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General => The garage => Topic started by: rowlers on 20 February 2005, 10:17

Title: plugs and leads for Mk2 16v
Post by: rowlers on 20 February 2005, 10:17

Any body have any recomendations for which plugs and leads are best to git onto my 1990 16v??

it's spluttering a bit on startup (occasionally) and hestitates at low revs until warmed up (revved a little!). then all becomes fine.

Will a new distributer and or cap help??

its a k-jetronic and its done 121K.

finally... tappets have started rattling are they OK to be left for a while or do they need changing ASAP? I've put thicker oil which has quietend them a little


Thanks fellas

Title: Re: plugs and leads for Mk2 16v
Post by: ...joe on 20 February 2005, 21:52

bosch plugs (your choice of type) and genuine leads. so many problems come down to supposedly 'performance' leads and as such a friend who's a tuner, will only use OE leads.

Title: Re: plugs and leads for Mk2 16v
Post by: Gambit on 21 February 2005, 10:04

http://www.vwspares.co.uk for leads n plugs

also, look at replacing the Rotor Arm & Cap on the dizzy. not very expensive either

Title: Re: plugs and leads for Mk2 16v
Post by: rowlers on 22 February 2005, 17:48

cheers for reccomendation fellas.

Can some one tell me the easiest way to find out what injection systems in on my golf??? I keep seeing/hearing different versions. i believe k-jets were made up til 87, then they went digi? Is this true? only I go on to somer site to order parts and it come up saying that mine is a k-jet?? also it looks like a k-jet in the haynes manual???

Cheers

Title: Re: plugs and leads for Mk2 16v
Post by: ...joe on 22 February 2005, 19:41

dont know much about 16valves but i'm pretty sure they were al k-jet? anyone?

Title: Re: plugs and leads for Mk2 16v
Post by: AudiA8Quattro on 23 February 2005, 11:27

All 16v mk2's are k-jet ?:cool:

Title: Re: plugs and leads for Mk2 16v
Post by: ...joe on 23 February 2005, 15:47

ahh thought so!