Sorry for never getting back to you guys, thanks for all the help. i bought the car and found out the issue. tore then engine down and found the cams journals were worn and the vibrations caused the head to lift (had arp head stud so thin that might be also a issue) :angry: dude sold it to my...
Here we have a 1991 GTIR umbrella manual project. Resprayed in sonic blue. Dont have time for it as i have 3 other projects to work on
originally was torn down because was burning oil under boost and running on 3 cylinders do to it
identified the problem as cracked valve guides.
All parts are...
So we changed the spark plugs and found plugs 2,3 and 4 were burned. Plug 1 was a little black but not bad. Also changed the distributor and rotor and that fixed the chugging. Now we just need to figure out the low idle (idles from 1100 drops to 900) and the lean cylinders. Hopefully the two are...
Found the distributor caps post are worn alot. So replacing that and the rotor arm. Found a plug thats running lean. Gonna change all the plugs with ngk and properly gap them
Thanks for the brain storming everybody. really appreciate it. So next week Im throwing the car on a lift. Gonna reshim the motor, change the fuel filter again, test fuel pressure (have a friend who thinks it might be a fuel issue), then i'll check everything else you guys have said to.
So one of my friends bought a GTIR yesterday. I came with him but wasn't able to drive the car because the owner ran out of gas. After which my friend who isnt the most mechanically inclined to me the car felt alright.f This friend bought it and we got some gas. So he let me drive it home i...
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