DonDotta
Active LVC Member
Hi everyone on LVC.
My name is Donovan, and I am a new proud 3rd owner of a 1995 MK8. It's red ext/black leather int, and it is in pretty good shape beside a dent on the driver's side. It only has 128K miles, and the engine only has 50K. Crazy thing is that everything works on the car, even the power antenna
. The air ride doesn't sink overnight, and works like it should. However the compressor is a little loud. I guessing that is from the mounts going bad. Best of all, I only paid $1200 for it 
. (I will post pics at the bottom).
It does have some minor quirks:
Engine Quirks:
1) The engine does have a slight tapping. It's not really a metal sounding tick, but more a soft, but engine repetitive sound. You can hear it inside the cabin. It's not loud, but it noticeable. It's seems like it's coming from the back of the engine. I was thinking injector because I read (yes I searched the forum) that they can be loud. I think the sound is just all of them with harmony with each other.
2) I have a slight vibration from the engine only between 800-1200 rpm under light throttle. It does it in any gear P,R,N,D so it's not trans related. It feels smooth everywhere else in the powerband, but just there I fell that vibration. Could it be maybe belt drag (if there's anything like that) because the pulley system do sqeak when the engine is cold. I was thinking maybe a tuneup was in order.
Transmission Quirks:
2) I am coming from a 2000 Pontiac Bonneville SSEI, and the transmission shift was more on the firm side get on the throttle. However, when I gave the Mark WOT, it seem to shift slow & soft. It didn't hold like it was slipping, but it shifted slow. I was looking at videos youtube (I will show the video at the bottom also), and it seems like that how it's supposed to shift, but I just wanted to make sure. If it is, time for a J-Mod soon lol.
2) It seems to be a delay when engaging into reverse. It take literally 3 secs to go into reverse. I was thinking a solenoid. I checked the trans fluid, and it red, and smells sweet (normal). However, I didn't check if it was low after running the engine.
here the video of the WOT Shift I saw on Youtube
95 MK8
http://youtu.be/EDILh12-QHM
98 MK8 Shift
http://youtu.be/NqYE_Rq0PLw
This what I want it shift like :gr_devil:
http://youtu.be/YTaKFzfkuxE
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to get all my info down on one post so I won't clutter up the forum.
Here are the pics:
My name is Donovan, and I am a new proud 3rd owner of a 1995 MK8. It's red ext/black leather int, and it is in pretty good shape beside a dent on the driver's side. It only has 128K miles, and the engine only has 50K. Crazy thing is that everything works on the car, even the power antenna
. The air ride doesn't sink overnight, and works like it should. However the compressor is a little loud. I guessing that is from the mounts going bad. Best of all, I only paid $1200 for it . (I will post pics at the bottom).It does have some minor quirks:
Engine Quirks:
1) The engine does have a slight tapping. It's not really a metal sounding tick, but more a soft, but engine repetitive sound. You can hear it inside the cabin. It's not loud, but it noticeable. It's seems like it's coming from the back of the engine. I was thinking injector because I read (yes I searched the forum
) that they can be loud. I think the sound is just all of them with harmony with each other. 2) I have a slight vibration from the engine only between 800-1200 rpm under light throttle. It does it in any gear P,R,N,D so it's not trans related. It feels smooth everywhere else in the powerband, but just there I fell that vibration. Could it be maybe belt drag (if there's anything like that) because the pulley system do sqeak when the engine is cold. I was thinking maybe a tuneup was in order.
Transmission Quirks:
2) I am coming from a 2000 Pontiac Bonneville SSEI, and the transmission shift was more on the firm side get on the throttle. However, when I gave the Mark WOT, it seem to shift slow & soft. It didn't hold like it was slipping, but it shifted slow. I was looking at videos youtube (I will show the video at the bottom also), and it seems like that how it's supposed to shift, but I just wanted to make sure. If it is, time for a J-Mod soon lol.
2) It seems to be a delay when engaging into reverse. It take literally 3 secs to go into reverse. I was thinking a solenoid. I checked the trans fluid, and it red, and smells sweet (normal). However, I didn't check if it was low after running the engine.
here the video of the WOT Shift I saw on Youtube
95 MK8
http://youtu.be/EDILh12-QHM
98 MK8 Shift
http://youtu.be/NqYE_Rq0PLw
This what I want it shift like :gr_devil:
http://youtu.be/YTaKFzfkuxE
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to get all my info down on one post so I won't clutter up the forum.
Here are the pics:
