B17 G60

sorted as said checked the starter as u said got my mate to keep his foot on it whilst it was out and on the floor, it was working fine and popping in and out just fine. so greased it up abit and wd40'd it, put it back together and she started up fine without a hint of a problem, strange or what i'm also getting abit of trouble with getting my car into 1st gear, you have o push and nudge at it quite abit and then it goes in, every single other gear including reverse is fine, doe this sound like a linkage problem or box? my old box which blew a hole through it had the same problems of going into 1st gear, any ideas? don't think both the box's could be duff, i'm thinking the linkages if i is do i need the repair bit directly underneath the gearstick under the car, or the rods etc aswell? how much is it new? cheers again peeps, mucho appreciated :)

nice one 2cc mate, i guess this is the only way i'm gonna find out, what should i be looking for whilst doing this, with regards to the problem i had with it just going click and not turning the engine over? cheers again

why whats wrong with power to a not bolted up starter motor? have i done something that is dangerous? haven't tried bump starting it, my mate just said over the phone so convincingly oh its the starter motor for definetes, cos it jus clicks when u try and turn it over. so now its off the car, how can i check it and get a 100% answer that its knackered? any ideas peeps cheers

hmmm, i took the starter motor off and left it connected with all the wires and the battery just sat it on the gearbox and when i tried turning the car over it didn't even go click click or anything it was silent. Took it out and put red an black jump lead on battery which was fully charged and put the red on the started where the big 13mm nut for the main positive wires go, and the black/neagtive i touched around the starter motor on every point an the 2 other small puch on connector terminals and on the casing and it didn't do anything at all. any ideas whats this mean? all i wanna know is if the starter motor is foooked or not so then i'll get a new one or whatever, strange though, its just given up if it has right out the blue, not even a sign or anything. any ideas peeps? p.s i tried wacking it with wood but nothing, so i thought i'd take it off

basiclly was driving my car parked up in my garage and then tried to start about an hour later to go round my mates house, but it wouldn't do anything. When u de-immobilise it with the clifford virtual key, the fuel pump primes and you turn the key to start but all u get is a click from the starter motor. The battery is holding 12.4 volts of charge as i checked with a tester. What else could be wrong with it? this has just happened out the blue, only just had my new clutch kit and gearbox fitted into the car on monday which was 2 days ago. Was fine then and started etc no problems. any ideas? it won't turn over at all, when u turn the kay, all you get is a click from the starter and then you release the key and if i remember correctly it clicks again like its stuck or something or the battery is dead. any help appreciated folks, cheers :cry:

must sleep now lol, speak soon mate :)

lovelly jubbly bud after all those messages, i think i finally get it, lol. All the fun of getting a new car lol anyway i'm off to bed now to think about mfa stalks and how to fit my fiat punto lay flat rear wiper properlly as the golf is totally new to me, seems like a world apart from my old rado g60 cheers again :)

no probs dude any new info can help change course of direction or make me investigate a new way of getting the problem fixed, so its all good as they say. When i push my mfa stalk towards the dash it doesn't want to stay clicked on, i can just push it towards the dash let go and it just comes back to standard place of the stalk it won't click and stay on then me push it forward again and it clicks back and stops the rear wiper going. i dunno, need to know exactly hwat style of wiper there supposed to have i guess. cheerd mate :wink:

how much of a later model mine is 1991 H registered and has KR lump fitted. Should this have it? cheers :)

ohhh ok, so basiclly you don't ever put the rear wiper on constantly then, you just push it forward and it squirts abit of water and wipes away and stops itself? ok might be my motor, gonna try and give it direct power from a battery and see if the wiper motor thing starts whizzing or spinning, hopefully its just that which is bodged and no wiring. cheers again dude, top bannana :)

i dunno mate fiddles with something on oil filter housing got in the car drove it up the road an back and it was working, so i aint complaining, lol The wiper relay hmmmm anyone know exactly what it looks like or colour? to put the rear wiper on do you pull the stalk back towards you? or push it away from you towards dash? when i do mine either way it doesn't click and stay there i.e pushed forward or backward it just comes back to standard position. So i could never ever put the rear wiper on constantly cheers again

hmmm after getting the oil temperature reading working i'm thinking my actual mfa stalk thing maybe mullered. When i pull it back towards me the rear water for the screen sprays but no rear wiper works. Also when i put the intermittent wiper on for front, i.e pull the stalk down, so the wiper comes on an off intermitentlly it just keeps going at the standard wiper setting, so going across the screen continuoslly without stopping. So basiclly my intermittent and my 1st click up up on the mfa stalk to have my front wipers working are both putting the wipers on continuouslly and i have no stop start or intermittent wiper? I do have the super fast wipers if the stalk is pushed all the way up, but both the other setting are continuous and the same. how much are these new any ideas? again shes a mk2 golf 16v 90 spec cheers again guys :( :wink: p.s the oil temp thing just started working after a little twiddle with the push on connector plugs on oil cooler housing, lol :D

sorry peeps, but yet another mk2 golf question. Does anyone know how to fit the the punto rear wiper so it lays flat on the rear tailgate? Seen someone on ebay selling it as a kit, but my mate reckons its just a case of changing the rear wiper to a punto rear wiper and lying it down or something. Does anyone know how to do this correctly so it still works etc properly, before team D.I.Y attack it, lol cheers :)

i know the car has oil in it thats not a problem, my bets are on the oil temp sensor being fubbared. Any ideas how much they are new? it wouldn't be the actual MFA stalk would it, like a wire come off it for the oil temp reading or something? basiclly is it usually the oil temp sensor that is commonly at fault? cheers

just started today, where is the sender for this oil temperature reading, may just change it. Could this also happen if the oil level has gone low? cheers

Hi again peeps, this morning went to start my mk2 golf 16v and as i always let it warm up, i pressed the mfa stalk so it would go to the oil pressure reading so i could see when it was warmed up. However its now displaying 3 subtraction lines so it looks likes this --- All the others have a reading, but only the oil pressure one is coming up like this, any ideas whats wrong with it? any sensors come off? fuse? hope you can help cheers :(

Just a general question really, do the corrado 2.0 16v gearbox's which i think are cable operated fit 1.8 mk2 golf 16v's? also any places in london area that will replace the diff bolts on a 16v box and the 1st an 2nd gear syncrho's? cheers peeps :wink:

Hi peeps, just got my new 90 spec valver and am enjoying at the moment, bu have this problem with the rear wiper. Basiclly since i bought it 4 days ago, the wiper is stuck bang smack in the middle of the rear screen, kind of pretruding my vision to the rear, so i thought i'd hit the stalk and set it back to standard position, however after having a good old mess about with it etc, the thing don't move. The cars filthy at the back and it looks like the rear wiper has been in the same position where its stopped for a long time now, lol. On the plus side the MFA stalk does work with all digital dash readings showing and the rear screen washer jet also works aswell, but no rear wiper. any ideas guys? got me stumped? :?

yeap i have put my headlight on to number 2 an tried to get the front spots to work but nothing. How do i tell if the car has abs? there is a plastic panel piece which isnext to the main headlight switch and that has like a red l.e.d in it, is that the abs light an why is it on the wrong side? cheers again

so how do i cover the blank space i have?? and when i press the switch once for the fogs the front bumper spotlights still don't work. Also when you press the fog light switch once the switch doesn't illuminate, however if i press it again the for the second phase, the rear foglights come on and the switch is illuminated in orange, but no illumination comes on when you press it down the 1st time?? could the switch be faulty, or is there a fuse for the front spotlights? Also how can i check that i have all the right amp fuses in my fusebox? wanna make sure theres a 10amp where its supposed to be and not a 5amp item, and so on so forth. cheers again peeps :)

Hi peeps, how do you get the front spotlights in the bumper to work? is there a fuse or something for them as i have checked the bulbs and they are fine, but the lights just will not work. Also how many switch's are supposed to be on the dash for extras. Currently where the 4 slots are for the switch's. i have first from the top as rear fog lights switch, under that the heated rear screen switch, underneath that there is a blanking plastic plate that has an unleaded fuel sign on it, and under that there is an empty space. Its a 1991 rado g60, any ideas? or even pics? so i can put it right cheers guys :( :cry:

first of all thankyou to both of you peeps for a nice welcome and the help. Right i've been outside and have put a screw in the pipe (as it has a black rubber pipe on it sticking up) screwed it into the black flexible tubing that was present, and have put a little jubille around that just to make sure it don't go flying out or anything. does anyone know what the plugs should be gapped for on a standard g60 engine? i was going to pop down halfords in the afternoon an get some service bits, oil filter is coming from VW. Where is the vin tag supposed to be located on the cars also? cheers again :) i'm trying to post a pic of the pipe i have blocked so if someone could just confirm thats the right thing that i've blocked please

right i'm gonna block it off with a pipe and a screw in the other end of the pipe. Does anyone know if its exhaust gases that come out of the pipe? would it be possible to fit some sort of dump valve or something along those lines to make the charger seem abit more present other than howling? cheers peeps :)

Hi peeps, what away to join a forum with a problem lol. Right basiclly i have just bought my corrdo g60, its registered 1991 so think its a j reg as it currently has a private plate fitted to it. Any way just where the oil cap on the rocker cover is, just behind there i have a metal pipe whih is coming from behind the inlet manifold which bends and then points up towards the sky and has abit of hose on the end of the metal pipe, however currently it isn't connected to anything, i wanted to find out if anyone know where it plugs on to? I've had a look about and theres no obvious places its popped off from, the metal pipe is just pointing up towards the sky and has a tiny bit of tubing on it, when the car runs currently it sounds like a tractor and all farty, lol. However when i block the pipe by putting my thumb there it sounds alot better and quitens the loud noise. Does anyone know what problem i'm talking about? also theres a few other vaum pipes with small tubes floating around there attatching themselves to the suspension leg area of the chassis, has anyone got some pics so i can see exactly how its supposed to be piped up and if the piping has been put on the wrong way round or something by a previous owner. And also my mfa computer don't work and my rear wiper arm is not working either, is there a relay for this or fuse? Anyone know where the relay box is located? sorry to be a pain, but i asked everyone and know one seems to have a clue, and last my freind told me about this site so i thought i'd give it ago. the car again is registered aug 1991, just incase the g60's come in different models or engine management systems or anything. Trying to get as much information as i can about the new car currently :D cheers in advance :(