My New car

 

1.6 SR - 96K Petrol. 2000 V (Plate)

 

After many hours of going through adverts I have found this gem. Went to view this ealier, the car is immaculate. All the switches work, No rusted sills, surface rust as to be expected, but this is deserving of some love and will be waxoiled and preserved.  It is a basic spec, however has everything I need such as the remote locking , Aircon (which works) , all the heater settings work! The only issue is a small scuff around the petrol cap. When presented with the FSH the owner still had the original newpaper advert from which he bought the car. Cometically inside it is almost perfect, no wet or damp areas. 

 

I am absolutely stunned by the condition of this car.

 

The only things I will to address are: - Fresh cambelt change, (I always do this as there was only one in the paperwork), I will also be doing the clutch as it was very high however it is not groaning or slipping yet. However is probably on the end of its life!  and of course I will get this properly undersealed.

 

There was a tiny amount of mayo around the oil cap, however no signs of the engine head gasket issues. No smoke, no oil smell in the coolant. I have however googled this and becuase its been sat doing nothing doing short journeys, I have found out this is no concern, it was litterally a tiny amount I was able to wipe away, apprantly the 1.6 SR design is prone to condensation in that way. 

 

It has a fresh MOT , with no structure based warnings in any of its years, If I remember rightly there were brake pad wearing thin, that can easily be addressed.

 

 

5 hours ago, waveydave79 said:

I will also be doing the clutch as it was very high however it is not groaning or slipping yet. However is probably on the end of its life!

You might think that, but mine (1.9 TDi110) has done about 70_000 miles in my ownership with a "high clutch", and no comments about same from service or repair at garages.

Congrats on finding that

 

FWIW my '02 TDI at 160kmiles is on the original clutch ( long may it stay that way - cross fingers ) 

On 01/04/2024 at 03:48, Paws4Thot said:

ership

 

Thanks will she is home. - Everything went well collecting it tonight. Super confortable. Got used to the clutch after a while but still gonna have it done along with the Cambelt next week.

 

Only issue I have found and I am thinking as its been stood for a while was the REVs did not hold stable at idle when it had warmed up. - they were bouncing between 710-750 ish where it did not know where to land on. I am being super critical the drive was lovely other than this..  My polo had a simailair issue iyears ago and I removed the throttle body and cleaned it out. But were doing a long journey tommorow so will see how it goes.. Maybe a new air filter will also help.

Issue is now fixed.

 

Replaced coil pack and new ht leads. Old ones were original..

 

Still had the murder. 

 

Performed throttle body re alignment.

 

Now resolved