Mk3 GS

[SDAYA]

Hi guys

So I recently bought a 1995 Golf 3 GS

Seemed in a ready good condition

But the longer I own the car the problems I pick up

Anyways I plan on getting this car in a perfect running condition and take it to shows

Will upload pics when time and I get the car clean


I wanted to find out though about a few things

I serviced the car (oil; filters etc)

Car smokes still and I get a petrol smell while driving

I did change a few pipes that really needed to be changed

The car smokes a bit - think I need to do head gasket

Also the car is really sluggish for a 1600
And fuel consumption isn't really great either

Any help would be appreciated with someone I can take it to or even advise on doing it myself?


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[dubz-on-drugz]

Hi guys

So I recently bought a 1995 Golf 3 GS

Seemed in a ready good condition

But the longer I own the car the problems I pick up

Anyways I plan on getting this car in a perfect running condition and take it to shows

Will upload pics when time and I get the car clean


I wanted to find out though about a few things

I serviced the car (oil; filters etc)

Car smokes still and I get a petrol smell while driving

I did change a few pipes that really needed to be changed

The car smokes a bit - think I need to do head gasket

Also the car is really sluggish for a 1600
And fuel consumption isn't really great either

Any help would be appreciated with someone I can take it to or even advise on doing it myself?


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Hi bud . Mk3 are not really the race stallions of the vw stable . But there is a few things that could be causing the fuel smell.i had issues of over fueling,bad timing etc .that caused performance loss. I would suggest taking the car in to reputable mac .(there are some on the forum)and let then do what they do best .trying to isolate the problem yourself could be more expensive .

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[panic-mechanic]

Not sure how changing a head gasket is going to fix a smoking problem.
When does it smoke. When pulling with lots of throttle or on idle or when running against compression and then goes away when you add throttle?

[SDAYA]

Hi guys

So I recently bought a 1995 Golf 3 GS

Seemed in a ready good condition

But the longer I own the car the problems I pick up

Anyways I plan on getting this car in a perfect running condition and take it to shows

Will upload pics when time and I get the car clean


I wanted to find out though about a few things

I serviced the car (oil; filters etc)

Car smokes still and I get a petrol smell while driving

I did change a few pipes that really needed to be changed

The car smokes a bit - think I need to do head gasket

Also the car is really sluggish for a 1600
And fuel consumption isn't really great either

Any help would be appreciated with someone I can take it to or even advise on doing it myself?


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Hi bud . Mk3 are not really the race stallions of the vw stable . But there is a few things that could be causing the fuel smell.i had issues of over fueling,bad timing etc .that caused performance loss. I would suggest taking the car in to reputable mac .(there are some on the forum)and let then do what they do best .trying to isolate the problem yourself could be more expensive .

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Thanks bud

I know it's not a sport car but gee this is sluggish AF
I'm going to see if the carb settings is done properly over this weekend coming

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[SDAYA]

Not sure how changing a head gasket is going to fix a smoking problem.
When does it smoke. When pulling with lots of throttle or on idle or when running against compression and then goes away when you add throttle?

I know there's a leak cause when I sprayed water the isle changed slightly for a bit so I do need to change gasket.

The car smokes a little when idling. I'm not sure if it smokes while driving, haven't noticed or it's no that much.

I know the car is currently over fueling - it's really bad standing outside while car is idling.

I've changed all the petrol pipes yesterday.
And also checked if there's a leak in the exhaust

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[panic-mechanic]

Well ok then. Maybe change the intake manifold gasket rather than the head gasket for that...

[SDAYA]

Well ok then. Maybe change the intake manifold gasket rather than the head gasket for that...

I think I should change all gaskets at this point

Previous owner didn't take care

Water pipes were full of rust

So I flushed everything and replaced the water pipe

Hope everything goes well

I'm thinking of doing a G60 swap

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[freezaburn]

Have a compression test done. If mileage is 150K+, then the oil rings could be going, causing the smoke
If the compression comes in below spec, then the compression rings would also be gone.

[SDAYA]

Where can I do that?

Car is on 275 000km

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[freezaburn]

Try Michael from Call-a-Mac in or Peter from Performax Tuning in Edenvale