Hes Died.

whats a pekker then?
Bert

Thanks.

And no its more the fact i bet enough of the people on ehre have done it anyway.

and tbh i dotn think id hit a kid, not saying i couldnt by chance.

I just want to spend the best i can, on my car, not insurance.

I class the money i have as money i have to send on my car

As in if it would cost 500 for me to stick a bigger lump in, and 400/300 to fix other etc then i mayaswell go bigger engine.

Plus if it cost 200 and i could get a gti engine for 200, then im better off getting a gti engine as it would help me in the long run.

Aha, obv not a pekker due to the fact i said pekker breaks, discribing them as pekker obviously.

Meaning shocking, they suck balls.

i still need to satisfy myself on what a pekker is?
Bert

Google

It might cost ?1 in parts to fix your engine, and half an hour's work!

Does your mechanic have a computer, and if so please give him the website address of this forum, ask him to register himself and post up the symptoms he's having trouble with.

Or is he the type of mechanic you need to throw a banana at to get any work done?

pauls spot on there,
Bert

Hit him with it instead.

And ive said all hes told me.

As i said ill get the head open.

And dont think tis a ?1 bodge this time.

i will hold off on any comments as to how stupid and anti social running car with freudulent insurance is and hope to god that you are not serious about actually doing it.

As ive said i agree.

But when im going to end up paying out an extra 500 for the car, not insuranse cus of the fact i cant do sumut as my premium would go up too much.

Proove t me that it wouldnt rise by that much and i might not think about doing anymore.

But tbh, i waist enough money on insuranse anyway…

fulltiimejunglist said

As ive said i agree.

But when im going to end up paying out an extra 500 for the car, not insuranse cus of the fact i cant do sumut as my premium would go up too much.

Proove t me that it wouldnt rise by that much and i might not think about doing anymore.

But tbh, i waist enough money on insuranse anyway…

You've previously said you can't afford to take your car to a garage. If you factor in the insurance costs, it sounds like you can't afford an engine conversion either.

I'd look at asking your mechanic to post on here and receive some help of experienced tech people who would be able to work it all out.

well hes experienced, just not with mk1s so i ask you lot as you all know your stuff tbf.

Ill jsut sort it out, cheers anyway.

Hi everyone.  Its adians mate.  Geeza that looked over his car.

OK… so disconected the fuel line to the carb.  Turned the car over and we had plenty of petrol coming out.. Fuel pump working.

Next remove spark plugs and check for spark.  We have spark on all

Cars been running for god knows how long without a airfilter and on top of that he overheated it due to coolant hose leaking.

So I did a compression test (as we have fuel and spark) and the cam belt hasn't snapped.

Compression test showed 1bar on cylinders 1+4 and 2.4bar on 2+3 (should be around 11-14 bari think?).   

Then i added oil down the bores to see if it was vavles.. head gauskit.. pistion rings

After oil was added reading went back upto 7 bar (on compression test) Which make it seem like pistion rings.  even more because of the fact there wasn't an air filter when he got the car.  But also low compression could be down the the fact the head gaskit could have gone due to overheating poss head warp..  Now theres no oil in the water or water in the oil and smoke has never been coming out the exhaust.

Somone say somthink about timing belt jumping a tooth..  Thats made me think that could cause low compression..  Might try checking the timing mark but everythink so far is pointing towards piston rings or headgaukit

Oh i can weld well ect and a safe engine convertion would be done.  (not that i can be arsed with it) and i agree that fixing this engine or swapping for another 1.3 would be the best option but his a sput head so wants a nice 250bhp motor.. Unlucky for him his eather got to wait 4 years or break the law

phatVR6 said

Hi everyone.  Its adians mate.  Geeza that looked over his car.

OK… so disconected the fuel line to the carb.  Turned the car over and we had plenty of petrol coming out.. Fuel pump working.

Next remove spark plugs and check for spark.  We have spark on all

Cars been running for god knows how long without a airfilter and on top of that he overheated it due to coolant hose leaking.

So I did a compression test (as we have fuel and spark) and the cam belt hasn't snapped.

Compression test showed 1bar on cylinders 1+4 and 2.4bar on 2+3 (should be around 11-14 bari think?).   

Then i added oil down the bores to see if it was vavles.. head gauskit.. pistion rings

After oil was added reading went back upto 7 bar (on compression test) Which make it seem like pistion rings.  even more because of the fact there wasn't an air filter when he got the car.  But also low compression could be down the the fact the head gaskit could have gone due to overheating poss head warp..  Now theres no oil in the water or water in the oil and smoke has never been coming out the exhaust.

Somone say somthink about timing belt jumping a tooth..  Thats made me think that could cause low compression..  Might try checking the timing mark but everythink so far is pointing towards piston rings or headgaukit

Cheers, is the 7 bar reading with the throttle wide open?

Its also possible that the valves are not closing properly, this can give low readings. But then with the jump from 1-3 bar to 7 bar by pouring oil down the bores, I'm 90% sure its simply down to a worn, overheated engine.

New engine time, methinks (if he can afford it!)

There we go.

1.1 or 1.3 block shouldn't be to hard to come by. and probably cheaper than reconditioning the engine thats in there now.

as for a sticking a big engine in a 1.1 is not the best car to start with due to so much of the ancilleries being different to a gti. if the case is to stick a big engine in cut your loses sell the one you have now to someone who is willing to do the work and buy a gti for the change.

Im willing to do the work…..

Plus itl only get scrapped eventually so id rather save something that needs saving.

Plus the fact i cant afford the gti insurance when i last looked anyway.

Plus its pissible to swap a 1.3 with a bigger engine, ive seen it done so tbf i mayaswell go for it.



Thats the way i thihnk about it.

Cant go out buying new cars when im 20, student, wreck head etc.

It would be hard.

Plus ive bought a mk1 ive been wanting one for ages, ive eventually got one, its not getting sold.

if you buy a hole car. eg mk2 16v for ?250-?300.  Then putting everythink from that into it will take ALOT or work… But wont cost much more than that.

1.8 mk1 gti engine and gearbox would be easy.. i mean the fact its carbed makes easyer in the first place. Then theres the fact its built to put into the car.. Surly its just a case of swapping the engine box onto same engine mounts.  exhaust, brakes, fuel pump. conect throttle cable off you go?

I haven't looked into a engine convertion on mk1s yet.. im just going on what  ive learn't from swapping my old VR out of my old mk3 (which was in poor conditon) into my new mk3 1.8 driver good condition lol

I wish it was carbed but anyway surly a convertion would be a easy on a mk1  compared??


You say generaly worn engine.  Surly unless the bores are ****** piston rings should solve it… Only ?23 for a set of rings and ?50 for a head set. No need for new engine?

GTI has different mounts which means chopping out old mounts and welding in new. fuel tank is different as are all lines to and from it.
different fuel pump. gear linkage is different. suspension is different (different springs to take the weight as well as arb's front and rear) brake setup is different and brakes are different. can i stop yet ?
it's alot of work to change a non gti car into a gti thats safe.