Model;- Mk2 GTS
Year;- 1985
Colour;- Black
Milage;- 46913 - sporadic since taking out of parents garage in 2015, works in cold weather (stored for 6 years previous)
Tax;- No, currently SORN as of 1st September
MOT;- yes until 26th January 2017
Current private owner;- myself
V5 present;- Yes
Location ...

would love to give specifics but I'm not entirely sure what made the difference - I changed a few vacuum hoses and tinkered with the idle screw. I think there always a gap between the 3/4 and the idle screw. I wound in until they touched when it was warmed up, then found the correct idle point (just ...

**Sorted now!**

***Update***Just fitted new vacuum hoses and sprayed a load of carb cleaner but doesn't seem to make any difference. Any ideas what would make the revs go up and down when when idling? cheers!

nice one, think I've got some carb cleaning lying around somewhere so will give that a go first. Hoping that is what it is! Thanks for your help

thanks for the advice / reply James - it happened suddenly about a week ago. Been having a few ongoing issues but they seem to have been fixed with the new wax stat. Do you think it's worth buying some vac pipes first?

Afternoon all, was hoping to get some advice..

I seem to be having a bit of a nightmare with my Pierburg of late! The car seems to start and stall on first few attempts unless I'm revving the engine hard. I also think the butterfly valve is opening before the engine is fully warm causing it to ...

Thanks for your response!

I don't suppose you'd know anyone that could repair the cracked wheel on the odometer? Has anyone else had this problem / got it fixed?

Cheers!

1985 GTS, (Black) recently passed MOT only needing a new rear fog light and changing CV Boots. Milage is around 50,000 but will be 3/4000 more as one of the cogs in the odometer has cracked and only seems to work on cold days. The Milage is genuine up until a year or so ago. Full service and MOT ...