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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: UKjarvis on 13 February 2011, 14:47

Title: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: UKjarvis on 13 February 2011, 14:47

Right first off this isnt my best tread, changed head gasket to find more white smoke on a long journey just dismantled it again to find the cylinder head has corroded extremely close to the piston and hence the white smoke, so shall I scrap her or take a hammer to th blighted thing, aghhh

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: mk2bal on 13 February 2011, 15:07

Depends on what it is. If 8v I'd say yeah chuck it in the bin.. If 16v I'd say repair it or abf it.

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: UKjarvis on 13 February 2011, 15:16

8v kjet :(

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: Alec on 13 February 2011, 15:23

Could just swap it for a PB unit and still use the k-jet

Can get em well cheap http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=179338.0

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: Andy! on 13 February 2011, 15:24

Ignore the valver gimp, if its a solid car it'd be worth fixing your existing lump or just sourcing another one be it 8v 16v or other.

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: mr mk2 on 13 February 2011, 16:18

i wouldnt bin it if i was u, but if u do il take it off ur hands if the bodys ok cuz im looking 4 a project. PM me if you decide to sell it

thanx

mr mk2

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: UKjarvis on 13 February 2011, 17:10

yours for £200 its a 5dr tho

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: UKjarvis on 13 February 2011, 18:38

Just out of curiosity can I weld the head and get it skimmed to repair the fault...

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: mr mk2 on 13 February 2011, 18:47

any pics

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: mwep201081 on 13 February 2011, 19:18

Quote from: Andy! on 13 February 2011, 15:24

Ignore the valver gimp,

:grin: someone had to say it

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: mk2bal on 13 February 2011, 19:20

behave. its a broken 5 door 8v.

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: Andy! on 13 February 2011, 21:18

Behave. Its a Golf GTI.

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: Jay on 13 February 2011, 21:40

Quote from: UKjarvis on 13 February 2011, 18:38

Just out of curiosity can I weld the head and get it skimmed to repair the fault...

Not a long term repair, I've seen it done on a MK2 GTD by an american chap who had a CRACK in between 2 cylinders and just wanted it to work until he rebuilt another engine. I stopped reading his thread when I broke my GTD and never went back there :sad:


It's actually still going, over 12,000 miles later :laugh:

http://www.vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php?topic=22403.90

OK so maybe you can get away with it for longer than I thought  :grin:  :evil:

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: danny_p on 13 February 2011, 22:06

corroision pits and channels cane be welded up and skimmed.   on vvvvv high perormance heads it's actualy quite common to add weld to them so chambers and ports can be reshaped and oilways relocated

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: UKjarvis on 13 February 2011, 23:38

top advice guys think theres life in the old girl yet.

Title: Re: ahhhhhhhh fooked
Post by: Wayne on 14 February 2011, 00:01

Quicker and easier to fit a s/h head, digi one will fit if you stuck.