XU 8v Engine Maintenance and Performance Upgrades

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1. What Is The Best Camshaft For The 1.6 B6D Engine?

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   By kachel, August 29, 2015
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   • pug_ham
   • October 22, 2015

2. Rebuilding of an XU5J

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   By Pierre_b, April 8, 2021
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   • petert
   • February 3, 2024

3. Long Term Coolant Leak (Air Lock?) Problem

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   By Grim.Badger, May 29, 2016
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   • steve@cornwall
   • June 29, 2016

4. Cooling Fan Resistor 3 Pin/plug Is 2 Pin?

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   By ATK, September 24, 2014
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   • yorkshirekowboy
   • February 5, 2015

5. Oil Leak/spraying On Back Of Engine And Firewall

   By pyrrhic, February 26, 2014
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   • pyrrhic
   • March 30, 2014

6. GTi 1.9 late fuel pump in early tank

   By mat_the_cat, March 12, 2024
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   • welshpug
   • March 13, 2024

7. Peugeot 205 1.9 8v starting issues, same old story.

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   By Rutia, April 7, 2019   

   • non starter
   • starting issues
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     • starting issues
     • does not start
     • early 205
     • peugeot 205
     • gti
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   • jackherer
   • May 14, 2019

8. Xu5J - Xu5Ja - Fueling Differences?

   By ALEX, November 4, 2014
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   • Miles
   • November 19, 2014

9. Not Starting Cti After Sitting 12 Months

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   By john-melbourne, July 7, 2014
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   • john-melbourne
   • July 14, 2014

10. Rusty white spark plugs

    By Romb, February 23, 2020
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    • Romb
    • February 25, 2020

11. 2.0 8V Turbo

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    By ben205turbo, September 14, 2012
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    • Slo
    • March 10, 2013

12. Sad Or Supplementary Air Device Testing

    By welshpug, October 25, 2017   

    • SAD
    • ICV
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      • ICV
      • Jetronic
      • 8v
      • Supplementary Air Device
      • Testing
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    • Telf
    • October 25, 2017

13. Supplimentary air device 205 gti

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    By Gregg1980, April 6, 2020
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    • Tom Fenton
    • September 12, 2025

14. Cooling Fan Relay

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    By Telf, June 20, 2017
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    • jackherer
    • June 22, 2017

15. N/a 8V Max Performance...?

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    By onur205gti, August 11, 2013
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    • onur205gti
    • September 28, 2014

16. Oil Leak From Back, Below Cam Cover?

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    By Bovien, October 2, 2012
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    • Ramigojag
    • August 30, 2013

17. 1.9 Gti Running Very Rich, Low Mpg

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    By Bobbafett, December 30, 2013
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    • Bobbafett
    • January 10, 2014

18. Wont' Start: Injectors Not Firing When Starter Is Engaged

    By Steffen Hi-Speed, August 19, 2015   

    • start
    • injector
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      • injector
      • fuel
      • relay
      • tachiometric
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    • Steffen Hi-Speed
    • June 27, 2016

19. Motoronic Distributor Oil Leak

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    By Henry Yorke, August 29, 2017
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    • Henry Yorke
    • May 12, 2023

20. Reduced Oil Pressure, Was Ok!

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    By mhyphenl, April 10, 2013
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    • mhyphenl
    • April 29, 2013

21. Car Running Very Rich

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    By Justin181, June 27, 2017
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    • 2-Pugs
    • October 18, 2017

22. I Have A Poorly Peugeot - 1.9 Gti No Spark

    By Lukespeed, March 11, 2015
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    • Lukespeed
    • June 29, 2015

23. 1.6 auto head gasket change

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    By dt_, February 4, 2019
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    • dt_
    • July 16, 2019

24. 1.9 Engine Rebuild

    By dobboy, October 18, 2017
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    • Mac Crash
    • December 7, 2017

25. Motronic 1.3 - no oxygen sensor - fault code 54?

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    By RABen, March 6, 2022
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    • RABen
    • September 3, 2022