XU 8v Engine Maintenance and Performance Upgrades

2,179 topics in this forum

1. Starter motor bracket?

   By Ren89, 18 hours ago
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   • PhilNW
   • 16 hours ago

2. 1.6 Starting Issue

   By Foxyn, Friday at 07:09 PM
   • 13 replies
   • 200 views
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   • Foxyn
   • Yesterday at 09:44 AM

3. 1.9 engine wont spark

   By damo, April 16
   • 9 replies
   • 259 views
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   • welshpug
   • Sunday at 01:38 PM

4. Fuel pump fitted with pickup pipe for carbs

   By Bishbosh77, April 17
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   • Bishbosh77
   • April 17

5. Starter issue.

   By Oscar12345, April 8
   • 1 reply
   • 8,252 views
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   • PhilNW
   • April 9

6. Fuel pump priming question

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

7. 1.6 CTi starting Issues... but not the motor?

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

8. Xu9ja crankshaft pulley help needed

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

9. Front exhaust section, late 1989 CTi 1.6

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

10. 1.9 DKZ Head pitting advice

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

11. GTi 1.9 late fuel pump in early tank

    By mat_the_cat, March 12
    • 3 replies
    • 7,443 views
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    • welshpug
    • March 13

12. Exhaust rear box OE number

    By Steve205, February 15   

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

13. Oil leak from the filter

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    By brian j, January 7
    • 30 replies
    • 1,380 views
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    • Favaloro
    • February 23

14. Oil pump drive

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

15. Where does this wire connect

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

16. Rebuilding of an XU5J

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

17. Schrick XU camshaft details please ???

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

18. Injector spray pattern

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

19. I am missing something?

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

20. OE vs Hoffmann Exhaust

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

21. Strange leak

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

22. Tolman exhaust

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

23. Cambelt re-tension after a heat cycle

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

24. 205 cti 1/5 xu5ja 1.6 overfuelling

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

25. Bosch Distributor replacement/repair

    By jlarkin, November 30, 2023
    • 9 replies
    • 580 views
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    • jlarkin
    • December 10, 2023