Seriously rotten mk2 gti!!

[vw_golf_nutter]

its not really the cost of the engine its that I cant do it myself so the garage will have to do it and the more work the more it will cost... plus I need my car as a daily so if its a big job the car has to be off road to do it...
my finding another bottom end ABF or 9A, I already have a spare KR head so the KR head and bottom end can be rebuilt and ready to drop in so my cars off road for minimal time :-)
happy days.
Just gotta find one close to me, they all seem miles away

[Dean0991]

Oil leaks story of my life luckily was only a seal so that's sorted now. I'm taking my golf for it's 1st long journey Friday well about 70 mile there and 70 back. Anyone know what you can average on fuel for the 16v? I love driving it so I'm really looking forward to this drive 😊

[vw_golf_nutter]

good luck!
our first run was 410 miles round lol but she made it! we got about 75 miles to £10 on the motorway. think I worked out once it averages about 25mpg so that's good 

[Waspy]

Wow, the 16v is thirsty. My 8v does 35mpg all day, with a very heavy right foot...

[Dean0991]

Don't seem to bad at all does it. Going to give her a clean another coat of wax. Luckily it's pretty much motorway so should get decent miles to the gallon

[hardmonkeys]

I bet you could do it yourself, I didn't think I could..but I've just done a full 8v auto to 16 manual conversion, it wasn't easy but it's doable, I did it on my driveway

[gazareth]

why not just fix the oil leak?

[vw_golf_nutter]

my mechanic things its coming to the end of its life, he said the cam chain is very noisy and it is leaking oil through the middle of the dizzy but that's not the only leak... he said he really thinks its rebuild time

[vw_golf_nutter]

Spent most of friday trying to smooth the rear arches, the welding left them a bit uneven with obvious lines where the new arches are welded on so I started with the filler and sanding but havnt finished yet.

Also fitted some Iron cross smoked headlamps.

Then popped out to pick up my daughter hoping to continue the sanding and my fuel pump under the car decided to die leaving me stranded! Fun times.

[Mr_Orange]

Keep the faith