Bealieboy

I've just realised I'm with the snorer again is that why there's such a big gap for us??!

A 5am start pal means he might be in bed for 8pm again.

Well I thought that'd be good cause I know how ratty you get in traffic!

Oh ffs, that's like halfway through the night or something!!!

More pics. 2nd has a tooth missing so I hope that won't won't be an issue!
new ARP bolts on the diff as well.
 

I think it will be A1 for us, as we'll be going up the M11 not sure what time we're leaving from down here yet, 5 ish maybe??

@Bealieboy I think we're going to have to get someone to drive the van up, we won't open the bonnet though!

Yeah me@Bealieboy and another Benn with 2 n's and a nice 16v mk3! will be heading up early on the Saturday morning, (as long as Bealieboy manages to wake up)

Hi buddy.
 
Doesn't sound good! Blue smoke as you know indicates oil being burnt. but on idle sounds pretty bad. Are you using a lot of oil?
 
With you mentioned about the PCV delete, it could be throwing oil back into the intake manifold causing it to burn more oil, so I would personally restore the PCV valve to rule that out initially and check if you have oil re-circulating into your inlet manifold, of course you mentioned you used to get light blue smoke when warmed up, rings should seal a bit better when up to temp so unless you are hearing any slap when warming up it is "reasonably" safe to assume they are OK and to look at valve guides and seals. 
 
At 142k I would certainly say you will need to look at the condition of the head / valve guides and seals. Exhaust valve guides tend to start wearing after 80k and would tend to cause blue smoke when coming off the throttle.
 
What grade oil are you using? bare in mind anything too thin could cause it to smoke more with being a higher mileage - would recommend Syntha Silver 10/40 semi synthetic.
 
A Compression test will help of course, I have also read that if the readings are low in a cylinder to pour 1 teaspoon of engine oil into the plug hole and retest. If the reading jumps, the piston rings are worn. If not, then it will lead to a valve related issue.
 
Hope this helps! Please post up your compression readings later so we can help further  
 
Pete

some People clearly don't understand what " post a SINGLE PICTURE" means :/ lol
Ah such childish behaviour change the OP after I "quote it"

Hi, got a couple of pics of the shafts sent over from Callum from the shot peening place, he had done his bit and moved them onto another firm for superfinishing and they sent them.
More to follow.
cheers
steve

You like having your arse crippled daveyboy, it widely known in the Oc!

You like having your arse crippled daveyboy, it widely known in the Oc!

Bitchy in the OC

You like having your arse crippled daveyboy, it widely known in the Oc!

Ok my bitch. Keep your knickers on.

Not everyone is computer generic sir but "BOOKING ONLINE" is the easiest option

Nah there you other half's that I've got on and fuck me this cheese grater is crippling my arse

Daveyboy you spaz

Mushroom Dave, mushroom!

Been trying to get somewhere with this, as people keep pestering me to buy it!

Got it serviced and the plugs changed, they looked like they'd been in the a while!
Removed a few bits of trim including the rear spoiler to make a nicer job of claying and machine polishing;
Whilst it was off used an old trick with a hot air gun to bring it back to life, before;
Then half way through;
Then broke the mop out to see how it was going to come up,
Quite nice was the answer to that! Love mystic blue!
This believe it or not was all of the rust on one of the ORIGINAL! front wings!!! I kid you not!

That is how VW describe it mate. What more can I say.

Oh thank goodness, I knew you'd get to my way of thinking in the end!! Yorkshire gold please Ben, milk, no sugar. Cheers

You'll be surprised though, that's why I'm asking. I've been seeing nice mk1's and 2's going for £6-8k on stock engine good nick but not even showroom condition. These type's of conversions were £6k for a 150hp one pretty much when I was doing them 5-10 years ago and even now they seem to still be £4k+ and we're trying to work out some decent costings as they're getting loads of interest - thought I would look for an impartial VR owner view point! 
 
I think figures bandied about are like £3k for a 150/180 to £3.5k or so for a ko4 set-up, I can map them up to a Stage 1 too for like £150 extra for them, do you reckon that's a fair price all in? I hope they get to do it as they are so passionate, just got mouths to feed so it's a side hobby for them at the mo whilst they do their regular work! Mint/restoration side is, like you say, dependent on quality.
 
Did a Corrado with hybrid billet ko4 they built but it was wrote off 3 days later but got this to tune this afternoon;
AGU engine, APU wiring loom and AUM ECU with a BAM map on this one - nice little mish-mash! It had 22 DTC's when it came to me as it was a VVT ecu and no VVT on the engine, SAI delete's, N249, etc. Coded them all out and now it's purring like a kitten with a ko4, bam maf and injectors....... there's loads of Ford ST boys around here banging and popping about so this will be a proper VAG car, understated but fast! 
 

 
Some of the old skool;

 
That Jetta is so clean, ABF too;

 

Bunch of pervs!

The amount of tea this person we're talking about drinks means that we'll probably need a tea urn too keep him going!