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Car now for sale :( See advert here: Classifieds: 1990 Mk2 Golf GTi 1.8T 20v - Fully Restored - Massive Specification Cheers.

Wouldn't say it's impossible but it wouldn't be a nice job, just isn't the space for it or visual angle. I measured mine with a paper clip marking the diameter with a sharpy & then measuring the difference. Though thinking about it now if you could remove the exhaust, wedge the wastegate...

Ideally you need to remove the turbo & measure the port hole up to confirm that's the fault. Initially I called them to ask what size the port hole should be after measuring my own, when he came back to me (or I rang them another 3 times) & the difference in size was apparent I was then very...

Car's back off the road again now :( I've had an underlying boost fault that I never realised was actually a fault until a month or so ago. Long story short, I had mixed up n249 plug with n75 plug & had being essentially running around in the car with the n75 disconnected as it was plugged into...

It's scary how big the difference is & how on earth this slipped through the visual inspection, let alone when they tested it is beyond me. Got it back Monday - some credit where due the turnaround has been very quick. I've received no documentation about the repair though so I'll be phoning...

Spoke to Midland Turbo's head technician yesterday. Told him about the problem, said he'd not heard of it before with their turbos but agreed it couldn't be much else causing the problem. Asked him to measure the port hole for a reference of a geniune turbo & another remanufactured one & they...

Thanks for confirming Bill. Almost called to see if i could pop it down to confirm this week but if it's 100% saves me a trip :icon_thumright: So I have some ammo to go into an envitable debate about this with Midland Turbo - do you have any comparitive specs? How big should the port be...

Spoke to Midland Turbo last Monday - they admitted they do on occasion use chinese supplies when they cannot source geniune hot sides. Didn't deny a possible fault with it either when referring to the port size being to small, apparently the head tech there had heard of a problem before...

In that video I had pressurised the actuator with a bike pump, so it would have been wide open. When in it's closed position it didn't have any play up & down so can assume it was tight to the seat. The WG port hole in the other post looks tiny! I'll ring the supplier Monday, see if they can...

Yesterday I had a little look into this.. I connected up a bike pump & some make shift pipe & tested the actuator, all moving freely & holding pressure. Then ran a pipe from the charge pipe outlet direct to the actuator. Test drove same as when N75 disconnected as expected, limp upto around...

I'm concerned at the similarities & genuinely not being able to think of other issues that could cause this. How should the car run if the n75 is bypassed & you run a pipe off the charge pipe, direct to the actuator? From what I remember when I sourced this turbo mid last year, from calling...

I've literally just read your facebook post, Bill. Sounds identical to the symptoms I'm having. (Also spoke to over the phone last week about the problem). Midland Turbo supplied this turbo to me as a Re-con unit! I will NOT be best pleased if this turbo turns out to be anything other than a...

I've had this problem for longer than I've known it's been a problem - because of never driving a 1.8t before, I have no experience on how they deliver boost, power delivery etc especially in a mk2. The conversion was finished back end of november, a AMK engine on OEM managment in a MK2 golf...

Never a truer word spoken ha! Literally turned my house & garage up side down thinking I'd lost it. I need to get it back in again soon... Confirm it's all leak free after getting smoked out last time & look at booking a map & sort out the long overdue niggles.. You guys open on a saturday?

Thanks for the comments guys. Gave her a good wash & wax today, first time since the detail - came up just as good as she left the place so really happy about that (& how easy it was!) Sourced another headliner last weekend & finished off repairing it today, will be re-trimming it next weekend...

It comes to something when a garage can't even fit a ****** pipe properly, Jesus. It's only a 20 minute job! Take it back out of principle, don't be fobbed off & definitely don't let the first idiot work on it again.

Rally Design are the main people I can think of that would sell you a fitting kit. Ideally if you have the calipers you'll just need the brackets, bolts & some brake lines with one end banjo fittings & the other m10 or whatever it is on A3s.

Thanks for the comments chaps, keeps me motivated to get her finished. So close - especially hard in the winter months! Still haven't found a replacement headliner & I'm desperate to have it mapped though recently the car has gone completely to the back of the priority list so not sure when...

Fitted the 4 brand new coil packs & had a look at the plugs & all is well again - pulling like a train. Need to find out which coil(s) are the weak ones, as the coil obviously had not conked out completely - I'm assuming it has just weakened & didn't have enough in it to produce a strong enough...

Bill, it wouldn't of been far off that date, I bought it down for a smoke test - had a few leaks from the breather pipes underneath the manifold & also purchased a v3 tip off you & a bit of pipe to bypass the leaks under the mani - it's a red mk2. The ECU is from a seat leon cupra r, the...