Some point in the week or 2 following the purchase:As i mentioned at the start, the idle and timing were shot when i bought the car. The idle was around 4-500 rpm and when i put my foot down the car would really struggle and hesitate. A trip to the vee dub master that is Rubjonny was in order!
I turned up at John's place on a wet Sunday morning and let him do his magic. The weather was crap but he still set-up my car with the timing gun and co meter. Big thanks John if you're reading this!
We went out for a quick run after he had finished, and WOW is the only word! The difference was amazing, i think i much prefer k-jet to digifant.
All was well for a couple of days, and then the dodgy idle came back
At first it was only when the engine was fully up to temp, and then as time wore on it would be all the time. It has been getting progressively worse and now sometimes cuts out and struggles to start up again when hot
I'm reluctant to spend too much time on sorting that though as my intended plan will sort that out..............
While i was at John's he spotted a small coolant leak under the expansion tank. As my drive to his was my first proper trip in the car i hadn't noticed it until he pointed it out. I ordered a new tank from vw-spares, around 15 quid all together i think.
It is sh!t!
The cap does not seal properly and neither does the level sensor. A trip to the scrappy a week later and about £3 lighter i came away with a decent second hand tank and I have not had a problem since!
No pics of the swap, it's exactly as you'd imagine though: Unclip the hoses, take tank out, put new tank in and clip hoses back on!