XU 8v Engine Maintenance and Performance Upgrades

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1. Cylinder Head Gasket Identification Holes...

   By bacardincoke, 5 hours ago
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   • bacardincoke
   • 3 hours ago

2. XU10J2TE Cracked heads (loads of them ...)

   By DamirGTI, October 15
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   • SRDT
   • 5 hours ago

3. Large bore 8valve

   By Rallyace, October 11
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   • SRDT
   • October 15

4. Struggling to weaken rich mixture

   By shonkers, October 11
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   • shonkers
   • October 14

5. Camshaft oil spray bar o-rings missing?

   By lts, October 5
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   • welshpug
   • October 5

6. Timing belt direction and timing marks

   By lts, October 5
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   • welshpug
   • October 5

7. 205 Turbo Overheating, ignition related?

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   By lahondal, July 9, 2022
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   • lahondal
   • September 15

8. 1.9 1.9 rich running

   By David Simson, September 15   

   • fuel mixture
   • mixture adjustment
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   • Leslie green
   • September 15

9. SAD issues

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   By Richie-Van-GTi, April 3
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   • bacardincoke
   • September 14

10. Supplimentary air device 205 gti

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    By Gregg1980, April 6, 2020
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    • Tom Fenton
    • September 12

11. 205 Xrad - Xud9te Maintenance

    By Robbiedundy, August 5
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    • xstian
    • September 10

12. Jenvey's on standard 1.9 8V

    By Mike, September 2
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    • Mike
    • September 5

13. Fuel Pumps

    By PhilNW, August 27
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    • petert
    • August 31

14. 1.6 8v running badly

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    By Chrisstdt, August 16
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    • Chrisstdt
    • August 25

15. 205 GTI 1.9 not starting

    By David Simson, August 3
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    • David Simson
    • August 6

16. Quality plug leads

    By Chrisstdt, August 2
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    • pugdamo
    • August 3

17. Camshaft seal "popping" out & leaking

    By Christian406, January 21, 2022
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    • 28CRAIG
    • August 2

18. Timing Belt Kit - Recommendations

    By ScoobyJawa, May 30
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    • ScoobyJawa
    • June 5

19. Whirring noise from camshaft/cambelt

    By LucasDunkley, May 28
    • 7 replies
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    • Leslie green
    • May 29

20. 1.6 GTi Intermittent complete loss of power when gets hot

    By paul mcgrath, April 18
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    • paul mcgrath
    • May 25

21. oil pump

    By James1975, May 20
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    • welshpug
    • May 20

22. XU 8V Group A Cylinder Head Bolt Tightening Method

    By LucasDunkley, May 14
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    • SRDT
    • May 17

23. Sump oil leak

    By 15dbs, April 24
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    • PhilNW
    • April 27

24. Water temperature sensors

    By ArthurH, January 31
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    • ArthurH
    • March 30

25. 205 1.9 gti fuel issues

    By Damoleary, March 23
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    • Damoleary
    • March 25