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Offline bosco

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golf mk2 1.6
« on: 18 March 2010, 18:11 »
just bought my first mk2 golf and was wondering it idles at 2000 rpm. any way i could decrease it and why is it idling at that? thanks
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Offline mattkh

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Re: golf mk2 1.6
« Reply #1 on: 18 March 2010, 19:06 »
Hi
Welcome and congrats.
Is it a manual choke or automatic choke ?
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Offline Jay

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Re: golf mk2 1.6
« Reply #2 on: 18 March 2010, 19:25 »
How do you know it's idling @ 2k rpm?

I thought all the 1.6's didn't come with a rev counter  :huh: ofc it could have been added after, but maybe dodgy connection?

Does it sound like it's idling that high?
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Re: golf mk2 1.6
« Reply #3 on: 18 March 2010, 20:04 »
its an automatic choke. and its definitely idling at 2. it goes up to 3 then drops to 2 usually
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Re: golf mk2 1.6
« Reply #4 on: 18 March 2010, 20:42 »
Quote from: Jay on 18 March 2010, 19:25
How do you know it's idling @ 2k rpm?

I thought all the 1.6's didn't come with a rev counter  :huh:

He hasn't said but it could be a driver, they came with rev counters, both 1.6 and 1.8 versions.

If its a pierburg carb (everyones had problems with these), then invest in a weber DTML conversion (£250ish for a new kit), it will transform the overal running of the car. MPG will improve aswell as power.
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Re: golf mk2 1.6
« Reply #5 on: 18 March 2010, 21:34 »
Quote from: yamz89 on 18 March 2010, 20:42

He hasn't said but it could be a driver, they came with rev counters, both 1.6 and 1.8 versions.

If its a pierburg carb (everyones had problems with these), then invest in a weber DTML conversion (£250ish for a new kit), it will transform the overal running of the car. MPG will improve aswell as power.

That's a rather sweeping statement to make on a both counts.

1.) I had a 1.6 Driver and it had no rev counter, yes it was a Driver not CL.
2.) On said 1.6 Driver it had a auto-Pierburg and it ran almost flawlessly for the whole 16 months I had it, including in the snow we had a few years back.
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Quote from: PenguinGTI on 11 May 2012, 17:49
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Re: golf mk2 1.6
« Reply #6 on: 18 March 2010, 21:50 »
Check rubjonnys guide in the maitenance section there is a carb guide in there.
My dad had this problem with his but i cant remember what he changed although it was cheap and 10 min job.
I had a webber on a 1600 ryder and once it was setup well it was a million times better than the pierburg
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Re: golf mk2 1.6
« Reply #7 on: 18 March 2010, 22:09 »
Quote from: weazgti on 18 March 2010, 21:50
My dad had this problem with his but i cant remember what he changed although it was cheap and 10 min job.
Hi
Most likely the wax stat.
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Re: golf mk2 1.6
« Reply #8 on: 18 March 2010, 22:27 »
yeah that was it.
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Re: golf mk2 1.6
« Reply #9 on: 18 March 2010, 23:38 »
Air leak from carb mount.
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