mark 4 golf 1.4 petrol

marzic

anyone have any experience of these cars particularly 02 onward
Thanks
marzic

For Forks Sake

Slow.
A lot of them specced at the lowest level (miserable Irish motorists)

1.6 probably a better option in terms of spec and poke.

AL 555

The gearboxes like to lock up...

Melion

I had a 99 but be sure to look out for it burning oil like no other car

lomb

Good economical motor despite what anyone says. Mine is 03 and has been basically faultless bar one coilpack, an exhaust thats been replaced 3 times, used to eat brake disks due to a siezed caliper as was left laying up for a year or two, sorted now. Handles safely on wet even icy roads, kept me alive driving late at night for years on windy mountain roads at fairly high speeds(yes it does those without problem but overtaking is a problem definitely.)
Does not burn much oil ,maybe 250ml every 3000 miles. Always run on fully synth though. Keep a spare bottle in boot it tells you when to top up(has oil level and seperate oil pressure sensors.)

michaelshannon

does anyone know if a sivercrest radio can work in a 01 golf . it has a ISO block?? thanks

C4Kid

AL 555 wrote: »

The gearboxes like to lock up...

My gearbox is horribly clunky in first and second and it's normal according to most places I've spoken to.

It's ok on power when I'm in it myself but whenever there is > 2ppl you have a serious power shortage in some situations.

EPM

AL 555 wrote: »

The gearboxes like to lock up...

Bearings give way in a higher than normal proportion of the 1.4 and 1.6s

BostonB

02 onwards covers Mk4, 5 and 6. Which one did you mean?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Golf#Golf_Mk4_.28A4.2FTyp_1J.2C_1997.E2.80.932004.29

mvpr

Do your research on what engine code it is. Mine was AHW and burned a hell of a lot of oil before dying (at 120k).

Other than that it was reliable, safe and slow!

Go for a TDI or 1.8T!

C4Kid

mvpr wrote: »

Do your research on what engine code it is. Mine was AHW and burned a hell of a lot of oil before dying (at 120k).

How did it break in the end?

Raskolnikov

Not sure if this is a common issue, but a friend of mine was locked out of his car one time then the central locking automatically kicked in one cold morning while he had left the keys in the car with the heater on and him running in to fetch something.

redman

one of ours is a 1.6 MKIV '00 and it is really good, we got it a good few years ago with one owner/low mileage. Had tried a 1.4 but found it too slow and the 1.6 is nippy compared. All round very reliable, lovely handling, solid performer, nice everyday car that is cheap to maintain.

sundula

I agree with the the oil consumption issue and the 1.4 is dog slow, you will have to work gears when overtaking, very under powered, particularly if you have two or three in the car.

BostonB

redman wrote: »

...the 1.6 is nippy compared...

I think the 1.6 has decent oommfff and more reliable. High CO2 which is why it was dropped.