Bought a MK2 GTI

[golfmeup]

Paul sorry to hear about the oil cooler!
Hope you got it sorted ok now.
New wheels look great- really suit your color.
What are they?
They look like Audi rims?

Not good news.

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The oil leak goes for another 2 ks before the oil light and buzzer came on. Oil was pouring out of the oil filter. Turned out the oil cooler had a split O ring. These use water to cool the oil and are known to be unreliable so I took it off and fitted the filter direct to the oil filter housing. Just needed a shorter centre shaft from a MK1.

You can see the longer centre piece on the right with the short one fitted. The oil cooler is below.

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Now the good news.

17s

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Looking good.

Cheers

Paul

[RedMk2Gti]

My oil cooler also is leaking but not severe, I was wondering how efficient and how necessary is the oil cooler is, my ex Australia released Mk2 doesn't have it, most SA and UK cars have.

[sports racer]

When I had the oil cooler working the max temp I'd ever see for the oil was 96, it usually sat around 90. Water temp guage never went above 1/3rd. Yesterday on the way to work I had to stop for roadworks a few times, the oil temp hit 100 and the water went 1/2 way before it started to go back down to normal. Today outside temp was 12 C and the oil and water were back to normal.

I'm not worried by these numbers because it's pretty cold down here compared to Brisbane but I'd think twice before taking the oil cooler off if I lived in Qld and had to do stop/start traffic.

Mine didn't have a slow leak, it worked fine right up until the O ring split sometime overnight with the cold. Saturday I drove to Sydney and back. Monday morning the oil started pouring out as soon as I pulled out of the driveway.

[sports racer]

Paul sorry to hear about the oil cooler!
Hope you got it sorted ok now.
New wheels look great- really suit your color.
What are they?
They look like Audi rims?

Wheels are aftermarket multi fit. They have more holes than swiss cheese so I'll get all the extra ones tig welded before I put them on the car permanently.

[golfmeup]

You would have to be running a 45 profile tyre by now wouldn't you Paul?

In summer I've seen the oil temp go up to 110 or so in Brisbane when sitting at traffic lights.

Usually hovers around 104.

[Jarred]

I'm running 40's, i'm ure a 45 ould be too large of a rolling diameter?

[sports racer]

205x40x17

They are approx 25mm larger dia than the 195x50x15's I currently have. I think the 17s fill the wheel arch better and the speedo should give a much more accurate reading with the bigger wheels. The Aussie MK2's have a speedo that's out by about 5%. When mine shows 100 ks it's really doing 96 with the 15's.

[aprr32]

The oil cooler not only cools the oil but the water helps to warm the oil up faster when its cold.

[passatstef]

paul.you know we got alot of work to do getting you heater fixed up and that motor you droped off at my place on thursday night.then we got go and see matey about his audi a4 but we can give him a call and see when its a good time see him.

[golfmeup]

Reminds me, I've got a new heater matrix to install at some stage.

[passatstef]

yes other wise you be freezing your butt off mate

Reminds me, I've got a new heater matrix to install at some stage.

[sports racer]

It's rego time so I borrowed some 14's to make it more "inspection" friendly. Plus my 15's needed new rubber on the back and I'm saving to get tyres for the 17's.



Of all the things I thought it would fail on they only picked the right tie rod inner has too much play, engine oil leak and a rust spot in front of the windscreen.



Could have been worse but now I know what I'm doing this weekend.

[Jarred]

bother...

[sports racer]

It turned out to be almost nothing once I took off the paint and surface rust.

Looked really bad



But this is what was under the paint.



Some metal filler and a bit of sanding should fix this and under the windscreen rubber it all looks OK. That hole doesn't get bigger but has to be fixed. I know it's small but technically any hole in the body is a rego fail.

Because it's Qld rego going to NSW it needed a blue slip and I deliberatly took it to an inspection station that I know are tough so they would find everything that was wrong. I was surprised they didn't fail it on no timing belt cover (upper) or missing high mounted brake light but these are things I'll fix anyway. They weren't worried about the coilovers either.

[golfmeup]

Not so bad Paul! Looks like you have already solved the rust spot, the tie rod should pretty easy to resolve.

How bad is the oil leak?