a new edition, cabriolet mk1 gti

[dubai gti]

nice looking rig !! good to also see another small-bumpered Cabby on the Forum.

(looks like you're boot lid has been replaced with a later one or the extra rear brakelight has been 'frenched-in' at some stage??)

[roccodingo]

strut mounts are pretty well shot, whats the rest of the mechanicals like ??

Body looks tidy.

Boot is prob from a later model car by the position of the hi level brake lamp.

[DubBoy]

will we see this at DOVW?

[mrlex]

Nice looking Cabby...clean and tidy.
Never seen one with e30 wheels before, also what seats are they?

[dubsweeper]

not to sure what the drivers seat is or where it came from , dubsqaud i think has a better idea ,
waiting on another drivers seat to arrive from golfloon, adjusted the clutch this morning and will have to adjust the camber on the front wheels too , tho with the camber the way it is ,it drives very nicley , front disks are drilled with mk2 gti calipers , has some sort of cam as well . very lumpy !!
the springs are blue unsure of what they are ? need to take the wheels off and inspect !!
All i need to do is put a new gearbox mount in , and a tune up !! will have to take it in to GOLFWAGEN for that , dubsqaud has done a good job to bring it up to how it stands now !!!

[mrlex]

Nice..yeh the seats look different to mine, with the framed head rests etc...
Theres some nice, subtle mods

[dubsweeper]

Well the golf had a test today !!!
drove a good 130klm from west perth to wangara ! had to got to golfwagen to get a mk1 jack ,1 then the big drive to lancelin , up the freeway then lancelin road , then it happend

i heard this buzzing noise and looked at the dash and the oil light come , pulled up checked the oil again , and all fine the the oil temp gauge was sittting on a hundred ? it was 34 degres at the time (out side air temp ) any way kept her going , i think the oil might be a bit thin , so will do a oil change tonight , and when i turned it off i heard this buzzing noise from under the glove box ???? havent investigated this yet , ohh and the temp gauge stopped to hmmmm lol , better go through all this tomorrow .......

[roccodingo]

buzzer is prob the dynamic oil pressure unit ( hi rpm). there are 2 oil pressure switches on the engine, one low pressure 0.3 Bar, the other dynamic one is 1.8 bar.


What it means is the oil pressure is insufficient at high RPM, or a stuffed switch. I would check the oil level, and maybe the viscosity ( change the oil and filter, use the correct grade of oil ) if the switch is ok.

I use 20W 50 oil. use a Mann or genuine filter, not a ryco.

[dubsquad]

I think that would just be a terminal that jumped off 1 of the oil pressure switches. I did the same when i drove it back from the previous owner but the oil pressure gauge showed no drop in oil pressure. Got home, and saw that the terminal on the cylinder head pressure switch was off,plugged it in and it was fine after that. Both the oil pressure and water temp switch terminals is on the same harness. Check that out Shane it's just above the timing plug on your gearbox.

[Lima]

I use 20W 50 oil.

Mineral or synthetic?