Mk1 Golf for Sh*tbox rally.. v2

**sports racer** · 13-03-2015, 08:35 AM

Hope you're using industrial strength alfoil and 100 mph tape to hold it on.

And congrats on getting it registered.

Cheers

Paul

**frog_a_lot** · 03-04-2015, 04:14 PM

So, had a bit of time to do a good old service on the might golf.. seemed to be running quite low on oil, think we drained only 2l out of it.. so was only running a liter short..

Bled the brakes.. they are still ****.. do stock mk1s have crap brakes or is there something wrong with ours. Pads seems fine, rotors are fine, no air in the lines etc..but..

The car stalls under hard brakes. I read somewhere that this could be cause by a vacuum leak? Maybe a leak into the booster, which would cause the stalling as well as maybe the crap brakes?
What is the best way to check this or test it?

Still trying to get rid of a few extra parts we got, so if any of you guys need mk1 parts go look in the forsale section.. got a nice shiny dashboard just waiting for you.

**sports racer** · 03-04-2015, 05:53 PM

Standard MK1 brakes are crap. That's why everyone upgrades to MK1 GTI brakes.

Does it stall while you're moving and stand on the brakes or stall when it's not moving and you hit the brakes hard? Or both?

Cheers

Paul

**frog_a_lot** · 03-04-2015, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by sports racer

Standard MK1 brakes are crap. That's why everyone upgrades to MK1 GTI brakes.

Does it stall while you're moving and stand on the brakes or stall when it's not moving and you hit the brakes hard? Or both?

Cheers

Paul

Haven't noticed when I have been stationary, but in saying that when i'm not moving I have never felt the need to jump on the brakes.. I'll try and check tomorrow if its only under motion or not.,

What difference does that make? Brake booster vs a different issue?

**frog_a_lot** · 04-04-2015, 10:44 AM

Ok so may have been mis-diagnosed.. Seems to stall even when you don't brake hard, if you drop it into neutral with no throttle it will stall or get very close to stalling.. Seems to have gotten worse after oil change.
Would increasing the idle help at all? seems to idle quite low.

Another fun fact.. apparently if you have the demister on full heat the car trys to light on fire.. Where driving along with demist on and all of a sudden smelt and saw some smoke.. Killed the engine and fans and it went away.. so thinking the heater core got too hot and started burning or melting something.. fun and games

**sports racer** · 05-04-2015, 01:55 AM

Bump the idle up, at least to 800 rpm, maybe more if it's still stalling.

The smoke might be from a short circuit melting a wire. It's not unusual for old Golfs to be rewired by people who are electrically challenged and don't put fuses into their handywork. Turn on the demister for a second or two and look for where the smoke is coming from.

**frog_a_lot** · 12-04-2015, 01:14 PM

Well here it is, finally stickered up and almost ready..
Still need to install a light bar on the front because i dont trust the head lights, and it kind of needs a clean.. but here it is..