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New Members Say Hi! / Mk2 gti father & Son project
Last post by Mk2_Arran -
Hi all,

Just dropping by to introduce myself. I'm Will and together with my 10 year old so Arran we are going to tackle our recently purchased mk2 golf gti project.

The project came about after Arran was diagnosed with Birkett Lymphoma cancer. He is currently under going chemotherapy treatment which has his staying full time I hospital until early to mid November with the oncology team very positive of a full recovery.

Anyway we found and purchased an atlas grey 1991 gti with a 2.0 16v conversion done

Somewhere along its life someone decided to convert it from a big bumper GTI to small bumper and remove the skirts and arches too.

Anyway we hope to restore it back to a big bumper arched car with a few mods along the way.

Thanks all.
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Engine & Gearbox / Re: Rough cold starts
Last post by JacksonBrownPants -
Thanks for the advice. I haven’t had time to clean out the ISV yet but I did quickly check the blue temp sender.

The car is turning over a lot not too before eventually starting and running rough for a few minutes. I unplugged the sender to see what the start was like and it started pretty quickly but the idle was very erratic. Plugged it back in and I’ll settled immediately. Does this suggest a functional sender?

I guess my next steps will be CTS and O2 sensor?
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I.C.E & Electrical / just a few wiring issues if anyone can shed light please
Last post by mintysgt -
Hey all, finally completed "well loosely speaking" the restoration on my barn find, engine  pulled and replaced now all running, replaced many things on strip down i found broken, or damaged. now i'm pretty much all back together, i have found and not limited to of course. but what i have found so far

CE1 CAR

1. green indicator glow on dash, this did go away, think eddy peck pointed me in right direction last time, with hazard switch but no luck tapping and unplugging and plugging it back in this time. but hazards and indicators work fine otherwise im sure last time something odd was happening. Also confident the green glow only arrived again today

2. i have an issue that if i use my aux power in the ashtray "playing with simple things today it actually charges my phone, but wouldn't power the tyre pump yesterday", it triggers the wipers off all round regardless of powering my phone and not powering a pump

3. the wipers work back and front, rear wash jet works correctly, the front how ever sometimes works, but when it does , it will blow the fuse pretty much instantly, if not instantly anyway with out the pump buzzing, i must fess i put a 30 amp fuse in, which solved issue for 5 whole seconds then popped



During the restoration i found a broken pin on the fuse box, so sourced another one, having now chucked old one, i cant use it to test wipers and aux point, but i could be clutching at this one being faulty.

But i think i used aux when i had the old fuse box plugged in still to pump tyres up, i could be just dreaming that happened, again could be thinking it, trying sub consciously telling myself fusebox is at fault  for the sake of it

So if any one can shed light, share there views on this situation, point me in a direction to try something. even if its remotely silly but pluasable
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Engine & Gearbox / Re: Oil Buzzer after changing sump 😰
Last post by Ashton0678 -
So ive taken off the sump to inspect and it wll looks the same but what was a little strange was that when I tapped the grill inside it blipped a little and then leaked more oil so thinking maybe an air block of somesort?

Ps the cranking slows as if its struggling due to friction/resistance if that makes sense so decided to inspect.
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Engine & Gearbox / Re: Rough cold starts
Last post by scs -
Blue temp sensor is a good starting point. I would get one made by hella. Failing that check all the vacuum lines for cracks and the hoses from isv to the manifold and the crankcase breather including the rocker box bung to the inlet manifold.
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Technical / Re: Help a new Mark 2 owner!
Last post by Monkey -
No worries, unfortunately, I'm down south, so I don't know anyone up near you.
Might be an idea to put a shout on the FB page, it's much busier, someone may know a garage.