Buying another VW Golf and regretting it

Hope you enjoy!

[@jasonpeizer9042]

At least you are proceeding in the right order. High compression 8v, the fix for the fix.
Also, nice vid.

[@vwfatmobile3275]

Oh, that's a beauty. An '85 golf, only MK2 without power steering.
That grill is considered very special/rare. They love them in Europe because they never got them.
You could probably get all your money back selling that and the rad support.
Love hearing a first start, sounds like you got the fuel primed.
Your over heat problem:
The small line to the reservoir is plugged. It has a restrictor you can feel, a few inches from the reservoir.
Common problem, often mistaken for a head gasket.
Cracks between the valves are common and didn't look too bad.
You can check for straightness by removing the cam journals and lifters and seeing if the cam teeter-totters.
Those were some sloppy pistons but it started and ran good. If it wasn't for the plugged coolant line restrictor...

[@colinmcelroy3329]

I found the coolant restrictor second day I had the car, I removed it not knowing what it was 🤣, but it did help, still I think a large amount of air must've been getting to the thermostat and it WOULD NOT open no matter what I tried, I knew about 85 being the only no power steering year cause I've tried to do a manual rack swap out of one and had to search for the right steering shaft spline size for ages. But the special the grill I had no idea about, thanks for letting me know, and I really do wanna keep the diesel but it'll be cheaper to swap in my other 8v motor than getting a new core head and head gasket kit, and it looks like the special bracketing for diesel will bolt right up if u swap over pulleys so I can keep ac without power steering

[@vwfatmobile3275]

@@colinmcelroy3329 That '85 injection pump is kinda special too. I've gotten very good smileage with them and they have the "OUT" bolt pedestal that holds the return lines above the lever.

[@cuttyscustomdubs553]

dude your production is awesome!

[@colinmcelroy3329]

Thanks man!

[@FrancoisProjects]

Haha we love our VW s-boxes 😂❤

[@bartlfc480]

Hey man.i bought a Golf C 1.3l tour edition. The car has 3 Doors. Is it true that these cars are getting rare? My car has 71000 km (43k miles)

[@colinmcelroy3329]

As far as golf's go in general they're definitely rising in price for clean examples. I really am the wrong person to ask but the c model is the lowest base model of the golf and barely makes any power, but that being said I don't think I've ever actually seen one of the 1.3ls on the road in person so maybe a clean low milage example could be worth some money the right person

[@colinmcelroy3329]

Either way wether it's worth money or not, definitely a cool and unique rig with those options

[@DavidJohnson-eh5bj]

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