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Thanks! Those fuel distribution thingies sure are expensive, a new one for my brother's old car would have been $1050 :lo5l: Oddly, the same fuel distributor was used on Ferrari V8s... Two of them :eek:
Nah, that's my brother's new Jetta Coupe, and a random Passat driving by, lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCiEka-ZXB8
:)
On a side note, dumped a bottle of UV dye into the coolant, and I'm not finding any leaks. I guess it's burping coolant still, or I have a BHG.
Threw down a deposit on a 1.8L 16v head (higher flow than the 2.0L, thanks VW) that includes 268-ish cams (Autotech Sport) and a fresh rebuild. Here we go :)
You go, Doc. :)
Hope you find the coolant problem is an easy fix.
I have a bit of weeping from the water pump, the UV dye finally showed up. Not nearly enough to explain the loss I have, hurray headgasket.
http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...12parts076.jpg
mmmmm can't wait
This is why I can't wait
Oil cap:
http://imageshack.us/a/img201/6567/2...8202409602.jpg
Really, really clean cam with a side of coolant:
http://imageshack.us/a/img846/1438/2012112820240117.jpg
Crankcase breather:
http://imageshack.us/a/img402/228/20121128202008937.jpg
Ah a little headgasket pinhole
Read through your project, looks like quite the fervent love affair! Congrats on the buy and thanks for documenting the resto-mod process for us to enjoy.
So let me ask you, having never driven or even ridden in a GTI like yours myself, how engaging is it to drive? Jeremy Clarkson gives considerable deference to this platform, having used it as the "hot hatch" yardstick in many of his videos. I'm curious what your impression is!