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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: JC on 04 April 2008, 22:13
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Well what a roller coaster day in the life of MkII ownership
After 4 days of hammering up and down to hospital twice a day ( didnt miss a beat and returned 28.9 MPG despite some spirited driving ) the old girl got a quick check over :cool:
And its dropping oil like a good un :cry: and the battery light is shining brighter than the lights at Blackpool, but only intermittently :huh:. - The bad day.
So after the daughter was safely returned home from her stay with the Not very good Health Service -I set about tinkering :wink:
stripped the rocker cover off and gave it all a good clean and new seal . so heres hoping it was that thats leaking and its not from lower down - namely the head gasket.
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/chuff69/04042008203.jpg)
and it does seem the rear corner wasnt fitted very well at the recent engne rebuild prior to me buying the car :rolleyes:
next was a good clean down of all the contacts on the alternator and battery etc and so far so good - the lights stayed off :cool:
So with everything going good - i decided to check on the front brakes as they has had some abuse and the bad started
Firstly I pi$$ed the neighbours off - didnt notice the time :embarassed:
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/chuff69/04042008206.jpg)
then i notice my outer nearside CV Boot has spilt :cry:- Back to bad again
Old cars - Love 'em or Hate 'em - They make ya Friday evenings fly by :grin: :laugh:
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My day with the mk2 went like this:
Fitted petrol filter to flexi metal pipe (ordered from powersteeringstore.co.uk a few weeks ago) - plain sailing.
Fitted new exhaust clamp and paste to try and get rid of the blow inbetween the downpipe and middle section - took a bit of paste, but job done.
Reversed off the ramps - took the driverside off on my big bumper :cry:
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ah - the old front spliter removal .. mine does this everytime i reverse on or off the driveway :grin:
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ah - the old front spliter removal .. mine does this everytime i reverse on or off the driveway :grin:
I've done it loads of times before and it's caught but been ok - one of the clips on the bumper (driverside) was already goosed though, now the whole driverside of the bumper is held on with a bit of washing line :cry:
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Sounds fun... Mine was goood, took a trip to LongLife and got a full system fitted..... Bad bit was the price, the vectra courtesy car and my head unit frying on the way back... but hey who needs a stereo when golfs sound sooooo good!
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my head unit frying on the way back... but hey who needs a stereo when golfs sound sooooo good!
Im with you there. Mine fried too, but with a sweet engine tone, who needs bass?
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I've got the original Panasonic 493 sitting on my tumble drier that works perfectly no wires chopped still in mint condition :cool: Swapped that out for a Sony H/U although I might keep the 493 so I can sell the car in 'Factory spec + rust' status :laugh:
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well took it out for a test run today - leaks still there BUT and its abloody big but
CHECK THE SIMPLE THINGS FIRST . :rolleyes:
The oil was leaking from the filler cap - :grin:
then tracking along the top of the rocker cover then down and back :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: only noticeable now I had CLEANED the rocker cover as its always been dirty. :lipsrsealed:
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Doh! Well at least you found the cause now :smiley:
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I'm thinking I might have this same problem... I've got oil around the oil filler cap and coming down the side/back... Going to investigate tomorrow.