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General => General discussion => Topic started by: OakeyDoak16v on 12 November 2008, 20:18
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But have borrowed a mates Vr6 to play with till it's fixed!!! Good Times.
Sent the mk2 in to have poly bushes fitted and more problems have arisen but should be ready by Friday, never mind eh? :grin:
Vr6 though is niiiiicccceee!! :grin:
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what is it with MK2's at the mo!!! they are all going t1ts up :sad:
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what is it with MK2's at the mo!!! they are all going t1ts up :sad:
its winter. they dont like winter. well atleast mine doest anyway.
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Winter mate!! Went through a flood on the road on Sunday, now the thing wont even start, just turns over and over. Changed the usual electrical/ sparky bits but seems to be something else.
Mine is always a trouble starter in the winter though :sad:
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i jsut get a puddle in the passanger footwell, a waterfall coming down the sunroof and the dreaded carb icing.
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Yep, winter time can be testing to say the least!! :smiley:
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Last winter was bad for the poorburg carburettor, but this year the car is fully winter prepped!
...shame I've just bought a jetta run-around with a poorburg carb to drive during winter! :grin:
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Last winter was bad for the poorburg carburettor, but this year the car is fully winter prepped!
...shame I've just bought a jetta run-around with a poorburg carb to drive during winter! :grin:
^^^ Good luck with that! How do you fully winter prep an old car though without missing something? :smiley:
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Last winter was bad for the poorburg carburettor, but this year the car is fully winter prepped!
...shame I've just bought a jetta run-around with a poorburg carb to drive during winter! :grin:
^^^ Good luck with that! How do you fully winter prep an old car though without missing something? :smiley:
lock it on a heated garage and buy a winter run around :grin:
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oh dear, hope they get it sorted and it doesn't cost too much.
Carb Icing? what's that? :grin: :tongue:
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Last winter was bad for the poorburg carburettor, but this year the car is fully winter prepped!
...shame I've just bought a jetta run-around with a poorburg carb to drive during winter! :grin:
^^^ Good luck with that! How do you fully winter prep an old car though without missing something? :smiley:
Service the engine, check the carburettor is running correctly, check there's no leaks anywhere and that the airbox is pulling the hot air from the engine with the flap correctly. Seal and wax the paintwork, waxoyl inside the arches, the coilover threads and any other bits that are easy to get to including some bits in the engine bay like around the battery, etc. Stick my winter steel wheels on which have been jetsealed and waxed on (much easier to keep nice than BBS RAs!) Check there's no leaks from the sunroof or drainage hole, etc. and it's pretty much ready for winter!
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and by the time you've done that its summer time!!! :rolleyes:
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trying to winter proof is wrong and no fun its much better to drive it till i breaks and then laugh as you start to snap off your freezing cold brittle fingers or as i did monday change an alarm over in the rain
it was the most joyous occasion i have ever had
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Back out the garage and on the road!! Happy days! Car go's round corners very nice now bushes have been replaced. Well happy :smiley:
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good work worht it then! i find mine is the same winter just more water leaks in the cabin, il fix them all one day! bloody golfs eh
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My MK1 was superb , jump in start up drive work
these MK2s are pooh
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good work worht it then! i find mine is the same winter just more water leaks in the cabin, il fix them all one day! bloody golfs eh
Eh up! good to know your still about. Yeah, big difference, well worth it. But as you say...Bloody Golfs eh? :smiley:
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My MK1 was superb , jump in start up drive work
these MK2s are pooh
What do you mean "was superb"? I thought you just got one recently. Have you sold it on already? :smiley: