Daily Mk2 Golf GTI

[Brumma]

Finally got around to taking some decent photos of my Golf, so I thought I'd post it up!
It's a 1991 Mk2 GTI, travelled 160,000km, everything is stock and the interior is in pretty good nick. I bought it in November last year from Melbourne, and it sat at my parents place for a month before I could make the trip down from Sydney to pick it up. It's my first water-cooled VW, however my first VW was a '74 Beetle 1300, that now belongs to my sister.



My plans for it are to firstly to lower it using coilovers. I'd like to keep it pretty stock because of the condition its in, but would like to get some different wheels for it one day too.



Looking forward to getting into the world of water-cooled VWs.

[Domel]

The car looks very clean! Have fun with it!

[GTi Bhoy]

Yeah looks very clean.
Good luck with it.

[Brumma]

Thanks guys, I'm loving driving it! Its a great fun little car. Looking forward to making it my own as I go
Will post any updates I make to it to this thread.

[ChaneyTec]

epic, im also looking for coilovers, should make for a great fun car!

[moostin]

Looks good from here

[occa24]

Nice! Very clean.

Did you buy it from a bloke called Ollie?

[Brumma]

Nice! Very clean.

Did you buy it from a bloke called Ollie?

Yep! Bought it from Ollie after seeing it on Melburg Luft.

Had an eventful weekend visiting mates in Wollongong. Battery light came on 20min from Shellharbour, kept driving because I thought I could still get to my friends place before I ran out of battery. Got there fine, then car wouldn't start when I left their place. Clutch started it, drove 5km then conked out on top of a round-a-bout overpass over the Princes Hwy. Luckily I had enough speed and clear lanes to the left to roll over to the shoulder. Thought it was the alternator, but was thankfully just the alternator belt that had broke. Its currently at my mate's place waiting on a few belts and time to do it.

Pic of it on the tow truck.

[Surfpig]

What's your name on the luft?
I just bought mine from Melbourne too. Yours looks way nice though.

Sucks about breaking down but it's a pretty easy fix.

[Brumma]

What's your name on the luft?
I just bought mine from Melbourne too. Yours looks way nice though.

Sucks about breaking down but it's a pretty easy fix.

I was 'Elbo' on Luft. I used to have a '74 Beetle, but after I sold it to my sister and got a regular car I didn't log on to the Luft for ages and last I checked I couldn't log on anymore, so I don't exist on there anymore. Maybe there's still a few newb air-cooled posts with my name next to them on there

Just checked out your thread, yours doesn't look too bad either! Like GTI's in black.

[dubstyle]

Beautiful car, looking forward to seeing your progress on it.

[Brumma]

Just a quick question for more experienced Mk2 owners.
The car has all new belts on it now so it's back up and running. I've set the play correctly on the new belts, but with all this rain around Sydney lately the belts are slipping and squealing all over the place, particularly the alternator belt I think, because the battery light is coming on with each squeal and other times it just glows dimly. If I increase tension on the belts, it will stop the squealing, but then it will be bad for the belt and pulleys/bearings.

Are there any tips or tricks Mk2 drivers have done to stop this problem?

The amount of squealing seems to be proportional to the amount of water on the road, so maybe it is flicking up under the car and getting on the belts or pulleys.

Also, a quick update:
My old battery has been leaking acid all over the battery tray which has rusted it, I've replaced the battery, but next job will be to brush back the rust, treat it and re-paint it.

[ryana89]

Just a quick question for more experienced Mk2 owners.
The car has all new belts on it now so it's back up and running. I've set the play correctly on the new belts, but with all this rain around Sydney lately the belts are slipping and squealing all over the place, particularly the alternator belt I think, because the battery light is coming on with each squeal and other times it just glows dimly. If I increase tension on the belts, it will stop the squealing, but then it will be bad for the belt and pulleys/bearings.

Are there any tips or tricks Mk2 drivers have done to stop this problem?

Do you have 2 plastic covers (splash guards) around the belt area?
The main one looks like this,



And then a smaller one that attaches further forward under the front spoiler.

You'll find its the big V-belt that is slipping as it drive's the WP, A/C and in turn the load of the alternator.

[Brumma]

Do you have 2 plastic covers (splash guards) around the belt area?
The main one looks like this,

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And then a smaller one that attaches further forward under the front spoiler.

You'll find its the big V-belt that is slipping as it drive's the WP, A/C and in turn the load of the alternator.

Thanks ryana89, that makes sense.
I don't have any plastic guards covering the belts, so I'll have to try and find some. I do have a small piece of plastic in the back of the car that I can't work out where it goes. It could be the smaller front cover… I'll post a pic up when I get a chance to see if anyone can identify what it is.

[NeuSpeedGTI]

Thanks ryana89, that makes sense.
I don't have any plastic guards covering the belts, so I'll have to try and find some. I do have a small piece of plastic in the back of the car that I can't work out where it goes. It could be the smaller front cover… I'll post a pic up when I get a chance to see if anyone can identify what it is.

Pulled from 'You know you drive a MK2' - check post by benough re:ice cream container

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/forums/f46/you-know-you-drive-mk2-when-52513-4.html