Golf Country - Forum

Hi,

I installed Peloquins limited slip differential to my Country just in time for snow and slippery. Intial impression is very positive altough snow melted and extensive testing has been postponde ...

Just update the situatin. I found very good site with illustration of rear differential dismantling.

http://www.padrig.eu/Golf_Country_Register/Garage/Paginas/Syncro_revisie.html

it is in Dutch, ...

I finally got time to start installation. I was unable to open differential housing. I have removed bolts holding two parts together and left side shaft axle flange, but something seem still holding t ...

Hi, and thank you for reply,

I got from your message that all Countrys are made with same power train, which is my understanding also. What was my worry, is if Rallyes, i.e G60(that are turbo charg ...

I have looked limited slip differential for my Country. Peloquin in US seem to sell one. It is just they information is little confusing to me.
In they web page it says:

"This product made by ...

Hello,

Thank you for comments. Cerntainly I believe principle " don't fix things that aint broken", but there might be some things that are favour of seal repair.

One thing is I think ...

Has anybody changed oil seals of valves while engine head is still attached to engine?

I tried, but did not have proper tools to release valve spring locking clips.
The hydraulic valve clearance b ...

Thank you all the reply.

I might missed some points, read only with google translate.

I agree, that VW is not responsible for 20 year old engines, but if they can say 92 is OK, I was wondering ...

Here Finland they started to sell gasoline which has 10 % ethanol mixed to it.
There is site which tells if it is suitable to ones car. This site states that all
VW cars from '92 can use it, except ...

Hi Dietrich and others,

Lights are working. switch was stuck, ie did not move. I opened, and need to trim it bit to make it movable, but it showed quite some wear, so thought I would have a new swi ...

Hi all and sorry about English,

My local parts dealer said, there is no head lights switch available from vw any more(since last year).

My car is self imported from Germany, so it has no light a ...

Thank you Dietrich. That was good information. LPG is not as
good choise as natural gas in Finland due to tax difference.

I was thinking, if one would buy Erdgas Polo and fit gas system
to Countr ...

Dear All,

Does anybody know differences in gas driven VWs? There is
1.6 Polos available in natural gas(Erdgas) option. Is it viable
to modifiy Country with such equipment?

It looked that Polo ...

Thank you for reply. I will check the pressures.

Safe drives,

Ismo

Hello All,

Anybody knows how to correctly adjust rear brake load sensing.
I had to open the bolt connecting spring between valve and rear
suspension. I could tighten it as where it was, but have ...

Hello all,

Anybody know what is the oil volume of rear differential in Country?
I did not find it mentioned in owners book. I had oil changed while
replacing oil seals, it took about 0.5 litres. ...

Just to let you know, I got the cover plates. They came from
Skandinavian main stock in Sweden in couple of days.

To jojo, I got those screws earlier, they happened to be here
in my local dealer. ...

Thank you,

This is exactly information I was looking for. I let you know if I can get them here.

Ismo Laitinen
Finland

Hello everybody,

I'm looking for VW parts number for end cover of frame under Country. My local VW parts dealer could not find it sold separately, but seem to remember that it would come with some ...