i need help from the experienced people please

[welshdean]

Hi ,

Im new to the site and also new to the world of vokswagen golf's so do not have any knowledge of them whatsoever.

So heres my story... ( I'll try to cut it short )

About a week ago i had to get rid of my Mondeo as the clutch went on it and it would have cost too much money to pass the next mot anyway.
So i bought an Audi A3. The car also needed too much work doing to it and i swapped it for my Mk4 golf 2.0 gti and here i am now.

So..

Firstly i was surprised at how slow the golf 2.0 gti really is, i was expecting something a whole lot quicker. ( unless its just this car lol )

Secondly, after only giving the car a quick check over i was told by the guy that it had been left standing for a fair few months and damp had started to build up. Well, what a load of **** !
its leaking more than the titanic at the moment  but ill get this sorted eventually.

Also i found that the car was spluttering after going through puddles and steaming from around the radiator area.
So i pulled over, let it coold down and drove it home. After a full check i found that my dipstick tube had snapped and is now exposing about 6" of dipstick. So my question with this is... could water have got down inside the tubing causing it to splutter and bog down, if so, will it have damaged my engine atall?

And finally,

my clutch is quite springy / stiff and quite high, but it doesnt seem to slip atall and it stalls when i do the clutch test in fourth gear.
So is it common on these golfs to have the clutch like this or am i missing something completely?

i would really appreciate it if you read this post, could you please leave me a reply as to whats up with my car.

Thankyou very much

[Nino]

Firstly no the clutch should not feel like that mate. Also yes the 2.0 Gti really is that slow infact it isn't worthy of a Gti badge IMHO. Water in the dipstick is highly unlikely if I'm honest but I would not rule it out.

Best advise I could give you mate would be to get your car scanned with a vagcom and see what codes come up and take it from there.

[welshdean]

Thanks for the reply.

All i know for sure is that the car was driving ok and then as soon as i went through the huge puddle it bogged right down immediately and thats when the steam started coming from radiator area.

All i can see is that the dipstick tubing is missing so i thought water could possibly have got in there as it would not be difficult to get into it atall.

What could be wrong with the clutch if its not slipping

[dom]

The 2.0 engine is the worst engine to ever have the gti badge, they're all awful so yours being slow is no surprise.

Mk4's leak like mad so that could be any number of things, use the search bar at the top and you'll find all you need to know.

Dipstick guides become very brittle with time and snap easily, get a replacement for the dealers, they don't cost much. If you're concerned about water in your oil then change the oil & filter (this probably is a good idea if the car has been standing for a while anyway). I doubt that is your issue though.

As Nino suggested a first step would be to scan for fault codes via vagcom

[Nino]

Also i have noticed you live in cardiff. I would be happy to scan it for you

[welshdean]

Hi, Nino.  I would veryuch appreciate it  if you could put it onto your system for me. Could you please text me on 07453976296

[Nino]

Txt sent

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