Twiss 0 Posted July 13, 2006 Hello Right heres the prob, basicly my 1.8 16v goes up though the gears fine but I found out recently that she's fine getting to 85mph in 3rd I then change into 4th and floor it but it then stuggles to get past 95mph and I mean not really go any further possible pushing it to 97mph she's done 140,00- miles,1990 mk1 corrado I had her serviced about 800 miles ago in her MOT they said she was running rich she's got a KN panel filter Any ideas on where to start first ? Thanks Twiss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crasher 3 Posted July 13, 2006 It would be worthwhile changing the injectors. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrishill 0 Posted July 13, 2006 can you hear the fuel pump whining away most of the time? could well be on its way out. a stock valver should be capable of 120ish with enough 'private' road. Do you know when it last had new plugs/HT leads/rotor arm/dizzy cap? they're fairly cheap to change and a good starting point for valvers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted July 13, 2006 One of my Golf 16Vs did a similar thing.... it used to rocket up through the lower gears but wouldn't pull any more than 105 in the 5th. Turns out it was a worn fuel pump not having enough guts to overcome the car's wind resistance at those speeds, hence being fine in the lower gears at lower speeds. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henny 0 Posted July 13, 2006 :iamwithstupid: Had exactly the same in my MKI Golf 16V... ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VEEDUBBED 0 Posted July 13, 2006 Same problem when i first bought a 2nd series golf 16V KR 1800,turned out to be a faulty hall sender inside the dizzy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twiss 0 Posted July 13, 2006 I found a hole well it sounds like an hole in my middle box, I only heard it really cos the girl friend had the passanger door open when the engine was running. ( have my music up loud ) Looks like the dizzy cap and rotor arm have been replaced recently (Halfords own make), Sparks was done when she was serviced and i can only hear the fuel pump when u turn her ignition on and once engine running cant hear it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twiss 0 Posted July 17, 2006 Well I replaced the dizzy cap and rotor arm and it seems alot better but don't know about her top end ? The garage said the second silencer has a hole in it and the first silencer (from the manifold) also seems that it might not last much longer :cry: But I still love this motor :lol: Thanks for your help Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
