looking at rebuilding one of these. how strong are these engines
willy911,
Jul 30, 3:38pm
gti not gtr
budgel,
Jul 30, 4:30pm
At that age, not worth putting much money into .I would be more worried about the auto!
intrade,
Jul 30, 5:11pm
the question is how good is the rest of the car rust wise? All i recall is we changed ignitors on nissan sunny gti they had a wierd box as ignition module the size of a sandwitch toast . thats all i recall and rust of course almost any japanese car was rotten after 10 year age and went in to export to yugoslavia or turkey .etc we never rebuilt any of them for that obvious reason. i recall gti vw where worn out at 250 to 325,000km we had a lease selling leasing cars to people with bad credit and he done 100, tousend a year so we fitted a few rebuilt gti mk1 engines to his . golf
goron56,
Jul 31, 3:48am
Still plenty of parts available for them,have a look TM
goron56,
Jul 31, 3:52am
Still plenty of parts available for them,have a look TM,to answer your question,the engines are very strong if they have been built properly.
morrisman1,
Jul 31, 4:10am
What GTI? Pulsar GTI?
Engines are strong but dont tolerate poor maintenance that much due to the cam oilers being sensitive to being clogged by sludge, means the cams wear out. If they look clean under the oil cap then its all good, don't touch anything with any carbon or sludge build up.
The auto isn't a weak point but the car is 25 years old now so who knows?
The rest of the car is fine, just watch for normal wear and tear.
willy911,
Dec 3, 7:08pm
thanx all. yep granny owned last twelve years and all good
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