Re: what to look for when buying

[thescirocco@juno.com]

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 08:49:49 -0500 "Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com> writes:
> I steered my brother in the direction of an '85 GTI.  Unfortunately, 
> he isn't terribly inclined towards car repair/maintenance.  However, he

> had the good sense to sell it to my other brother, and this week, he's
going 
> to be tearing into the injectors to track down some driveability
issues.  

Make sure to check, that the screen has been removed from the banjo bolt,
that holds the fuel line to the inlet of the fuel distributor.

This screened bolt is supposed to be removed aa part of  the initial
dealer service...

Laurie's RIP '86 GLi had well over the indicated and stuck 120K mile
odometer's mileage, and the screened banjo bolt was still on there.
It was almost impossible to budge, I finally got it off, drilled the
screen out, cleaned it up, and re-installed it.
This cured ALL it's driveability problems, and it didn't hesitate again,
until the pick-up/screen for the fuel pump came off, and then it would
hesitate when low on fuel and in turns.

Peter - http://thescirocco.com -  Bear, Delaware   
'79 Scirocco 16V "Retro"    
'83 GTI "Caged Rabbit"
'84.5 Scirocco "Oddball"
'84 GTI 
SciRollers For Sale, or For Parts: '79 White Champagne Edition, '84
Black, '88 Red

Parting out '80 Scirocco non-S primered red
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