A few 8v issues.

[maaarcooose]

Fixed the coolant light problem.
 
My coolant was down. Didn't expect this cause I'm pretty diligant on topping it up.
Then I cleaned out the pipes from the rocker cover to the injector.
No I know why my coolant is down.
Lovely creamy gunge.

I'm suspecting a blown headgasket. Oh well. Might as well replace everything that needs it at the same time.
How I hate head gasket jobs.

One more thing.
How difficult would eveyone say replacing the shocks and springs on the back end is.
I'd kind of like to do it myself, but if it's a massive job, I'll let someone who knows what they are doing do it.

Cheers...

!m!

[Mew]

One more thing.
How difficult would eveyone say replacing the shocks and springs on the back end is.
I'd kind of like to do it myself, but if it's a massive job, I'll let someone who knows what they are doing do it.

Cheers...

!m!

Not a very big job at all. Just jack up the rear and undo a couple of bolts and you're done. You don't even need the haynes manual but if you get stuck it will definitely help you out!

[Organisys]

Creamy gunge in the breathers is not uncommon, especially in the winter and when you are doing short journeys, it's just condensate.

Any creamy gunge on the dipstick?

[maaarcooose]

None on the dipstick at all.

Only the breather pipes seem to be a bit damp.

!m!

[maaarcooose]

Talking of haynes manual, is it just me or do the new ones suck?

I rememmber doing a full headgasket job on an old Renault 11 using the haynes manual, and it showed every step. The new style Golf one I have is terrible.

Anything better out there or even a manual I can get that shows EVERYTHING about a MK2?

!m!

[rubjonny]

The green manual is much better than the red one

[Organisys]

The Bentley manual is even better apparantly.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0837603420/qid=1144586220/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/203-1765693-3768768