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[Golf Loon]

If it has old fuel in, top up to full with 98 octane good stuff and that may fix some of the problems.

[GermanwithaVdub]

thanks for the suggestions, new list of things to do: change oil, clean icv, fill her (him) up... havnt decided if its a her or a him.

what oil is the best to use on the 8v engine?

[joshyd-mk2gti]

took these from another thread:

Any branded 10-40 oil will be ok in your motor. Synthetics in my experience are too thin once warmed up and the engine just burns it.

Castrol magnatec is a great oil mate i suggest you use that. Ive had no dramas with it.

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...&highlight=oil

[h100vw]

Defo more of a set up than gasket problem. Fresh petrol and clean the ISV to start with. Then also look at the tickover screw, my bet is it is gummed up badly. Clean the screw itself and the bypass drilling too.

If it hasn't been run in a long while it'll take a few miles to blow the crap out the exhaust. I'd put some miles under the wheels and then re-assess any issues.

If you can't drive it, then don't leave it to idle as that won't do much, just get the revs up to 1500-2000 and leave it for 10 mins, that'll heat everything up nicely.

An oil change after that would be a good move too. Any old 10-40 to start with and drop that after a couple of weeks running around.

Gavin