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Re: My 82 1.6 GTI (update 25 January)
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:42 pm
by Reverend Frog
Conked out in the middle of the Antrim countryside today. Fuel pump gone.
I knew that noise it was making wasn't good
ho-hum - may as well get the clutch and rocker cover gasket changed while I'm at. if I can get there....
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI (update 25 January)
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2014 4:36 pm
by Mr Funk
Do you want my spare sending over?
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI (update 25 January)
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2014 4:39 pm
by Reverend Frog
Do you know the part number Jim? I'm not sure if this is an EG-specific part you see, for the old 1.6 K-Jet
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI (update 25 January)
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:49 pm
by ianaudia4
Sorry to hear that Rick, at least you got back to NI, and can fix it yourself.
99% sure the fuel pumps are the same for the 1.6 as the 1.8. Part number 171 906 091A.
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI (update 25 January)
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:21 pm
by Reverend Frog
Off to have several birds killed with one stone - clutch, fuel pump, filler neck and rocker cover gasket will all be done in one go
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI (update 25 January)
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 6:26 pm
by Reverend Frog
Hmm... my mechanic tells me that the fuel filler neck, clutch cable and fuel pump i supplied were all wrong
god knows how that happened - i checked the part numbers on VAGCAT
more to the point, aren't fuel pumps and clutch cables all the same?
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:19 pm
by marcus
Well, for a start, some cars have mechanical fuel pumps while others have electric ones...
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:21 pm
by Reverend Frog
marcus wrote:Well, for a start, some cars have mechanical fuel pumps while others have electric ones...
well, whatever mine is, the mechanic says it's the wrong size!
the thing that confuses me is that I checked the part numbers on VAGCAT... i am stumped
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:29 pm
by jimmy h
marcus wrote:Well, for a start, some cars have mechanical fuel pumps while others have electric ones...
Well, EG 1.6 requires an electric fuel pump
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:36 pm
by the edmundator
VAGCAT lists several RHD clutch cables, I think the one you would need is the 1490 mm part 532721335J.
I take it 171906091A is the fuel pump number you found?
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:26 pm
by ianaudia4
1490mm is the length for a 1.8i.
A 1.6 requires a length of 1470mm.
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:05 pm
by the edmundator
Seems you can't trust everything you read on Vagcat, then:
(26) 532721335J
clutch cable
1490MM rhd 1.6/1.8ltr. 1.6ltr. carburettor engine / K-JETRONIC SCIR.GTI, GLI,GTS SCIR.CL, GL,GT,GTS
and
(26) 172721335H
clutch cable
1470MM rhd K-JETRONIC /
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 11:49 pm
by Reverend Frog
Well that's what truly confuses me. The mechanic said that the one I ordered was too short! But I need the shorter one...
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:35 am
by ianaudia4
Your mechanic a VW specialist Rick?
Re: My 82 1.6 GTI
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:47 pm
by Reverend Frog
Yes, been in the trade for decades and highly recommended by a lot of the NI guys.
I'm obviously just not as good at part-hunting as it would seem!
