My 87' Golf 2 VR6 Build

[HarrisVr 25]

​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 bla

Somewhere 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 )

 

 

 

[HarrisVr 25]

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 raaaaaa

then i started to disassembly the engine

started fixing the loom

and while i was expecting some new parts to come in ,i decided to mess around a little bit 

[HarrisVr 25]

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 wanted

i did the same thing to the head also

and this is how she came out   

had the gasket in and ...........

after checking or replacing the guides i proceeded with the covers

she looks nice     

 

for now i'm done ,i'm gonna paint the trans and some other staff 

[Therusterman 59]

Looking good, don't often see obd 1 engines getting rebuilt.

[HarrisVr 25]

True true

[Jimjon 28]

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?

[HarrisVr 25]

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 )

[c00k 435]

Looking good buddy,

Doing a nice job there, keep it up man!

[HarrisVr 25]

here is the trans 

i think that it came out really good         

and here she comes

 

 

 

 

next time ......................Surgery timeeeeeeeeeeeee 

[michael5556 247]

looking good!

[HarrisVr 25]

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 in

and painted (roughly but due to lack of time and space at the workshop)

 

[DanChave 98]

Great stuff so far! I have just finished a 2.9 VR conversion into my MK3 and I'm loving it! 

[HarrisVr 25]

the boss preparing the dash

and trying to fit it in

 

some mod's

and here comes the loom

testing the dash

now dash removed and some special coating on the frame and then sound proof

and inner loom

a2 resource ofcourse

and at that point we wanted to test if the heart was alive

hese she goes in

[HarrisVr 25]

hello people some more pics ....

 

fuel tank GIII

lift it up for some assembing

removed the old pump , fixing the t-axis and in general the check

and 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 nice

and here she is       ta      raaaaaaaaaaaaa 

of course not completely done  but    SHE  IS ALIVEEEEEEE    :D

[DanChave 98]

great stuff, looking lovely in there

[HarrisVr 25]

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 ???

[HarrisVr 25]

anyone?

[xawierek 35]

Great job.

[HarrisVr 25]

thaks guys

[HarrisVr 25]

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

[c00k 435]

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

[HarrisVr 25]

thanks for your help c00k , i 'll check it up soon ,and post back

[v.i.massive 1]

Great build.

[HarrisVr 25]

thanks 

[HarrisVr 25]

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 .