Thread: Mk2 rwd 2.0 VW Golf

Did some tests today and connected the car to the diagnostics. Could communicate with the immobilizer but no comms with the ECU. I checked the 109 relay and it is clicking when the ignition is switched on and the output of the relay goes to 12V so it looks to be Ok. Not sure where to go with this one Tom

Quote: Originally Posted by joxvox fair comment but to be honest i dont know anyone who thinks the mgf was or ever was a good handling car your metro looks sweet Have you ever driven one? Or just listened to the hearsay from others? I owned one for three years, I may have just been lucky as I've heard of the head gasket problems that others have had but it never let me down once and my experience of it was that it could be driven as hard...

Had the milk gone off?

Quote: Originally Posted by Montyman Have you ever driven one? Or just listened to the hearsay from others? I owned one for three years, I may have just been lucky as I've heard of the head gasket problems that others have had but it never let me down once and my experience of it was that it could be driven as hard as any escort I've owned. your escort must have had cornflake bushes and ice cream for struts no way an mgf against an...

I had a GTa 1.4 and it was pretty rapid. The car seemed well built and handled pretty well. We took it to france on holiday with 3 kids in the back, roof box and full of luggage and it never missed a beat! We came home with the car full of wine and beer as well. Admittedly the kids were little then so space wasnt an issue. Move on a few years and I bought a rover 100 kensington 5 door diesel .What a heap of crap!! The engine fell out on the...

should have kept it standard and just put the motor in. Would have been a right laugh i agree that Metros handle fookin well for what they are. Used to love driving them when i was a mechanic in the early nineties. Remember the turbo ones??

I had 2 metro's back in the day while i was building other cars and they were both mega fun to drive but completely mingin wrecks. Think i had the rat look 15 years early! Never really boke down tho Small peppy engines + go cart handling + worthless car = big fun! Like yours BTW, bet its rapid thru the bends

Quote: Originally Posted by oddy Spoke to my boss today who has a ex works SD1 and is a bit of a sd1 guru, standard sd1 had rovers own design axle not very strong, they put 4HA,s in the competition ones, but not road cars, Is this about the diff on Ebay? Thanks,could be about the one on ebay .

IIRC the SDi axle is related to the Austin Westminister, big healey etc, which, if it is used to be favorates with the Short oval racers and Drag racers as being pretty strong, and if my linage is correct, it was also fitted to the Sherpa, Some sherpas, notably Emergency services v8 versions were fitted with Quaife LSDs to give them better "OffRoad" ability!!! BUT not all emergency vehicals were fitted with the LSD

Quote: Originally Posted by NRspeed If it comes with a sunroof, you can get out from there if it's a tight squeeze. That's comes instinctively - I was a caesarean baby Thanks for the info fellas. I shall measure my garage door this eve! cheers Tom