Xenons - Why?????

[brummydubber]

i have hi oil pressure found it is because fuel in oil
will drain oil and change
i had a problum with ecu continually pumping fuel in to cylinders
changed now
but is this how fuel got there and will changing oil qure this

[jaybv6]

Less than two weeks to go till my track day and the car is yet to be mot'd.  So I decided to tackle the final job, the brakes.

List of tasks
1 - remove 239mm brakes and re-fit 256mm brakes with Green Stuff pads and ATE power discs.
2 - Fit new CV Boots.
3 - Fit braided hoses front and rear
4 - Fit new discs, pads and brakes lines on the rears.

Well I got as far as the front right brakes and that took me over 4 hours.  A catalogue of problems caused untold difficulties.
1 - steering link would not budge, after repeated treatment with a blowtorch it came off.
2 - Couldn't get the CV knuckle off to replace the CV Boot but after some perseverance it came off.
3 - fitted new discs, calipers and carriers but had a major headache fitting the greenstuff pads.  With the pads in and the caliper piston fully retracted it still wouldn't fit over the pads.  After much swearing I bought some Ferodo pads from Halfrauds only to find that the Green Stuff pads are over half an inch thicker than the Ferrodo pads.
4 - Took me a while to figure out that my Goodridge hoses didn't fit cause of the extra piece of brake pipe that seems to have been fitted to the 16v calipers for no reason
5 - Steering linkage would ot tighten back up (still havn't figured it out).

That was the easy side.  Tried the front left and after removing the caliper all looked ok.  However the removal of the Hub nut was a different story.  I've snapped 7 different tools and wrecked a perfectly good half inch drive ratchet.  Damn.

So that's as far as I have got.  Gutted and I'm running out of time.

BTW, any one got any tips on how to wind in the rear calipers without the aid of a "Special" tool?

[julie]

Hi all, I (or should I say boyfriend) have just put a ported and polished head on my 1991 mk2 golf 16v along with some newman cams 264 inlet 272 exhaust.

The problem we have got is when you rev it is fine but on the come down it stalls, there are sometimes when it nearly dies but picks up again and will idle fine at about 1000rpm? When driving  it is fine and there is no misfire just when you come to a junction it dies but then restarts and goes fine?

It was fine before we swaped the head, it also had new injectors. Could he have broken a wire of somthing? or upset somthing while doing the work?

Any ideas or suggestions would be of help.

Cheers Juliet

[dinkyd]

Hi All,

I've got a mark 4 (53 reg) 150 TDi GTI Golf. I wanna wire in the sounds ASAP but strugglin to find a gromet to feed the power cable through. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Pictures would be good if you have them.

Any other tips are more than welcome.

Cheers.

[Will Maverick]

I have removed all the bolts and screws from the slam panel on my golf mk2 gti however I cant remove it due to the part of the radiator that comes up through it. How do I get it out?

[Willdub]

For sale, 5 14" Castellet style Alloys with tyres. These came from a VW Golf Gti Mk2.

The alloys are used and 4 are in ok condition with one in need of attention (the one without the centre cap in the pictures). The alloys will clean up well i am sure. They come with 4 centre caps all in good, useable condition.

The tyres are a mixed bag, so heres the complete information:

1 Intensa Sava (Polish) 185/60 R14 82H.

1 Tigar TG635 (Yugoslavia) Dito.

2 Sportiva G60 H (European) Dito. One is flat and one has a bulge.

1 Continental Winter Contact 185/60 R14 82T.

All the tyres have very good tread and don't look to have been used much at all. Apart from the information noted above about the Sportiva tyres the Intensa tyre has a few concerning things stuck in the treads but it isn't flat.

Email or post on forum for pictures or information (wdavies_2@hotmail.com). Please feel free to come and view the tyres/alloys, email me or ring 01782 620833. I am located in Newcastle under Lyme near Stoke, just of the M6 Junc 15.

These are currently on ebay with pictures: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250094523153&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=015

[vw-bob]

on my travels today i noticed a very nice mk2 jetta. it was in petts wood/orpington (SE london / kent).
it was red with a single light grill, had a set of alloys (not sure what ones) and the number plate ended RSS or RRS  was a G reg but had pressed alloy plates ( i pretty sure they were anyway)

if anyone owns this or knows the person who owns this, then its very nice  a great looking jetta. i was the person in the black golf looking in my rear view mirror a lot to have a peak at the car 

but just thought id let whoever it is that they have a great looking car