Hi, I have a 1996 Golf cl (1.8) that has just done 60,000km (38,000
miles?).
Anyway I’m going to change the oil / oil filter, radiator coolant &
spark plugs.
It was last serviced (professionally 10,000miles ago).
Can someone please tell me:
1) what spark plugs to use. (the Plug leads look fine)
2) when (what frequency) does the timing belt need to be replaced? (I
wouldn’t do this myself)
3) Does the radiator have a drain plug? Can’t seem to find anything
to empty the radiator so I can replace the coolant. Or do I have to
pull out 1 of the hoses?
4) How often is the fuel filter replaced & where is it located?
As you can guess I don’t have a workshop manual (haynes or similar).
The driving manual tells me what coolant, oil & filter to use.
thanks
Bryan
The CL’s use NGK BP6ET plugs, if you buy them from VW, you’ll pay twice as
much for the same part with a VW logo on it. As far as the timing belt goes,
it should be changed at 100k. As far as I know, there’s no drain plug on my
rad, but I could be wrong. Make sure you use the proper coolant, VW uses the
blue stuff. Not sure about the fuel filter, my CL is at 140k on and it’s
never had its fuel filter changed. Beware of cheap oil filters! I’ve had oil
pressure problems when running anything but VW or Mann oil filters.
Good luck!
Mike Kayer
94 Jetta CL, 80 Vanagon Westfalia, 71 Beetle
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> Hi, I have a 1996 Golf cl (1.8) that has just done 60,000km (38,000
> miles?).
> Anyway I’m going to change the oil / oil filter, radiator coolant &
> spark plugs.
> It was last serviced (professionally 10,000miles ago).
> Can someone please tell me:
> 1) what spark plugs to use. (the Plug leads look fine)
> 2) when (what frequency) does the timing belt need to be replaced? (I
> wouldn’t do this myself)
> 3) Does the radiator have a drain plug? Can’t seem to find anything
> to empty the radiator so I can replace the coolant. Or do I have to
> pull out 1 of the hoses?
> 4) How often is the fuel filter replaced & where is it located?
> As you can guess I don’t have a workshop manual (haynes or similar).
> The driving manual tells me what coolant, oil & filter to use.
> thanks
> Bryan
In article <6f5b2c94.0308101517.2d201…@posting.google.com>,
voronezh…@yahoo.com.au says…
> Hi, I have a 1996 Golf cl (1.8) that has just done 60,000km (38,000
> miles?).
> Anyway I’m going to change the oil / oil filter, radiator coolant &
> spark plugs.
> It was last serviced (professionally 10,000miles ago).
> Can someone please tell me:
> 1) what spark plugs to use. (the Plug leads look fine)
In the USA, the 1.8l engine is diesel, so it doesn’t need plugs!? On my
2.0l, I’ve always used the Bosch silbers or the coppers, depending on
how spendy I’m willing to be at the time.
> 2) when (what frequency) does the timing belt need to be replaced? (I
> wouldn’t do this myself)
IIRC, the diesel is spec’d at ?90kmi?. The consensus here I think has
been that at 60kmi it should be at least inspected on both the gas and
diesel engines. Mine died at 59,998 miles. Good reason to go in and
get the 60k service!?
> 3) Does the radiator have a drain plug? Can’t seem to find anything
> to empty the radiator so I can replace the coolant. Or do I have to
> pull out 1 of the hoses?
Yep. Pull off the LOWER radiator hose. If you pull off the upper one,
it doesn’t drain nearly as well
> 4) How often is the fuel filter replaced & where is it located?
I do mine every 30k or so, but it’s gas, the fuel here is relatively
clean but it’s dusty, etc YMMV…
> As you can guess I don’t have a workshop manual (haynes or similar).
> The driving manual tells me what coolant, oil & filter to use.
I like the Bentley. It gives you enough info to figure things out. If
you’re relatively inexperienced you might want to get one of the others
too as I think they cover stuff like "how do you change the coolant
without a drain plug". (no dis, I asked that too early on)
Mark
’95 Jetta GLS