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Thanks a lot, I'll check with the garage on Tuesday. Proud to be a part of it! Of course! Keeping mine original as you can seeq♥️

Fuel? As in not enough. Can you read live data while driving? Look at the O2 numbers. Else it also sounds like cam belt may have jumped a tooth. Cutting out is often crank sensor.

German Garden Takeover at The Stag! @lupo1.0se I heard there was a Silver Loop GTI here. Was it you? If it was, my apologies for getting here so late! Couldn't be bothered for the rush hour traffic so just left when it had died down, haha.

Not much... The Nankang NS-2R today cost 81€, the Toyo R888R 110€ and my next choice, the Yokohama A052, 116€.

Hey everyone! Surprise!! Otis got some Polo 6n steelies. Always liked the look of them, and though I initially wanted white steelies back when I bought this thing, silver has me on a lock! the whole body coloured thing is cool in my eyes. £50 for 'em.. not too shabby hey? They're not the best of condition, but still very impressive for the price. Had the tyres swapped as a couple months ago, I bought some new ones.. good thing the polo 6n wheels are the exact same size as thats saved me a lot of dosh! A good wash for them soon and it'll look top notch. Before and after down below

I would go fully custome and drill small holes in door metal, then line wood bolts thru door cards into the drilled holes. With 8 bolts it would hold better than original. There are many other options how to hold that door card in place way better than original, like using threaded river nuts, in my opinion, repairing stock mounts is the worst way to solve this problem.

It's been one hell of a work horse and I've got to be honest I've not been kind to it thrashing it around Europe fully loaded roof tent and all. I'll find some pictures from my camera roll and take a couple tomorrow when it's light and post them. It's definitely earnt some love so I'm goign to tart it up this summer and get it in good shape, hoping this thing lasts another 20 years. As for the timing belt it's had a new one a couple of years and about 20 odd thousand miles ago so should be good for a while. Or until I can afford the insurance on an engine swap.

If you keep car, I'd change the belt and tensioner. Then it'll be good for another 6 years or 50k miles. 👍🏻 Sounds like a good little car. Any more pics- in and out?

UPDATE Its fixed! Turns out it was the timing belt that had jumped a couple of teeth. I prised it off using a pry bar and then did the same in reverse while pushing the car 😭. @mk2 thank you for suggesting it was the timing belt you've singlehandedly saved my sanity. And thanks to everyone else for your suggestions. Idk where I'd be without this forum .

I couldn't see any marking on the fly wheel but I could see the one on the camshaft gear. As you can see the engine is slightly out of time. What would be the easiest way to slacken the belt enough to be able to match up the top gear? Ik there's a tensioner I should slaken but I can't get the bottom cam cover off because one of the bolts is being blocked by the aux belt pulley. I could pull off the aux belt and try but I wanted to see what the consensus was on the easiest way. Thanks.

Depending on which gearbox you have, you can see the zero TDC marker on the flywheel through an access hole in the gearbox bell housing, at the top. Often it is under a plastic or rubber cover to keep dirt out. Put the car in top gear to turn the engine (by pushing the car). 👍🏻

I also changed the crankcase breather and pipe as I’d ordered it before it failed the MOT. It didn’t solve the emissions problem but I’m sure it wasn’t helping looking like this