XU 8v Engine Maintenance and Performance Upgrades

2,180 topics in this forum

1. Belt whine

   By brian j, 20 hours ago
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   • DamirGTI
   • 46 minutes ago

2. Starter motor bracket?

   By Ren89, Tuesday at 04:50 AM
   • 2 replies
   • 171 views
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   • PhilNW
   • Tuesday at 06:44 AM

3. 1.6 Starting Issue

   By Foxyn, April 19
   • 13 replies
   • 233 views
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   • Foxyn
   • April 22

4. 1.9 engine wont spark

   By damo, April 16
   • 9 replies
   • 297 views
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   • welshpug
   • April 21

5. Fuel pump fitted with pickup pipe for carbs

   By Bishbosh77, April 17
   • 0 replies
   • 99 views
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   • Bishbosh77
   • April 17

6. Starter issue.

   By Oscar12345, April 8
   • 1 reply
   • 8,261 views
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   • PhilNW
   • April 9

7. Fuel pump priming question

   By Theo205, April 7
   • 1 reply
   • 197 views
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   • stewal
   • April 7

8. 1.6 CTi starting Issues... but not the motor?

   By adybatt, April 2
   • 3 replies
   • 198 views
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   • welshpug
   • April 2

9. Xu9ja crankshaft pulley help needed

   By Maikko, March 26
   • 3 replies
   • 215 views
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   • Maikko
   • March 26

10. Front exhaust section, late 1989 CTi 1.6

    By lagonda, February 14
    • 16 replies
    • 606 views
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    • welshpug
    • March 22

11. 1.9 DKZ Head pitting advice

    By Davetouch, March 5
    • 12 replies
    • 464 views
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    • petert
    • March 20

12. GTi 1.9 late fuel pump in early tank

    By mat_the_cat, March 12
    • 3 replies
    • 7,451 views
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    • welshpug
    • March 13

13. Exhaust rear box OE number

    By Steve205, February 15   

    • exhaust. back box.
    • 5 replies
    • 353 views
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    • Steve205
    • February 28

14. Oil leak from the filter

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    By brian j, January 7
    • 30 replies
    • 1,426 views
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    • Favaloro
    • February 23

15. Oil pump drive

    By Ronan B, February 10
    • 4 replies
    • 107 views
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    • Ronan B
    • February 10

16. Where does this wire connect

    By Phil Gti, February 3
    • 2 replies
    • 405 views
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    • Phil Gti
    • February 8

17. Rebuilding of an XU5J

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    By Pierre_b, April 8, 2021
    • 55 replies
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    • petert
    • February 3

18. Schrick XU camshaft details please ???

    By Tideee, February 1
    • 3 replies
    • 329 views
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    • 28CRAIG
    • February 1

19. Injector spray pattern

    By Gavin Waddell, January 27
    • 3 replies
    • 364 views
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    • Gavin Waddell
    • January 30

20. I am missing something?

    By Phil Gti, January 28
    • 2 replies
    • 260 views
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    • Phil Gti
    • January 28

21. OE vs Hoffmann Exhaust

    By driversdomainuk, January 25
    • 0 replies
    • 228 views
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    • driversdomainuk
    • January 25

22. Strange leak

    By James1975, December 15, 2023
    • 8 replies
    • 618 views
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    • James1975
    • January 12

23. Tolman exhaust

    By driversdomainuk, January 7
    • 1 reply
    • 350 views
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    • Leslie green
    • January 10

24. Cambelt re-tension after a heat cycle

    By brian j, October 13, 2023
    • 6 replies
    • 430 views
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    • brian j
    • January 9

25. 205 cti 1/5 xu5ja 1.6 overfuelling

    By Mark Morley, December 14, 2023
    • 0 replies
    • 137 views
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    • Mark Morley
    • December 14, 2023