NOOOOooooooooooo!!!! UPDATE ;o)
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Local Hero
NOOOOooooooooooo!!!! UPDATE ;o)
On the way home from work this morning all was fine, then suddenly it appeared……. a big white smoke screen coming from the exhaust 8O
Still drove it 4-5 miles to the safety of the drive
Pulled over a couple of times to monitor it, restarted first time, everytime after :scratch: was a bit rough until moving tho' then not too bad, never went over 30.
Oil level's fine, no light on dash (does work )
Seems all the water in the expansion tank has buggered off :doh:
Am I warm??????
I no longer have the Mk1!! I now whizz round in a Black 1990 3dr Mk2 GTi 8v but the roof doesn't fold back when the sun shines
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Local Hero
the big white cloud of smoke is most likely steam from your car dumping all its coolant out.
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Settling In
Mine's a 1471 JB and it certainly wasn't a horrible job to sort out, so it's not all bad news.
Gaz
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1983 1.5 5dr GL Auto
1989 Mk2 3dr 16v
1999 Passat 3B Estate 110TDI Auto
1983 1.5 5dr GL Auto
1989 Mk2 3dr 16v
1999 Passat 3B Estate 110TDI Auto
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Local Hero
Have checked coolant pipes visually and they seem ok (don't want to pour more water in in case it does more harm)
All the steam / smoke came from the exhaust, how do I check whether it's gasket or a crack in the block? Visually???
I no longer have the Mk1!! I now whizz round in a Black 1990 3dr Mk2 GTi 8v but the roof doesn't fold back when the sun shines
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Local Hero
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Local Hero
Assume there's a bit of kit I need for compression test
Apologies for being a numpty, I'm crash hot on suspension tho'
Looking in me Haynes but a) It's for Mk2!! b) Can't seem to find 'compression test' :roll:
I no longer have the Mk1!! I now whizz round in a Black 1990 3dr Mk2 GTi 8v but the roof doesn't fold back when the sun shines
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Local Hero
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Local Hero
If you don't have a compression testing kit, and you can't get to a garage, it may be cheaper and easier to take the head off and have a look. If the gasket hasn't gone, it won't do any harm to replace it (?20) and if the block is cracked then you'll need to take the head off anyway.
HTH
Rich
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Local Hero
This month's spare dollars gone on cricket kit!
Head off it is then, if block's cracked it's getting a Gti engine dropped in 8O
I no longer have the Mk1!! I now whizz round in a Black 1990 3dr Mk2 GTi 8v but the roof doesn't fold back when the sun shines
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Local Hero
It's back on the road as of yesterday.
Was the head gasket so my friendly mechanic put it right.
For ?250 he stripped it, had head skimmed, fitted full gasket set (he said the others were on their last legs) rebuilt it and voila !!
Just in time for summer 8)
I no longer have the Mk1!! I now whizz round in a Black 1990 3dr Mk2 GTi 8v but the roof doesn't fold back when the sun shines
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Local Hero
Rich
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Local Hero
Been having to share the wife's 206Xsi 8O
It's not a bad little motor but it's just not the Golf
I no longer have the Mk1!! I now whizz round in a Black 1990 3dr Mk2 GTi 8v but the roof doesn't fold back when the sun shines
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Local Hero
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