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Any tips on easiest way to remove thermostat on my 16v, it looks right fiddly. Thanks

Thanks guys, will give all tips ago.

Any ideas, from standing in front of car, the left off the bonnet will lift but the right hand side is jammed. ive tried forcing it, and tried looking from underneath, but cant get to it !

Oh right, thanks. What about a tool to compress the spring to remove collets ? is there a specific vw tool?

How? By tieing the cord to the valve end, of fitting the hose over the end to stop it dropping? What about some mole grips with rubber between the grips to protect? Thanks Wilson

I haven't a compressor though, do you reckon the method I explained on CVH would work with piston at top? I dont want to try and loose the valve :shock:

Can you do it? Never changed seals on these engines, I've only ever done it on a ford CVH. on that engine we used to make sure the piston was at top, of each cylinder first so the valve couldn't drop. compress the spring using a tool that screws on the rocker bolt, and the pop the collets out. Is that anything like these engines? thanks Wilson

Leemo's Magic 11, is a mate of mine... what a bad start !!!! 5th pos for me... not bad hey !

3rd place. still got manu and chelski games today! if any subs were used they dont updated until end of game week

I tried 3mm after searching on here, but put it in the hole and it doesn't seem to locate anything, I've looked in the hole with a torch, and doesn't look like there is a screw there !!!

I thought so cheers

Sorry to hear that, but i'm more concerned with my mixture at the mo..!! Cheers mate. Anyone know, i cant find it in the haynes, although I am using the golf 16v manual

Oh, I'd done a search on here and 2 seperate posts said 3 mm... maybe thats why I cant turn anything... will give it another go tonight with a 4mm anti clockwise to lean ???? Thanks for response.

I'm sure I'm missing something... In the haynes manual it looks like there should be a tube sticking up where the mixture screw is, mine is just a hole, and I'm sure there isn't a screw in there. difficult to see in there though.

I have a feeling my mixture screw is missing...! The allen key doesn't seem to fit in there correctly, and I cant see anything in the hole with a torch... looks like there is another smaller hole in there. Anybody missing one of these before?

Nice one, didn't realise that was on same circuit...

Right last night I turned the mixture half a turn anti clockwise, and this morning the readings were worse! I couldn't get above 10 round town, I then reset it when I got on motorway and after 10 miles sitting between 65-75mph I had 17.7mpg bearing in mind i've worked out that I get approx 2 more than the MFA reads. I'm sure after searching on here I read that allen key must be turned anti clockwise, but it must be the other way !

So far on 2 full takes I've worked it out as an average 22ish, showing 2 more than MFA

Just tried to turn the fuel mixture anti clockwise half turn, took it round block about 2 miles for quick test, its mainly 40mph roads, I was driving as sensibly as possible trying not to stop start to much and I had 14.9 mpg by the time I got back !!!!

My 1.8 16v is far far to rich, i'm getting tops low 20's on motorway driving, and approx 15 round town! the exhaust fumes smell way to rich, and is popping like crazy (I think this is unburnt fuel, but correct me if wrong) I've noticed though that on motorway driving, the temp guage barely reaches 70c which is right near the bottom of the guage, as soon as I get round town or in traffic the guage seems normal, so not 100% if this is a problem. Just thought I'd check with you lot before I go leaning of the mixture a bit, will get set up on machine as soon as can, but need to get this a little better for now.

Just to note, on mine (1990 1.8 16v) the sunroof was not using the same fuse, as this worked prior to me replacing the fuse.

Thanks Hub, I'm in... Wilsons Winners. Bring it On !!! :lol:

Yes I forgot, the cig lighter was also on same fuse

are we allowed to join? I already have a team made up.

Yes welcome Mark, agree with Supercharged unplug things until to eliminate whats wrong, on mine the interior light and the passenger sunblind mirror light runs of the same fuse. so could be a problem there also