FIXED MY GOLF GTI PROBLEMS!!!! NOW MY CAR IS DRINKING LIKE THERE IS NO 2MORROW!!

[rockhopper]

i do a 80mile round trip everyday  and it costs about a tenner a day in the golf, one point of interest is that its 15 years old and has done 98000miles but its better on fuel than my year old saab even when driven the same.

[jase555]

if you can smell petrol with the engine running id say its over fueling but the digi system does that. if you can smell fuel with the engine off then you have a leak. i had a leak last year. took me ages to find it. eventually found the fuel filter by the pump under the car had a tiny pin hole under the bracket.

i have the same problem again now but i am putting it down to fitting an uprated fuel pressure reg. i just got 112 mile on 30 quid. but i do floor it everywhere too. i might pop it along to midland vw in january and have it rolling roaded again.

[nam441]

i had problems with my mk2 gti 8v.it kept dying at lights and junctions for no particular reason.always started again but someone suggested the idle valve so i changed that but to no avail!!
in the end  i got a mobile tuner to look at it who works on a private collection of classic ferraris,lambo's etc and he used to sell golfs so he knows his stuff.
£30 later and i got 42.9 mpg on the way to manchester from devon,more than happy with that.its levelled off a bit now and averages about 38-40 mpg on long trips.
cracking car,love it to bits!!