Troubles with Golf MKI Cabrio 1991

[vwspirit]

Hi guys. I bought a golf 1 cab from 1991 about 3days ago. Pretty happy as it is also my first car.

Although after a few days I will need to bring it to a full service. Would u guys be able to orientate me towards a good garage knowing that my car is not that recent and would need someone who knows about vw mk1???

Also,since today, I have a problem with my car. Whenever I have my foot on the clutch for too long, the engine stops running. Anyone knows what it could be or had it before? It happens as the l/min drop down to zero as soon as i use the clutch.

Cheers

Yann

[Jarred]

Take it to Golf Loon. (matt) he knows his way around VW's and should be able to solve all your problems!

[WABIT]

golfloon is the mk1 KING! talk to him

dom

[Campaign]

Also,since today, I have a problem with my car. Whenever I have my foot on the clutch for too long, the engine stops running. Anyone knows what it could be or had it before? It happens as the l/min drop down to zero as soon as i use the clutch.

I had a similar problem - depress the clutch and the engine would idle roughly. Got to the point where it would stall. Found that the clutch cable was fouling one of the rubber hoses to the inlet manifold/throttle body. When the clutch was depressed the cable would tighten across the hose and open it up - the loss of vacuum lead to rough idle, even stalling. So check the path of the clutch cable to see what it may be pulling against

Paul

[vwspirit]

Thanks

Thanks a lot for your answers guy. I already contacted Golf Loon and apparently it could be due to a vaccum leak.

I am pretty scared now , knowing that most parts I would need to fix it would be pretty expensive. Damn and I just bought the car. I hope it wasn't a massive rip off.

Anyway cheers again. Hopefully I'll be able to fix it soon.

[Jarred]

vaccum leaks are sometimes a bit tricky to find, but not particularily expensive to fix.

Getting parts through golf loon, or other local euro parts distributors isn't too expensive. & they all will sell you OEM parts, that were designed specifically for the vehicle. not some rubbish that the bloke from repco gives ya

[Golf Loon]

Yeah my only point was that kjet parts are old and expensive.
If you take that car to ultratune, or most mechanics, they would have no idea, as there are bugger all kjet injected cars in Oz.

We understand them and can get the parts, but Mk1s are pretty old and little jobs can sometimes turn into bigger ones.

If you are not mechanically minded, you need to get it looked at by someone who knows those cars.

[Campaign]

The gentle art of tinkering

I am pretty scared now , knowing that most parts I would need to fix it would be pretty expensive. Damn and I just bought the car. I hope it wasn't a massive rip off.

Hopefully I'll be able to fix it soon.

The purpose of this post is to encourage you to have a look. You might not have the mechanical nous to do something complicated but you can tinker. In fact that is the joy of owning an older car - tinkering. Don't leave it all to the mechanic - for them it is a job; whereas for us, it is art (or folly, or 'in your dreams' etc)

Matt will do a good job with your car, but that doesn't stop you having a look. Do you know how to open the bonnet? Do you know which black thing is the clutch cable? When you find it, get a rag and give it a clean - become its friend! Have a look at what it runs past, what is next to it. You might notice some rubber hoses - prod them gently. You may notice something amiss with one of them, or you may not. Either way, you have joined the realm of tinkering.

Have fun!

[Henri]

The purpose of this post is to encourage you to have a look. You might not have the mechanical nous to do something complicated but you can tinker. In fact that is the joy of owning an older car - tinkering. Don't leave it all to the mechanic - for them it is a job; whereas for us, it is art (or folly, or 'in your dreams' etc)

Matt will do a good job with your car, but that doesn't stop you having a look. Do you know how to open the bonnet? Do you know which black thing is the clutch cable? When you find it, get a rag and give it a clean - become its friend! Have a look at what it runs past, what is next to it. You might notice some rubber hoses - prod them gently. You may notice something amiss with one of them, or you may not. Either way, you have joined the realm of tinkering.

Have fun!

Good post.

[mrlex]

I'de encourage you to also have a look yourself, trace the cable as others have said, make sure its not catching anything, and that things are fitted properly and tight...and if you just can't see whats wrong then visit a garage. Also get to know how your car works and that way you can pin point troubles easier.

I could have a look at it if your having trouble as chatswood is not far from me...however I'm no Golf Loon! haha.

P.S: Any pics of the car?

[vwspirit]

I'll Have a look

I have opened the bonnet many times but I don't know yet what every thing is.
I knew that buying this car I would have to open it's bonnet a couple of times and get to know what part is what and how the car works. It s also one of the reason why I bought that car.

I will join the "realm of tinkering" as Campaign said and get to identify this black cable and where the vaccum leak could be. Having a rough idle it's prett sure that there is a leak.

Thanks for all the posts and I'll let you know what's going on with the car. Although I am pretty sure that I'll end up going to Golf Loon or call mrlex for some help. It's my first car and I don't know about mechanics yet but I'm keen do dirty my hands and learn about it.


I will post some pics of the car pretty soon.

Cheers again

[Campaign]

Although I am pretty sure that I'll end up going to Golf Loon or call mrlex for some help. It's my first car and I don't know about mechanics yet but I'm keen do dirty my hands and learn about it.

I reckon you should take the car to Golf Loon. There is a difference between worrying and tinkering. Tinkering is playing with the car, repairing it becomes a worry for the tinkerer.

The other great art of the tinkerer is the ability to get into the workshop and look over the shoulder of the mechanic and ask enough questions without being thrown out or increasing the cost of the repair. It'll take practice.