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Suspension & Steering / Rear Camber Help
Last post by m.roy24 -
I have recently picked up a Mark 2 Golf 1.6L N/A Diesel. It was old man driven its whole life all highway km's. I recently installed a set of coilovers since the stock suspension was old and falling apart anyways, the rest of the car is entirely oem. I'm aware the front is adjustable at an alignment shop but my concern is the rear inner tire wear.

Looking through past receipts from shops I have noticed rear inner tire wear noted that the previous own did not address years ago and its now showing on the current set of tires that are on it. This was noted long before I swapped the suspension out or I even owned the car - Is this a sign of bad/bent rear stub axles? Wheel bearings etc? Or am I dealing with a bent rear beam. When I had the wheel off the rear drum area on both sides definitely looks dated so I'm hoping a refresh could straighten this out but any help would be appreciated!
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Engine & Gearbox / Weird carb problem - cold start up
Last post by Lambo911 -
Hi All,

I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction please with a fault that I have on my 1990 1.6 Driver with the Pierburg E2E carb.


When starting from cold, it starts immediately, RPM is 2000 for a second or two, then it drops to about 900 and it runs really roughly as if it is choked up. About a minute or two later when it has warmed slightly, it clears itself and runs smoothly again.

The choke plate moves ok.

Any ideas ?

Thanks
Richard
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Other Problems / Re: 1991 3dr - water leak under drivers door
Last post by mintysgt -
Noticing this post the other day. Decided i best do something about mine, as it is the kid next door knocked my door asking if they can fish it. Honestly this last week we had nonstop rain. So i just went to take door card off, bottom half of it was soaked threw, an surprise surprise some dubber been in there an removed the membrane, poor bucket of water on the ouside, just pours striaght in,


honestly why do some people touch things an think its ok to not put it back how they found it
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New Members Say Hi! / New Member NI based
Last post by MK2Driver1.6 -
Hi All

I'm based in Northern Ireland and have a golf Driver m2 5 door 1.6 and I like it lots.

It eats all my money and I use it often so it needs tlc, currently getting some body work done which will require two new skins on two of the doors and I am going to put on some new seals that I got from Hang Chung Classics in China that I am hoping is going to be a big upgrade, they are one piece, these guys also supposedly sell the rain gutter seals too though they were expensive when I looked though they did bring the price down, they made mk2 jettas there for a long time, until the 00's I think.

My car has leather seats and a retro modern stereo.  I like it and I raised it up after I got it as it was so slammed.  It was an ebay impulse purchase in pandemic and I flew to cornwall or Bristol or somewhere and drove it to Stranraer which was a long way give the journey started at midnight, it almost made it back and stopped working on the last bit, so did I monster energy drinks were not my friend. 

But it's good and I am learning lots about cars and mechanicing since it needs constant tlc of course, it is sometimes just a lot more satisfying to do it ones self though if there was a tinder for mechanics I would definitely join it.

Will get some pics up once the next bit of body work is sorted and any NI peeps say hi, not sure if there is a mk2 meet up but that could be nice. 
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Engine & Gearbox / 1.6 to 1.8 Conversion Question
Last post by Tobyha01 -
Hi I have an 8v petrol 1991 1.6, driver the con rod has snapped and now I need to buy a replacement block for it. Apparently a 1.6 head will bolt onto a 1.8 block. What I wanted to know though if I did buy a 1.8 block, does the 1.8 block have the same configuration as the 1.6, will everything be able to bolt off my block and bolt onto the 1.8 block without any modification. Does the 1.8 block have any extra things that means it isn't compatible with the 1.6. I'm not in the position to do a full conversion, but since I need to replace the block anyway, I see this as an opportunity to carry out a minor upgrade.
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Other Problems / Re: 1991 3dr - water leak under drivers door
Last post by adman020 -
Well I have added a new membrane and put the card back - i might as you say watch it without the card on. Also i cleaned all the gunk around the drain holes. Just watched a youTube video and remembered that the bottom of the door is out by a cm i.e not giving a proper seal - i wonder if that could cause an issue... Suppose it doesn't help being on a slope!

And yeah not ideal time will all this rain