20 Years powered by RBS

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That MK3 is gorgeous!

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Enjoying it and have some nice upgrades to come… when time arrives😅

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After a bit more than a year enjoying my little nugget
it was time get all the juices & filters changed…
Brought some parts from Belgium with me last August and bought some here in Croatia 🇭🇷 …



Also changed the expansion tank and did a coolant flush



Engine oil 5w-40 & filter changed… and got myself a good Karlovačko along



Next up was a bit exiting… was there still enough gearbox oil in the gearbox?!
Surprise surprise, there wasn’t 😅
Flushed the old oil out (was about 1,5L) and filled it up with fresh75w-90 gearbox oil









Then some new sparkplugs… or NOT😫!?!
I couldn’t get the ignitioncoils unplugged 😤
Got myself an other Karlovačko and thought about it for a while how to get
those bloody things out!
Didn’t want to force anything and it’s a thing for tomorrow…
So changed the air & cabinfilter and cleaned them all out😎



Found my envelope with stickers which I bought last year 😅 and put them on



All what’s left to do are sparkplugs, powersteering oil and fuel filter…. Clean the sumpguard and big sump & gearbox guard, bolt them back up.
That’s a battle for tomorrow 😁
Here’s what I’ve accomplished for now…



Next April I’ll bring all the big boxes with parts with me so I can do all the brakes and pads, timingbelt, waterpump etc, etc…
Some nice 17” sport classic and Bilstein b14😎

But first in November the Edition 30 gets some nice suspension & brake upgrades😍

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The follow up continues…
The sparkplug leads got scared when they saw my primal plyers 😎
They surrendered immediately 😎
The little orange leads puller is a joke🙄



Got the old plugs out and torqued new ones in…





Changed the fuelfilter…





Topped up the powersteering oil and filled up the AC by my local garage. Did a little trip to see if everything was ok….











And now my least favorite part… cleaning all my mess up😅

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And ofcourse also the little nugget 😍
Started the 20 Years, checked all the fluids and tyre pressure first😅 and went for a little drive along the coast here…🥰

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After attending the VW meet in Šibenik🇭🇷 yesterday, I got realy excited seeing a lot of mk3 Golfs who were very nice😎… so I got itchy fingers and tested out some things….

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It’s been a while😅 but after a couple of months in Belgium,
looking forward for spring and Summer to go back to the Island…
BUT…I’ve been looking for a VR6 for some while or an GTI to convert it to a VR6 and do an engine swap… actually to do a father and son project together❤️….
So I found a VR6 … a very high milage one, bodywork all fine but engine, drivegear and suspension need a LOT of work… and in another corner of the sellers parking… I saw an other mk3 Golf🤨…. Asked If I could take a look and as I was getting closer to it, I was dumbfounded!!!😳🤩 a “20Years” GTI😍 all original LC9Z black 5 doors
1 owner full spec!! And best of all… original 56.400 km😱😳🤩🥳😎
So my attention went completely to it🫶🏻😍👊🏻 Asked the seller how this wasn’t sold yet!! He just got it the day before. I got the full service history to take a look and I was again stupified 😳 this thing hassen’t been moved in 10 years!!! The owner passed away and the GTI stood still in a warehouse, gathering dust… The seller told me that some else was comming to take a look on it 2 days later…
In my mind I was loosing it!🫣 a hidden gem… or a tired VR6! The GTI was “only” the 2L 8 valve AGG engine.
Owkay…. Took a very close and good look on the GTI and totaly rust free body with some dents in the front right and rear left door as a couple on the back and in the grille…. Nothing a dent repair guy can’t fix without doing a paint job. Engine wise… the whole enchilada has to be done! Engine, gearbox, powersteering oil, all the filters (engine, air, cabin, petrol/fuel) Timingbelt, servo and alternatorbelt, sparkplugs, leeds and complete brake service, discs and pads and 4 new tyers…😅🫣 oh and a  new battery…
Great to teach the “next” generation how to service a car👊🏻😉 so learning school for tha kiddo 😎 (now only 20 years old!)😄
I then asked how the GTI was brought there… by truck and they only put a battery on it to drive it on / off the truck gave it a wash and parked it in the corner!
I checked the coolant (still the green one!!) and oil level… all toped up but 10 years old!!! Key in ignition and “booooom” 1st crank it was alive!!😳🤩 love the 827 engine! The clutch still butter soft and it went in all gears like it was brand new!!!
Interiorwise same as my Silver one…. The tipical VW smell 😍 and better specked as wel… Recaro interior, climatronic and sunroof🤩 all electric windows and everything works!!😍 even the sliders of the sunroof have grease on them!!
So 1st gear and away I was…😎 It felt all te same as with my 16v… 10 years of standing still doesn’t do any good to any car!! After about 30mim of  driving I was SOLD!👊🏻 This hidden gem has to saved!! And it will be loved and cared about❤️
Enough blabbering…. Pictures tell more….

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So wen I came back I offered the seller a fair price and we shaked hands👊🏻😎👍🏻
No VR6… but a “20 Years” is coming back next week to Belgium…. Boy here I go again!!! But not alone this time… Son is going to have a bussy Spring and Summer😅
In the mean while I sourced an original Gamma 4 radio and engine undertray…
All the service parts / items will hopefully also be here in the next week… and it’s a LOT!!🫣😅

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