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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Gti-Grimes on 31 October 2009, 23:30
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Just back from London, took me nearly 8 hours but back in one piece, car never missed a beat AND pulls like a train. However few things i missed before i bought it...
1. Needs Accumulator? - Needs a little push on loud pedal when starting... big job?
2. Drivers seat doesnt lock in position - When accelerating or braking, seat slides back and forward on rails (dangerous)
3. Had to drive with full beam on as lights hardly even light up road 3ft in front
4. Fogs dont work
5. Exhaust rattles VERY loudly on underside of car when idle
6. How hard is it to fit rear bench including seat belts?
7. Power steering doesnt work, harder to turn than a car that isnt meant to have pas. Like as in *tank* hard.
ANY assistance willl be greatly appreciated guys.
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What year, engine etc :smiley:
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Just back from London, took me nearly 8 hours but back in one piece, car never missed a beat AND pulls like a train. However few things i missed before i bought it...
1. Needs Accumulator? - Needs a little push on loud pedal when starting... big job?
2. Drivers seat doesnt lock in position - When accelerating or braking, seat slides back and forward on rails (dangerous)
3. Had to drive with full beam on as lights hardly even light up road 3ft in front
4. Fogs dont work
5. Exhaust rattles VERY loudly on underside of car when idle
6. How hard is it to fit rear bench including seat belts?
7. Power steering doesnt work, harder to turn than a car that isnt meant to have pas. Like as in *tank* hard.
ANY assistance willl be greatly appreciated guys.
1. Accumalator??
2. May be a bent or worn mechanism. You need to get in there and have a look. Its a very simple system and not difficult to work out.
3. Nature of the beast I'm afraid. The wiring looms are very long and old and deteriorate with age. There are upgrade looms available which are a bunch of relays connected up with instructions on how to install them. Very easy installtion that gives you the full 13.2 volts at the lights rather than the 9.something that will be there now. I have also fitted 100 watt bulbs in mine to give it all the help it needs, but these are illegal, and for 'off road use' only.
4. Check out to see if they are connected, then look at the bulbs, then the relay. It could also be the switch.
5. Broken bungee rubber? Get under and have a look.
6. Easy to fit seats. Two screws and they are out. The seatbelts too. The mounting points for the inertia reels are under the rear side plastic speaker mounts. The inertia reels are handed so make sure you put them in the correct sides or they will not work.
7. Check your power steering belt and fluid level before condeming the system as this is a fairly big job to swap out.
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Regarding #2 tilt backwards where you want the seat positioned then slide it a little both ways until it clicks in, mine does this.
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Regarding #2 tilt backwards where you want the seat positioned then slide it a little both ways until it clicks in, mine does this.
Of course!! :rolleyes: Forgot that. If that cures it, the little rubber thingy is missing or worn out.
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Just back from London, took me nearly 8 hours but back in one piece, car never missed a beat AND pulls like a train. However few things i missed before i bought it...
1. Needs Accumulator? - Needs a little push on loud pedal when starting... big job?
2. Drivers seat doesnt lock in position - When accelerating or braking, seat slides back and forward on rails (dangerous)
3. Had to drive with full beam on as lights hardly even light up road 3ft in front
4. Fogs dont work
5. Exhaust rattles VERY loudly on underside of car when idle
6. How hard is it to fit rear bench including seat belts?
7. Power steering doesnt work, harder to turn than a car that isnt meant to have pas. Like as in *tank* hard.
ANY assistance willl be greatly appreciated guys.
1. Accumulator only has an effect when trying to start on an already warm engine - it is only designed to hold fuel pressure for a short period. Sounds more like 5th injector/WUR.
2. There's a little return spring on the lever that locks it - sounds like its missing (plus a combination of the above).
3. Uprated loom
4. Pass - but probably fixed when loom is fitted
5. Exhaust rubber / loose heat shield on downpipe/floorpan
6. A 10 min job
7. Could be loose/snapped belt, dry rack. If its run dry, and you've driven it for 8 hours - new pump time.
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ECHO, Echo, echo, cho, ho, o, o. :laugh:
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Lol, at least I answered no. 1 :cool:
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Lol, at least I answered no. 1 :cool:
Accumalator? :huh: Last time I saw one of those it was in the undercarriage bay of a B757-200. A ball shaped cylinder with hydraulic fluid on the bottom and nitrogen on the top at a pressure of 3000psi.
Are you on about the idle stabalization valve?
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Nope, accumulator. On a K-jet it sits next to the fuel pump attached to the fuel pump housing on the opposite side to the filter.
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Learned something today then! :wink:
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Thanks for the replys folks. Yeah its the accumulator , only affects when the engine is warm, any idea where i could source one? As for all th other answers, thanks alot :smiley:
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O and its a G reg (89) mk2 gti 2l 9a 16v engine in black :smiley: