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- Fri Dec 24, 2010 10:01 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 85 Golf engine and turbo
- Replies: 135
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- Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:44 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: 85 Golf engine and turbo
- Replies: 135
- Views: 89167
85 Golf engine and turbo
I've had this 85 golf for about three years now. It has never has near the power or economy that my 81 dasher had.....Kinda wish I had kept the dasher. I'm lucky to keep it at 55mph uphill on the interstate. I have read Hagar's thread and have followed many of his suggestions. I posted this in anoth...
- Fri Dec 24, 2010 8:23 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Definitive answers? Re: Awful performance of my 85 VW Diesel
- Replies: 53
- Views: 17604
I just got home from working a the shop for a while. Got the engine and trans out. Found a valve adjusting shim had been spit out. Probably from making contact with the piston when the rod cap came off. I had an 81 dasher a few years back and it lost a rod cap too. It got a new used rod and a fresh ...
- Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:09 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Definitive answers? Re: Awful performance of my 85 VW Diesel
- Replies: 53
- Views: 17604
I have an 85 Golf NA with an ACH trans. Been running it for the past three years and have only been able to get 33mpg at best also. Power has always been very low when going up hill. It was pretty normal to drop to 55mph uphill on the interstate. I have tried two known good used sets of injectors (p...