1981 1.6 GLS Cab
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1981 1.6 GLS Cab
in says on the registration document its a 1.6 and also on the engine it says 1.6 but it has an engine code of JB which i thought were the 1.5's.
also when i phoned the insurance company they said there was no such thing as a mk1 1.6 gls cab.
one last thing does antyone know what carb was on these and which way to turn the mixture screw to weaken it off. tryed using a crypton machine but constantly blocks it up.
cheers
Tim
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1978 (S) GOLF 1.5 GLS
Daily Driver - 2015 GOLF R
Daily Driver - 2015 GOLF R
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BARNEYM1979 said
JB is definitely a 1.5 engine - confusing, as the block has 1.6 stamped on it! No 1.6 carb mk1 Golf after introduction of small stroke 1.5 engine in the late 70s.
I have a 1984 1.6 carb Mk1 Golf…..
Yes, JB is definitely 1457cc unless bored/stroked. Interestingly, GLS cabbys were only available for a couple of years, early on in the production run.
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paul_c said
BARNEYM1979 said
JB is definitely a 1.5 engine - confusing, as the block has 1.6 stamped on it! No 1.6 carb mk1 Golf after introduction of small stroke 1.5 engine in the late 70s.
I have a 1984 1.6 carb Mk1 Golf…..
Yes, JB is definitely 1457cc unless bored/stroked. Interestingly, GLS cabbys were only available for a couple of years, early on in the production run.
I bow to your greater knowledge! Thanks for this.
1978 (S) GOLF 1.5 GLS
Daily Driver - 2015 GOLF R
Daily Driver - 2015 GOLF R
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Newbie
Just reading this- interestingly i have exactly the same conundrum. Wanting to find out a bit more.. so why, if its a 1.5, is it listed as 1.6 everywhere? how does that happen? and why's the head got 1.6 stamped on it? I'm not doubting it is 1.5, engine codes match and as was mentioned, and gls 1.6 doesn't exist- which I've learned from euro carparts!
My question is, if this is 1.5, how do we get this changed on the registration etc, cause it affects the amount of tax you have to pay, i think 1.5 is 145 a year, 1.6 is 220?
also, mine is a Karmann edition? don't know if this means much! if anyone has any further info, I'd be interested to know! thanks.
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