Josh's MK2 Golf GTI

[martinijosh]

Feels good to have her home... now I just have to figure out whats causing the problem.

[martinijosh]

New loom to replace the custom rodent special and new ecu to replace the current dodgy one.

Too bad its raining today -_-

[martinijosh]

Motor is apparently leaking oil in to the top of one of the cylinders, and some of the pistons are scorched.

My first VW has also been my worst car ownership experience, and I've owned a 360,000km triton.


Left with the decision to
- Rebuild the motor, factoring in boosted upgrade paths
- Source replacement motor, possibly whole donor car to get subframe etc.
- part it out and put the funds towards getting my xr6 turbo to 500rwhp (3k will get me the rest of the way there)

Decisions... someone help me out lol

[tassie devil]

not sure what engine you have there,if you havnt got a 2.0l 16v maybe try and source one for it

[martinijosh]

The car is now in the hands of my local VW gurus... fingers crossed.

[ryana89]

Decisions... someone help me out lol

Late reply, but,

Piss the tired 1.8 bottom end (block) off and replace it with a 2.0L 8v bottom end.
Common conversion.

and I've owned a 360,000km triton.

Was the Triton an ex track car?

Hope it all gets sorted.

[martinijosh]

Was the Triton an ex track car?

Hope it all gets sorted.

Does the golf going to 1 track day in its 22 year life qualify it as a "track car"?

Anyway, car is in good hands, should be sorted soon.

[martinijosh]

The boys have already managed to get it running.

[martinijosh]

And as I had hoped, oil change and new plugs has it sorted. Ecu was indeed the issue.

[ryana89]

Does the golf going to 1 track day in its 22 year life qualify it as a "track car"?

Running on a bad ECU.

And as I had hoped, oil change and new plugs has it sorted. Ecu was indeed the issue.

Great to hear, that'll be that cars 3rd ECU!?!
Weird things.