i think i sold them for best offer on ebay for $75, had allot of interest. i took a bunch of pictures, etc.
i noticed on my emissions tests barely anything registered. so i guess an engine that is basically working with a tune up and new catalytic converter will do that? i think california cats have to have a 7 year 70,000 warranty on them. i wonder if it will last. i don't care to find out, i will be restoring the car for fun to get better at painting, will restore the ac, and put it on stock suspension and let the next person enjoy it. it has been so annoying driving this thing on coilovers, im surprised the bumper is still attached. i do love the go kart feel of the chasis, but have been surprised that the bigger tires are allowing me to peel out so easy. i guess i'm going to have to be carefull when i put the tdi in it. On Monday, April 25, 2016 at 9:33:28 AM UTC-7, stevenarguello wrote: > > Congrats. > What did you do with the old cams? Just curious. > > On Apr 25, 2016, at 12:21 PM, damac2004 <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > looks like i forgot to update my thread. i ended up leaving the second > knock sensor hooked up to the engine which was between cylinder 2 and 3. > never detected any pinging on this car. drove the hell out of it, it > seems happy at current timing and isn't hesitating when i stomp on the > pedal. car is definately slower without those mods, i thought they were bs. > > i went to the 4th smog shop that also did repairs and pleaded for help to > find out why these other shops were jerks to me and kept telling me about > the check engine light. > > this guy was nice, listened to what i had to say and took my smog test out > to his tech. he said the light and egr stuff was seperate, that i had a > federal emissions car and the light wasn't applicable but he saw other cars > from this generation that needed a light and thought it was interesting. > he smogged me on the spot and i passed! > > i don't think this bigger repair shop did me any favors? but i'm glad to > finally have it done. nobody could really answer why some shops said this > car needed a light. one shop saw my fail and freaked on me saying i needed > a light blindly and wouldn't even look it up. moral of the story is find a > good shop when it comes to any kind of service. you can't believe these > guys at face value. > > thanks for all the help!!! > > i know i was freaking out since it was just me working on all this stuff. > i really hate these gassers and can't wait to get to my mtdi conversions, > never will buy an old gasser again! > > > On Friday, April 8, 2016 at 9:49:28 PM UTC-7, hollandphillips wrote: > > It may not see any codes until you put some miles on it. If the block has > 2 knock sensors, it's a 9A block. The Motronic ECU wants to see both > sensors. The previous owner has left you a real mess. As I said before, I > would just find a test station that offers free retests and go for it. You > really don't have any other options at this point. The reduced power and > smoother idle is probably due to the stock cams. > > ~Holland > On Apr 8, 2016 20:31, "damac2004" < > > ... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/7d1cccff-08d8-42f2-bec2-10ef311a8128%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
