billy_whizz

i also have a 16v, pressurization in header tank, the top hose goes rock solid and you see the air jerking the top hose, and then the water comes out of the exspansion tank, no water in the oil, the rest of the engine runs fine. head gasket has been done,but didn't get head pressure tested could it be a cracked head,still the same. any ideas? help!

as the wires are broken on ours and very short and will be hassle to solder and join if it can what do I need to do to get it out ?

have you been playying with relays as when I fitted a relay in the wrong place this happened to me

yeah just for cranking as most times when you crank if the switch is bad it will cut the power for the coil

the easiest way to check is to have the ignition on then pull the small wire from the starter the one withthe spring clip and run a wire from battey live to the connector on the starter where the small wire goes if it starts its the switch

but what about when cranking as thats when they loose power to the coil with a bad switch

no but its quite common to loose power to the coil when the switch is dead

gonna get a file on them later :lol: cheers damn money pit of a car this raddo is :lol:

cheers I thought it wouldnt make much difference but since the 8vgasket lined up fine it got me thinking

are you sure your igniton switch is not dead as we had that one and it was the switch

right we have what I beleive to be a 9a in the raddo the head gasket went so on getting ready for rebuild I come across this issue with the water ways lining up on the head gasket 9a steel gasket see the 2 water ways I have marked 8v 1.8 gasket these water ways line up perfect with the head the steel gasket is perfect for the block but not for the head whats going on ? the head casting is 051 103 373D which from googleing is either 9a of ABF opions please also where do I find the engine code on the block ?

the ignition switch is a common fault for cranking but not starting ;) the easiest test is to turn the ignition on then remove the small wire to the starter motor by squeezeing the spring clips on it and run live from the battery to the contact that the wire was from on the starter if it starts you need a new switch

ours did that the slave cylinder when was shot

they could bebut they were listed for heavy duty suspention they have a few listed dunno if they are realy any different tho

this just helped me cheers the lever needed moving a touch to the right in ours now its possible to change into second quick and smooth like it should be :clap:

I just bought a pair of top mounts for heavy duty suspention from vw for £25.78 which ironicly is cheaper than on europants website :lol: just gotta fit em now n see if it cures the knock we have the vw part number is 357 412 331a

hmm I guess this solves the damn knock I have been hunting for the last two evenings first off 5 year old dead mounts on the golf lol but they dont knock lol drivers side passenger side now the raddo 600 mile old mounts :( drivers side passenger side gonna nip vw and see how much they are from them as these are from one of the 2 big parts places for french and german cars and are crap :mad2:

yesterday evening I fitted a pair of track rod ends and centralised the tracking that the muppet who tracked it didnt do 5 turns for the drivers track rod end and 18 for the passenger side no wonder it rubbed fon full lock :censored: and I fitted a heater motor resistor pack so it now has a 4 speed heater :clap: anyone wanting a resistor pack might be struggleing now as vw only had 2 left and I have one of them :D as its been discontinued

I just replaced the heater matrix and fixed the heat adjuster its getting there slowly :clap:

popped the 500 mile old heater matrix on the way back from the pod :lol: and am just in from fittin a replacement sunroof bought at the pod :clap:

:lol: the way it eats money it'll never happen the damn 500 mile old heater matrix decided to explode on the way back from the pod :censored: but luckily managed to blag some pliers and water from a couple of mk1 gti owners :cheers: got a bargain headlight for £20 and a sunroof in the right colour for £30 so not a bad day at the pod :D

first the old trusty one then the moneypit as it was bought and today its been gettin the KR treatment as it was too slow lol it has KR cams and now manifolds spot the difference