From: Ron & Paula [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 10:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WWW.GLIREALM.COM] 1990 GLI....If you work on these yourself, I NEED YOUR HELP!
My son bought a GLI last March. In May it blew a head gasket and went to Volkswagen for repair. They were changing rings and bearings as well as the head work. They put it back together and blew the engine during the test drive. They put in a used engine with what is supposed to be less miles but they could never get the car to run well because it ran so rich that when you turned the key it flooded the engine. They finally gave up and returned my money and car. I got the car started by dropping the position of the control plunger in the fuel distributor. The car still does not rev but it will idle with a slight pulsing of the engine. The big problem is that it is blowing white smoke, not steam, and unburnt gas from the exhaust and into the air box. We drained the oil and it was heavily contaminated with gas. Do you think that the gas in the oil is from the cylinders filling with gas so many times before starting, or is there something blown? I am thinking that the white smoke is because there is so much gas in the exhaust system that it is just burning that off because after changing the oil in the car there was less smoke. Any ideas? I feel bad for my son. he drove this car for 3 - 4 weeks before the blown head gasket, and every time we think we are making progress it is something else. I really hope you all can help. Also, does anyone know of where to get a new wiring harness for the Motronic System? Ron
