A&Q about 350Z
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Hey everyone! Im new to the ClubGTi forum and ive just joined the club today! :D I have a late 1986 Mk2 Golf GTi 8v (its my dads old one :D) and wondering what kinda engine it'll have in the sense of Digi or Kjet as i have no idea really what the difference is! Im wanting to restore the car to its original condition so any help as to what i should do to make the engine feel new again is much appreciated!
Jonny.
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should be kjet mate. Check by seeing if your injectors are on a fuel rail or not
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right, cheers :D Only one problem, i dont know what one is! XD Im not right bright when it comes to car engines, ive always loved cars, just only recently become interested in how they work and tuning! So anymore help would be much appreciated :D
Jonny.
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Welcome
Open the bonnet and take a picture of the left half of the engine. Put the picture on the thread.
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Welcome jonny,yep should be a kjet if its original and no ones played around with it. Give it a full service and see if it changes the way the engine behaves after,if its still a bit crap ie smoky,rattley knocking etc then treat yourself to a rebuild or engine s***!welcome to the VW disease
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Ignore the fact mines a 16v. Do you have the metering head on the left hand side of the engine bay with the silver fuel lines coming off it and the black rubber dome thing. If so it's a k-jet.
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There it is, im assuming its a Kjet then, also, anyone got any ideas how i can safely clean up the poor thing bearing in mind my lack of experience? :D Cheers.
Jonny.
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yep K-jet. I've got a set of 8v k-jet fuel lines that by memory are better then those (I'd have to check them) you can have for about £10 + pp. Take off cam cover and rub down and respray black and same with cam cover or just get a new one from G+S. Think they're quite cheap. That'll make a lot of difference.
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I think they're ok to be honest, the only problem is the general look of the engine, i want it too actually look good, but dont know how to go about it, also, it likes to misfire a bit, very intermitently. Any ideas on why? Cheers.
Jonny.
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Step 1 - buy a haynes manual if you don't have one.
Step 2 - when diagnosing problems, try to be a bit more exact about the problem... see if you can figure out what causes it to happen - for example, is it always when the engine is cold or hot, or always when it's raining, or just completely random?
Diagnosing car problems isn't rocket science, but it helps if you're methodical and stop to think if there's a common set of conditions that it happens under.
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I've got the Haynes, just havent really looked through it properly, ill do that first. And thanks for your advice Mike! Cheers.
Jonny.
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It looks like it could do with new: Oil filter, oil, sump gasket, rocker cover gasket, oil filler gasket, air filter, fuel filter, plugs, leads, rotor arm, distributor cap, cam belt, cam belt tensioner, fan belt, brake fluid and new coolant.
It would then be useful to measure the alternator output voltage, perform all the electical checks on the FI system detailed in haynes. Cleaning the contacts inside the fuel pump relay (and all the others if your feeling keen) would also probably help.
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Heh, how much is that little lot gonna set me back?! Sounds like a **** load! Im gonna get the thing serviced first, then see what else there is to do :) Thanks guys!
Jonny.
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most of that comes under the service mate, so thats a big chunk off the "to do" list!
Dave
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Thanks everyone ^_^
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Heh, how much is that little lot gonna set me back?! ...
100 quid at GSF, but you won't get any silly problems for the next 5 years.... Add checking the injector spray patterns (as per haynes and FREE) to my list above.
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Seriously? That long list of stuff for only 100 quid?! Ill have to check GSF out! Cheers again!
Jonny.
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the service parts dont cost much it's just taking the time to do them chap,
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hahahah! Makes sense! Ill see how much me the local garage would charge to do all that little lot then report back! XD Cheers.
Jonny.