1980 Mk1 GTI

[RedMk2Gti]

How come this becomes your thread Mick LOL
BTW, is that Peter Bower local to your area ?? K-jet guru is hard to find I might have to get help at some stage.

[mikinoz]

How come this becomes your thread Mick LOL
BTW, is that Peter Bower local to your area ?? K-jet guru is hard to find I might have to get help at some stage.

Just helping a brother out while his house his being renovated!

Peter Bower is in Forestville. I courier him the parts to test as its a pain to get there and will go back for a final tune after e sends everything back and refitted it.

[roccodingo]

PM sent.

[Lima]

How come this becomes your thread Mick LOL

Brother-in-law blood is thicker than water... or something, haha.

Sadly the issues with the Mk1, no matter how deep, pale into insignificance compared to the total disaster our house has become. Thankfully, both are now back on the right track.

[Preen59]

Brother-in-law blood is thicker than water... or something, haha.

Sadly the issues with the Mk1, no matter how deep, pale into insignificance compared to the total disaster our house has become. Thankfully, both are now back on the right track.

Haha. I know that feeling. I can currently see my water pipes in the bathroom..

Mike's a good dude. Not surprising that he helped you out.

[mikinoz]

PM me an address and I will mail you a plug and some new terminals.

Grant, you are a gentleman - this connector arrived - now we are waiting for the good friends at USPS for some goodies!

Peter Bower phoned me and I collected the fully cleaned and refurbished fuel system - I will post up on this later when I have some pics and more time.

Not long now Liam!

[mikinoz]

Improved?

[Preen59]

Exceptional.

Here's a tip for you-

HOT water and a scoop of clothes washing powder in a bucket... Mix it up, throw your aluminium parts in. Leave for 5mins or so.. Come back and scrub away.. They'll come up brand new.

[mikinoz]

Should probably do this to the intake manifold as it is in a similar condition. But that is cast? Is it cast steel or alloy? Can you see any issue? Just need to buy a new gasket if I do...

[mikinoz]

So the time to get some decent shots of this gear before it is bolted back on I thought was deserved.

The fuel system must have been going fine originally, but over time looks like the corrosion has taken a firm grip on what to some suspicion looks to be an original accumulator and fuel lines.



The replacement specified is a Porsche/Volvo unit (the barb is for venting back into the fuel system in an emissions control environment) - fits nifty in the bracket.



The pump has been tested and is operating as new. The return check valve however was not closing and this is the most likely cause of the hard start cases that have been seen. New check valve fitted.



Idle Air Bypass was not looking like this before. Cleaned and re-calibrated.



The WUR that was fitted was not for Golf and was actually a vacuum model (from Turbo cars) and hence was not delivering the correct pressure (3 as opposed to 3.5 BAR) which in turn was not assisting in the AF ratio - this is a rebuilt unit with the correct resistor etc and hopefully this will bring the over fuelling in check.



All of the injectors were gunged up and not spraying correctly. They cleaned up alright and a lot cheaper than buying new (best is they are still steel as opposed to the new ones that are brass)



And the throttle. It was so gooped up and poorly adjusted the butterflies were not closing correctly, which is why the idle forever was inconsistent. That should be golden now.





Waiting for a massive haul from MK1 Autohaus with new braided fuel hoses and a number of other bits - so all in all things are certainly on the improve and this car will run as good as new with everything being replaced or refurbed!

A well deserved plug here too.