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Messages - Monkey

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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Spares list
Assuming you've kept on top of your maintenance.
Give it a major service before you leave and swap out things like brake pads, check your brake hoses for degradation, replace the flexible fuel hoses going from your chassis leg to your fuel rail/metering head, check all tyres, wheel bearings, ball joints and bushes. Go over the car and fix any coolant/oil leaks you may have, swap any dodgy looking coolant hoses, you can get them all brand new off autodoc now for only a few pounds, so it's not even expensive to do.
Really give it a birthday.
Do it a good hundred miles or so before the trip, so if you upset anything you'll know well in advance.
Doing this will dramatically reduce the kit you need to take with you and prevent any unwanted stoppages.
Then, I'd keep things like:
Coil pack
Spark plug leads
Dizzy Cap
Rotor Arm

And a basic tool kit.

Been going to the Nurburgring for about 20 years now and this is what I usually do.

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Mk2 Golf Chat / Re: Heating issues
Yeah, those bypass valves will be the problem.
They were only installed as a recall because the original mk2 matrix couldn't cope with high pressure and would fail.
So they were designed to bypass in the event of an over pressurisation.
Though nowadays the fail and bypass for normal operation.
If you've had a new matrix, it will be the newer design (rolled out in 1992) and you'll be safe to either bypass with a piece of metal pipe or if you're feeling like it, you can buy the rubber pipes that run straight from the matrix to the head/crossover pipe and do away with the valves that way.
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I.C.E & Electrical / Re: Aerial
If you download Autodoc, they have a selection of Aerials.
Just had a quick look and Beru do one for about £13, which is probably about as close as you'll get nowadays.
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New Members Say Hi! / Re: Golf GTI 16v Mark 2
Hi Rosa,

Unfortunately, I don't know anyone in London.
But if you're transporting it and want to go further afield, I know a very good garage in Somerset.
Called Hillside Garage in Chard. The chap who runs it used to be a VW master tech when the mk2 was about and he's had a few as well.
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Other Problems / Re: my golf mk2 (19E, 1G1) 1.6L 55kw/75ps HM, EZ, ABN REFUSE to start
Hi,

Forgive me for asking stupid questions, you have done a lot of work, but have you figured out if you have spark and fuel?
Essentially, if you have spark, fuel, air, compression and timing, it should start.
You've proven compression and timing, air should be a given, so I'd go for spark and fuel.

First thing I'd do is pull out a spark plug, connect it back to the lead, earth it against the chassis and test for spark.
Also, inspect the plug and see if they are wet.

That'll tell you if you have anything missing.
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Suspension & Steering / Re: Steering alignment after rack change
Did you fit the ABF?

It's quite common for people doing engine swaps for mk3 engines to go for a widetrack setup.
This is where you swap the arms, track rods and (sometimes) uprights from the mk3 unit and get a wider track.
If you have put mk2 items on a widetrack setup, this will give you these symptoms.
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Members' Cars / Re: G135EPB 8v GTI
Great update there.

Also, always a good move to let the keen ones go out first, they can dry the track out for you ;)

I really need to make it to a couple of track days in 2026 too, so let me know when you're next heading out!
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Technical / Re: PAS pulley out of alignment
Some pulleys had little (around 1m) spacers on to get the alignment correct.
I've used washers in the past to this effect.

See if spacing some of the pulleys will help.