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  1. Thought I should attempt an update on repairs to the Lupo after it went bang. I intended to take photos but always seemed to be trying to finish off whatever bit I was working on and not wanting to waste time cleaning hands to use a camera. When I stripped down the head all the valves were bent and all except one tappet were damaged so I bought a secondhand head on Ebay. This came without injectors and removing the injectors from the damaged head proved to be more difficult than the manual indicated (they had been in position for 122k and 17 years). I then had to buy new injectors seals before fitting them to the replacement head and setting the adjustment - this all took quite a while. I bought a new VW head gasket but the head bolts and cambelt kit came from ECP to save some cash. The cambelt kit is a Dayco one because I needed the hydraulic damper as well and VW charge over £100 just for this item - not sure about the Dayco kit as neither the tensioner or cambelt look to be such good quality as the original VW parts but much cheaper. Costs: Second hand head £100 Head gasket £40 Head bolts £20 Cambelt kit £125 (needed hydraulic damper so expensive) Injector seals and bolts £22 Total cost was over £300 and this was cutting a few corners by re-using gaskets etc and also the fact that I already had all the tools that I needed. I have now had the car running again and have changed the oil and coolant and at least it seems to be OK - time will tell! I initially thought the failure was due to the tensioner stud breaking and that the damage to the hydraulic damper was caused by the assembly dropping but maybe it was the other way around and the damper failed first? All in all an expensive problem and a warning that when cambelts are changed then all the other components should be replaced at the same time. Thanks to all who gave advice.
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