Hello all I have my first Jetta !

Hi all, Newbie here but not to vw, I have had a couple of mk2 golf but had no end of problems but have just bought a tidy enough MK2 Jetta gtd. Cant wait to get it and start fixing her up, she is in tornado pink 90's spec,

can you let me know of any major things to look out for or change straight away that type of thing,

cheers in advance

Mozza

Hello and welcome to the JOC.
people will be along in due course to advise

Welcome to the forums buddy do you know when it was last serviced? being a diesel id definately give it an oil and filter change and get some piccies up buddy

welcome, lets see it then

I dont think i will have it till the weekend but be sure the picks will be up asap

welcome

Welcome!

Good to see you. I had a jetta Diesel in dog D"£K Pink too pretty solid cars. Oil filter Always a good start but apart from that the bodys are pretty solid normally and the interiors are basic. But none the less mine was a rat but NEVER let me down. Slamed about 80mm on 14's. Good Buy. How much was it?

178k £350 pretty solid car but the guy has the wheels off it and it will be in golf 13" steelies for a bit untull i can get some nice rims and slam it

oh and do the GTD's have a turbo hence the T and what are the performance figures like and what are the best little mods to be doing for performance

Mine was a non turbo but i think it was just a D. The Golf GTD were all high spec on the mk2 and were turbo'd. Nice cars. I blew one up on test drive once and had to walk back to the show room and explain. But they new it was a dog they said nothing.

well the only thing i know is different is that it has the side mounted interciooler which suggests to me its a gtd and has all the 90's spec arches and bumpers,

cant wait ti give it a polish and get some picks up!

Hello mate welcoe to the site. I new on here too. As a mechanic id recommend a tiing belt if it hasnt been done or if you have no record of it being changed.

I get to pick up the beast in half an hour will get picks up asap!

Let us know how you get on buddy

Hope all goes well picking the new motor up - enjoy....

well head gasket is gone we think as there is a whole lot of oil in the water!

Not another victom....but at least it will be loved by it's new owner
I came to the conclusion don't tell anyone when you go to fetch a car wich you just bought because it might cause probleme's on the way home

Hello and welcome to Jetta Owners.

Sorry to hear about your car, I know how it feels as it's happened to me before with a previous car. Had to spend £440 on it after having it 2 days

Where did you get it and was there any mention of the head gasket when you where buying it??

Sorry to hear that buddy the same happend to me on my current GT and that was before i even got it home so you got further than me.

Having said that a few £££ later and i love it even the more for it because i know its been replaced

no there was no mention of it going but need to get some quotes on replacing it, my only hope is that the cylinder head has not cracked!

Mozza wrote: she is in tornado pink 90's spec, Mozza

haha my car was tornado pink i recomend a electric buffer that squirts in the t-cut, saves alot of time and elbow grease! lol