HarrisVr 25 Posted November 24, 2014 Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 Hello guys I'm a new member to your forum.In 2002 I bought my golf mk2 87' (2' hand 3 door) without any kind of knowledge or experience in engineering on this car .It was 1050cc ( lol ) original and the body was clean ,but the paint was horrible ( red-pink). However i changed bumpers ,i replaced the doors (90's) , tinted windows bucket seat(driver side) and so on....bla bla blaSomewhere in between 2006-2007 the engine totally failed (327,000 km) so i had to change it and due to lack of money at that time ,i purchased a 1800 8v Carb -no injection (which I was very pleased with) . I started later on modifying the car just a little bit, (wheels ,performance, lowering the car etc) because I was planning to get it painted. Although I didn’t paint the engine bay but it came out really nice Red color and all the new trims ,spoilers etc. So overall ……. YES I started from scratch.This is a photo of the car at the end of November 2013 .(and the engine –filthy ) Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted November 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2014 At the end of february 14' ,someone whispered to my ear that there was a V Engine available in someone's backyard and that he wanted to give it away (space issues) .However the engine was in a good working condition but it was covered with half inch of dust. :shock: I said why not ( i was super excited at the time and i forgot to take a picture of the complete engine) ta raaaaaathen i started to disassembly the enginestarted fixing the loomand while i was expecting some new parts to come in ,i decided to mess around a little bit D11PS 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted November 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 the parts came in and head came back cleaned and skimmed ,checked valves ,springs etc...and bought new rings ..... for the pistons which i had send to be inspected,.........and after i inspected carefully the block (crankshaft etc.) then i started to paint the block i let it dry like 24 hours and then i painted it with the color i wantedi did the same thing to the head alsoand this is how she came out had the gasket in and ...........after checking or replacing the guides i proceeded with the coversshe looks nice for now i'm done ,i'm gonna paint the trans and some other staff D11PS, damian8588, daveyboy and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Therusterman 59 Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Looking good, don't often see obd 1 engines getting rebuilt. Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted November 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 True true Link to post Share on other sites
Jimjon 28 Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Nice, am doing similar at the moment. I seem to have 3 VR engines now Is there a reason for going with a dizzy rather than a coilpack? Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted November 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 to be honest no there was no reason but at the time i didn't know much about the engine ,but also knew that i should change some things if i wanted to be with coilpack ,like engine loom and ECU (correct me if i'm wrong as i said i'm a newbie to VR ) Link to post Share on other sites
c00k 435 Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Looking good buddy, Doing a nice job there, keep it up man! Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 here is the trans i think that it came out really good and here she comes next time ......................Surgery timeeeeeeeeeeeee michael5556, c00k and D11PS 3 Link to post Share on other sites
michael5556 247 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 looking good! Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted November 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 surgery time ,,,,,,, And that 's me ,giving a hand like an hour later ......bye bye (overall she was a good and reliable engine) well at the same time i removed the dash my mechanic removed the mk2 subframe and rack and replaced with mk3 new parts well i think the donor's suspenion was for a 4x4 truck hahaha , anyways i wanted to clean the engine bay in order to have her inand painted (roughly but due to lack of time and space at the workshop) damian8588 and D11PS 2 Link to post Share on other sites
DanChave 98 Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Great stuff so far! I have just finished a 2.9 VR conversion into my MK3 and I'm loving it! Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted November 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 the boss preparing the dashand trying to fit it in some mod'sand here comes the loom testing the dashnow dash removed and some special coating on the frame and then sound proofand inner looma2 resource ofcourseand at that point we wanted to test if the heart was alive hese she goes in ibs and D11PS 2 Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted November 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 hello people some more pics .... fuel tank GIIIlift it up for some assembingremoved the old pump , fixing the t-axis and in general the checkand the next day i had her ready for the final stage the rads :)and of course i wanted to check the connections , plugs etc. and placed the battery temp and switch on :D by the way does anyone knows if i can erase some mileage .............or not?? anyways the next thing i did was the dash ..............it looks niceand here she is ta raaaaaaaaaaaaa of course not completely done but SHE IS ALIVEEEEEEE :D c00k, D11PS, bennyk and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
DanChave 98 Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 great stuff, looking lovely in there Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted November 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 well this is the last pic i got guys and this is how she looks now but due to lack of time ( job) i haven't finished it yet ,............. Anyways well here is the deal , the last 2 weeks the car is out of the workshop the engine is working really great , but i there is a small issue. 1) when the engine is cold she will not start right away like 6 sec's cranking , off and then again 2 sec's cranking and she fires up . Any ideas ?? 2) she pulls really hard ( not full throttle but at least half) and when she gets warmed up like 85 -90 C ( rads kick in ) ,by the time i push full throttle and after that i stop to a traffic light then at that moment she starts behaving weird - at that point i have first gear and kick off from there she enmesh like over fueled ,mix-up ,or vacuum ,or i really don't know . Any ideas guys ??? c00k 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted December 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 anyone? Link to post Share on other sites
xawierek 35 Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 Great job. Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 thaks guys Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 well i changed the maf sensor with 2 used but working ones and i still have the same issue. I mean i have changed almost everything on this engine and i don't know what it is . to be honest i haven't changed the below items crank sensor (it seemed ok)dizzy (it was almost knew)O2 sensor Link to post Share on other sites
c00k 435 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 (edited) Did you wire up the diagnostic port? If so try getting vag-com or VCD's on it. Run a fault code test and see if it return any codes. Then try running the engine with vag-com connected and use the measuring blocks to check the sensor. Any problem should show up in either of these, Either a fault code, or dodgy readings on one of the sensors, from the measuring blocks. be careful of old none cleared error codes. I usually clear the error codes, then run the engine until hot. Switch off engine, and re-check for error codes. As any error that re-appears still remains , and is not an old code. Edited December 2, 2014 by c00k Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted December 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 thanks for your help c00k , i 'll check it up soon ,and post back Link to post Share on other sites
v.i.massive 1 Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Great build. Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted December 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 thanks Link to post Share on other sites
HarrisVr 25 Posted July 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 well , i know it is a very long time since i've posted anything but .................whatever. Anyhow , regarding the check up DTC's i had back then : 00537 : Lambda (Oxygen Sensor) Regulation: Upper Limit (Intermittent) 00533 : Idle Speed Regulation: Adaptation Limit below limit (Permanent) 00561 : Mixture Adaptation: Adaptation Limit (Add) Exceeded (Permanent) 00513 : Engine Speed Sensor (G28): No Signal (Permanent) i had erased the codes back then but the issue of course remained. the next step was to change some sensors - air temperature sensor ( the one which goes on the manifold) - one of the knock sensors (the one which goes next to the oil cooler) - TPS irrelative_ - oil pressure sensor all 3 of them and GUESS WHAT ........................ nothing has changed . VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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