Came out this morning to find passenger side indicator lights were all on. Not flashing, constant on. Car started fine but cut out, restarted with a little pumping and was idling fine. Thought I’d flick the indicators and hazards to see if it booted the lights up the arse and got them working but instead that caused ALL of them to become stuck constant on.
Figured I’d solve it later so started driving and thought I could smell electrical burning so pulled over to investigate under the bonnet and the engine stayed on with the key out. Not much I could do at the side of the road so I stuck the key back in and drove home (30 minute drive). All other electrics are working, and by all I mean the only other 3 electrical things on the car - Stereo, wipers, heater.
By the time I was home the indicators were working fine again, all other lights were working as normal, no warnings on the dash and the car stopped as usual on my drive and restarted again without fault. Everything looked good. Until I got out the car and shut the door.
With the car off and the door shut, my battery light is on, coolant light flashes a few times then stops and my oil light is flashing. Open the door and they go off. Start the engine and they go off.
I wonder, flick the interior light from auto to off and this stops the warning lights when I close the door.
The seats are somewhat damp after a night of heavy rain so I’m assuming water has got in somewhere, but I can’t narrow it down to where. That, with all these random electrical faults leads me to believe I’ve got a water related short somewhere but how on earth do I identify what exactly is the root cause without ripping off panels and lining?
Unfortunately, you'll need a 4x100 spacer for your RAs, the Porsche one won't be any good as it's an adaptor specifically for the conversion. Without seeing your adaptors, I'd say you probably need a large Alan Key or similar. Depending on the condition of the new wheels, I'd probably just take them to a tyre fitter and ask them to swap the wheels/adaptors over for you. Even if they charge you, it'll be cheaper than buying the tool.
Yeah that's what i assumed. Oddly enough, wheels are the things i've messed with the least so i'm still not savvy on what's going on there haha.
I thought the bolts might be big allen key heads but i just thought they were too big to be allen keys. Learning a lot with this car!
So i'm being a bit of a donut and i need some help. When i bought my GTI the previous owner had put Porsche D90 wheels on. I've got my hands on a set of the original BBS RAs and i'd like to put them back on, obviously. The D90s are 5 bolt but the RAs are 4 bolt. The spacer on the hub is held on with 4 bolts but with 5 holes available for the a 5 bolt conversation.
My first question is, can i keep this spacer in if my bolts are long enough to go through all the threads or do i need another one that's specifically for 4 bolts?
My second question is, what tool do i need to get these hub bolts out? They're sunk in internal hex thread.
Recently bought a 1990 8v GTI so figured I’d say hi.
It’s in pretty good nick and I intend to keep it that way and as original as possible so I’ll probably have some questions at some point. Mostly just doing the introduction and being nosey about what the rest of you have going on.
