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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Breakdown
Do you have a multimeter? if so you can test the coils primary and secondary resistance quite easily
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Engine & Gearbox / Re: 1991 16v GTi - Splutter/Delayed Revs
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Thank you….I did wonder about that. Although I was surprised as apparently the head gasket and lots of other work was done in 2020.

I guess I’ll need to get that properly checked out then!

As Eddy says it's a guess but one that's easy checked with minimal work with an Engine compression tester, you can buy them for sub 20quid and at least if it comes back ok then you can rule it out and start looking elsewhere
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Engine & Gearbox / Re: 1991 16v GTi - Splutter/Delayed Revs
From the description sounds like a head gasket leak, water seeps in to cylinders hence white smoke and splutters, it then gets burn't off and runs clean, lump cloudy coolant would support this
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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Wheel advice - Et20
I had 7 inch ATS Cups on mine with an ET20 and on the rear they rubbed over bumps, ET20 will poke more out to the arches plus you have an extra 1/4 inch width from centre so a total of around 6.5mm more poke, mine was standard height with new standard shocks and springs so quite soft on the rear, if you have stiffened suspension you may be ok or run 195/45 tyres, I ran 195/50
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Your Non Mk2 Cars or Bikes / Re: Jacquot - 1989 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI...
Quote from: L90E on
Cheers Bill... will give it ago tomorrow AM (start of new tax month), hope that's the case, be handy.

Also be a bit annoying as I was made go in person at last renewal, despite car being taxed in my name for the previous 12 months.

Would it need to be continuously taxed for the on-line bit to kick in, thinking maybe SORN might upset the computers?

Having said that daughters Citigo has to be taxed every year at the PO, this time round it'll be the unbroken third cycle in her ownership.

Can't get their system to accept it on-line / nor set up a Direct Debit either.

My daily on the other hand is all on-line and DD every year.



I have had that previously where a break in the tax or sorn in a certain period of years? would disallow online renewal but SORN is counted as continuous, i think it's 3 years but not sure, I had one that wasn't taxed for a month between sale and not SORN did this, you also need to make sure the new MOT has updated on the DVLA website before trying.

I also had an issue of a private reg once like this also that I tried to put on a car online and it failed and I called the DVLA and they stated there was a previous break in tax so had to send it off.
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Your Non Mk2 Cars or Bikes / Re: Jacquot - 1989 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI...
Quote from: L90E on
New MOT this AM.

Typical... like summer all week here, then the rain starts a few hours before the test.

Hopefully tax him Monday, though it's a bank holiday, so not sure if the Post Offices are open... you have to present proof of insurance here inorder to get tax, which means physically going to a real life building - none of your new fangled on-line stuff for us!

Took the long way home, surprised a few outside lane hoggers... love this wee car, hope the MK2's even half as much fun. 

Harping back to the talk about the Gunson earlier.

Below are last years and todays official test center results, on what is probably a £100K analyser (to 3 decimel points no less).

Beside them are my puny little Gunsons for comparison...

2021 - 1.3% on the Gunson / the test center 1.320

2022 - 1.5% on the Gunson / the test center 1.530



Hi, if the V5 is in your name and it's insured you can tax it online as long as it isn't the first tax, the DVLA pull the info from the Motor Insurance Database but you can only do it between 7am and 7pm online
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Other Problems / Re: Central locking and remote not working. (TOAD ALARM)
I had a Toad on mine but the CL was also aftermarket motors that were clamped to the rod for the popper so you couldn't use a key to open the door, maybe yours is the same or maybe it's off the OEM vacuum system.

My mate now has my car and I am sure he has the manual for the alarm as I gave it to him with receipt, might be useful.
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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: emissions (ULEZ) compliancy
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Quote from: t2000 on
I find it interesting that a MK1 Audi TT 225 BAM engine is ULEZ compliant!

Cool list, I actually was going to biy a MK1 TT this week but it sold before I got there.

I won't complain if you don't  :D
Oh how smug you could be owning one of the cars that is exempt.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-10136173/amp/Cars-beat-ULEZ-Eight-older-cars-petrolheads-dodge-charge.html