Jimbo's Mk1 Golf 1.8t

doesn't look enough to get a stud extractor on it?

easy out type drill looks to be the only way? plenty of plus gas before you go anywhere near it! soak it for hours/days!

my dad finally got it out, had to buy an extractor though…


also made the skid pan;


chrome toooooooooooooooooo!!

Now rolling again. Put the rear hubs/brakes back on, but added some negative camber so the tyres wouldn't scrub like they did on my 300mile trip home!
Dropped the rear coilovers down a touch too. Only problem is, the fronts are budging Is it ok to use heat on them?

and any know what the hell this is?;

(the component, not the bigger pipe)
seems to go into the fuel tank

just need to lower the front!

heat is fine on coilovers, plus gas is useful but not  at the same time

also a hammer and a drift will certainly get them moving

Cheers man.
Quickly re did the rear camber this morning- as I had put the washers in wrong-



Love it!
Going to attempt to get that front lower tomorrow!

The more I see those wheels the more I like them

broke down again
think i may be leaving this mk1 at home in Derby at this rate!

What happened mate? Sourced the cause of the breakdown?

Think it's over fueling.
Is the only way to sort these engines with overfueling through computers? Cheers

its my old car , if its overfuelling there must be a problem somewhere , as the mapp wont change on the ecu , have you checked the air flow metre ?

Airflow meter?! Dumb question - Where's that?
Haven't really checked anything other than taking one of the spark plugs out, as it would start either, after it conked out on me…

Basically after a bit of fun, the engine randomly stopped running- came to a stop and it wouldn't start. But it started today straight up?!

MAF
sensor that plugs into the air filter

What do I need to check? If the sensors nakered?

get car running, disconnect MAF, does car run same,better (shouldn't be better lol) or worse?

Awesome! Cheers. Ill try it tomorrow.

arrow in red

what size is it? best to get your  self a new 1. atleast you know its new as this maf can cause loads of faults and errors

I had loads of proble with my 20v engine in my audi, turn out to be the MAF and crack senor....

Tried what you said- engine ticking over and pulled the maf plug off and the engine cut out…
Anyway someone's coming to check it out tomorrow- fingers crossed! Cheers

jimbo198966 said

Tried what you said- engine ticking over and pulled the maf plug off and the engine cut out…
Anyway someone's coming to check it out tomorrow- fingers crossed! Cheers

Thats sort of good news, does it have vagcom capability?

Yeah think so. Read on the Internet about wiring in the obd 2 16pin plug, with just 3 wires? Pretty sure I've found it… So fingers crossed he'll find the problem tomorrow!