1985 8v GTi Papyrus green build thread

DanVW1991 · Jun 27, 2010

Hello everyone, first post on here but have been reading the forum and it seems like a good friendly place on the net so hello

Got a thread going on VW golf mk2 OC so I'm just gonna copy it over to here.

Let me know what you think and I apologise for poor picture quality

DanVW1991 said:

I picked the car up on wednesday 16th June and by the 20th I had the engine, gearbox, subframe, steering rack, suspension and whole front end removed. The car is pretty solid through out, rear end needs minimal work on it, just a bit of rust on the back bumper which will be getting stone chipped and paintd again. Front end requires two new wings, small patch of welding in the bulk head and I am going to get subframe, engine mounts etc sand blasted and painted.

Engine wise I am going to rebuild the head , paint the block, rocker cover and belt cover. New water pump etc the usual servicable items when removing an engine. No real reason as to why I want to rebuild the head other than the engine has done 100,000 miles which isn't alot for the age of the car however, it saves having to take head off in the future due to a head gasket failure or valve stem seals ageing.

Now engine and subframe are out I can start to order spend lots of money on parts!

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DanVW1991 said:

Made a fair bit of progress this evening. Managed to remove all the ancilliries/pipes and label the bolts etc (seeing as it could be a while till it goes back together). Split the gearbox n removed the clutch to discover its on its last legs, all the better excuse to renew it didn't manage to get flywheel off without buzz gun so will have to borrow one...

So with the head removed I took it to work wheres theres a usable bench! Removed the camshaft and discovered that the lobes are very worn, so worn you can feel the grooves with your finger, this calls for a Kent cam replacement I think Removed all the tapets , valves n springs ready for a skim

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DanVW1991 said:

Time for an update! Heads been skimmed and all the valves have been reseated and put in the head bar one as a valve stem seal decided to fall apart! Stunted engine progress till Monday now unfortunately but once thats in, head will go on with new cambelt, water pump, thermostat, gaskets etc. Managed to tidy up the pulleys and covers with a nice shiny lick of paint.

All the engine wants now is one valve stem seal, a clutch, water pipe that goes on front of the block and a braided fule hose which will all be done next weekend.

Getting the subframe out and stripped tomorrow ready for sandblasting this week hopefully, also sort out alot of the poorly maintained loom which is full of chocolate blocks and scotch locks whichll be getting replaced with fresh wire and tidy crimp connections then wrapped in nice new 3M loom tape.

Before and after cleaning valves.Fair bit of crud on them.

Water pump pulley

Also cleaned up the inlet manifold n started polishing the top of it

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