Back in the day we used to get a lot of head gasket troubles with the V4 even after the head as been skimmed that’s why I put a 2 lt pinto in my mk1 I got the van knowing it had gasket problems had both heads skimmed and pressure tested but know good put it down to block trouble.
MK 8 L4 H3 Motorsport campervan Past camper vans 1974 mk1 v4 with 2.0 pinto fitted 1986 mk3 2.5 di swb 1990 190 lwb 2.5 di 1998 100 lwb 2.5 di 2006 350 jumbo 135 tdci