lozbebbers

I fitted a full scorpion system, about £350, with a new cat, about £80, both from euro car parts, as cheap as anybody. Nice gentle burble when the wife is driving, rally car rasp when I'm having fun! Have used scorpions for over 20 years on mk2 golfs, never had a problem and always sound just right!

Anybody successfully rewired plug that connects to abs modulator? Think I have a broken wire. Can you buy the plugs, or buy new pins to crimp to wires?

I don't want to scare anybody, but here is my tale of woe. Bought my sport a few months ago, was informed by the owner that it sounded tappety, which was reflected in the price. Having played with many 16v golfs over the years, I knew I would be able to sort it cheaply & easily. WRONG!! On this model, the cams are mounted in the rocker cover (cam carrier), on inspection I found the bearing journals that support the cams, had a small amount of play, which was creating the tappety noise due to the cams flexing & whipping about, and on strip down, found all the housings, and the cam bearing surfaces badly scored. Weeks of searching & research followed, the result being that both cams & carrier were scrap! Cost over £700 to replace, and took opportunity to overhaul head with new tappets, seals & gasflowing, new oil pump, all belts & tensioners. The cause; too much sealant applied to sump, which had come away & was sucked up into oil pick up strainer, almost blocking it, and also causing oil light to come on regularly, and starving top end of oil. I hope for your sake this isn't the problem!!

Cost about £400 with cat & fitting kits from euro car parts, cheapest I've found.

I have ordered a new cat & full scorpion system for my Sport, will post my first impressions next week, after fitting