while getting battered by 50mph hailstones..not nice.. Just waiting for the weather to cheer up now to get cracked on removing the pistons...what started out as a head gasket change has now turned into a lengthy parts list so ticking tdi's beware!