1985 BBS Mk2 GTI Retro K-jet (2021 Update)

Awesome! My car has a brother! I have a BBS kitted MK2 with black Hella lights. Its unfortunatly not in as good condition as your beastie tho!

Looks epic, looking forward to more updates

 

Cheers bones we both have 80's time machines i look forward to seeing yours when it done

 

would like to see some pics of yours bud

 

Fair enough; I can appreciate the originality flex if nowt else...

P6000s have been around forever and IMO there are better alternatives for the money.. have also read a few horror stories about them suddenly breaking away in the wet - watch those roundabouts

Anyway, sure they're better than what you had on it before though..

I feel your pain on the tax too; mine also runs out at the end of the month. 6 months tax on the credit card at some exortionate interest rate then, methinks

 

there better than the budget ones i was running and they were better than the alternative
i dont have the lux of a credit card

Cheers Mike

 

A thread will be appearing soon dude

All the best with the car.

 

Quick update

Not done anything to the car need to sort the blocked sunroof drain holes this week sick of getting a cold shower every time i brake hard after it has rained.

helpfully getting some new number plates next week if the funds lets me

and im still in need of a driver seat

 

Hi guys


My problem
When staring the car from cold the choke comes on and the revs sit at just over 1000RPM which i looked up is normal. then after driving for a bit come to a stop or junction after about 5mins and the car is idle at 1800-2000RPM and it dose not go down unless you turn her off is this a sticking warm up valve sticky choke? i don't know much about K-Jet please help


Dont konw if this is to to with the above problem but some times after driving it a while when it is left for a bit when i start her back up it sounds like it is miss firing and wont idle until i rev it a bit then it runs normal.....

could do with some help ASAP as atm my MPG is down the toilet

 

sounds like both probs are caused by overfuelling-it sounds like the car is not recognizing that the engine has warmed up.

perhaps its the sensor that controls the 5th injector thats failed?(am guessing).

so you could try disconnecting the 5th inj.,see if that improves it.

 

i cleaned the connector there were some signs of so corrosion i have no idea how old the WUR is car seems to me fine will take it for a run tomorrow see she goes

would it be worth just putting a new one on?

 

ive always run my golf with the 5th injector disconnected at its feed at the starter-motor,don't think it's cold enough in this country to need it,mine starts fine without it.

id forgotten about the wur,i'm afraid i don't know how you go about testing that thing,but it does seem another likely suspect for whats wrong with your car.

 

Started the car up today Cold with the WUR unplugged still idling high so the WUR is rules out it is booked in a a garage down the road who know a lot about K-Jet Mechanical engines, if i didn't need it for work i would probably try and fix her myself but i need the car..

will update soon

 

Cheers John i took it down to a mechanical engine specialist who knows them inside out, hope it is not the WUR as a new one is 100 from Bosch

 

Hi Guy

Got a call from the garage tonight they think the car is running to rich so they are sorting that monday, one thing that he said was the distributor was moving when the car was running and it might be bent? any ides? might need replacing, how much am i looking at if i dose need doing?

 

What a time-warp! My dad had a K-jet gti when I was younger and it was a beast compared to my Digi I now own.

 

Bit of an update

got the car back today its been at a mechanical specialist garage the past week its been pressure tested and had the mixture reset ad it was running too rich on idle.

got a emission read out from this evening

Co2 % vol 12.73
HC ppm vol 163
O2 % vol 1.18
Co % vol 1.315
Cocor % vol 1.40
Lambda 1.009
Engine Speed 1/min 863

running fine now going for a re test in a weeks time to see if it need tweaking

Now for the not so good bit

After inspection of the idle problem the Auxiliary Valve dose not open up enough on a cold start so it will need replacing if it continues not to start on a cold day. looking into it this part is not cheap

The other problem is the Distribute moves around alot when the car is running something i have not noticed before but the pin might be bent so that will need to come out and be fixed just need to get the part number off the side,

Will update some more soon

 

Done a few bit the the car in the last few weeks

Iv fixed my bumper which had a broken bracket that made the bumper knock the side of the car at motorway speed.

I got a mini blow torch of a mate, the old bracket came off with a screw driver and some snips, I then melted the plastic lugs with the blow torch and made a smooth surface with an old knife so the bracket would sit flush to the bumper, I then heated the plastic up and used a nail as a guide hole for the screws to follow, Then screwed the new bracket on, which cam off my old front bumper of the other golf, Not a bad D.I.Y job beets getting a new bumper,
Also re fitted the rear wheel arch a bit better it is a real mess under there going to get a quote to repair it before winter hits treated it with some rust stuff should keep it at bay till the repair,

While the bumper was off i cleaned the body kit up, no sign of rust or rot under or around it which is good and the bumper itself is still solid I also had a trip to the stealer's and picked up some new number plates front and back for 9.98 inc V.A.T (its not what you know its who you know)

Iv needed some new door handles for a while after realy pulling my driver door handle off the other day,
found a guy on ebay called volks bits after ready good feedback about the handles and now good the were one guy said there were like V.A.G handles, i decided to pick a pair up 14 posted,
Got them through the door what a pile of **** they were so bad they wouldn't ever line up with the hole in the door to screw them in, never again will i buy cheep

So back to the stealer's on a very slight not hop full chance they might have some, Last two but a a sickening 48.98 for the pair, take that bank account may have cost alot but they look the part and fit like a glove

sorry in advance for the lack of before pics but i always forget ones im working to stop and take some


Bumper bracket fixed and fitted


Rear wheel arch trim


Quick shot of the new plates (before cleaning no rust )


new door handles NOS


Bit of shoe polish don't mock but this works a treat


On the car



Another thing i got sick of rain water running black streaks down the body work when it rains
so i went round the hole car with some shoe polish window rubbers root guttering ect brushed it in left for 10mins then buffed it with my polisher. i was shocked how good it was after all the products i have used to try and rejuvenate the back rubber and trim on my cars,
Its not that good on bumper trim, but if you got an old style spoiler the textured ones it they come up a treat also good on rubber mats.

Guttering before on the red golf because i had not before pic


After on the K-jet


Mats

Better shot of my new plates

Big update over.

More soon

 

Looks great as ever dude. I made the mistake of buying pattern part door handles before, you only do it once eh?

Keep it up dude

 

After a long search trolling ebay until the early hours searching websites after website, looking for an early red stripe interior in good condition will no luck [:^(]

I was about to give up hope when i spotted a post on the mk2 owners forum.

Well a few messages later i am now the owner of this mint interior



2x Front door cards with pockets
2X Rear quarter cards
1x Rear bench
2x Front seats
100
35 next day delivery

Needs a bit of a clean as its been stored for a good few years but its a solid interior door cards are immaculate as well as the rest, only slight problem was the driver bolster which had gone but the cover is still ok.

Changed the bolster over today. (what a job that was don't fancy doing that again any time soon)

few pics

old bolster


New bolster


Needs a clean but looks damn good for 25years old



Plans are to put it in the car when it back from the garage, so will be selling the rest of my red stripe interior 1x Rear bench 2x Rear quarter cards 1x Passenger seat