Volkswagen GTI, Golf, and Jetta Service Manual: 1985-1992 [Paperback]

Bentley Publishers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2003 | ISBN-10: 0837603420 | ISBN-13: 978-0837603421

This new service manual is the only source of comprehensive and up to date maintenance and repair information for all models of the Volkswagen GTI, Golf and Jetta models from 1985 through 1992. Volkswagen has sold more than 860,000 of these popular cars since 1985. Here is a sample of some of the information you will find:

-Fundamental automotive concepts, including explanations of basic

troubleshooting, safe and effective workshop practices, and tools.

-Complete tune-up specifications, plus troubleshooting and repair of the

electronic ignition system and knock sensors.

-Troubleshooting and repair of CIS, CIS-E, Digifant I and Digifant II fuel

injection systems and the CIS-E Motronic engine management system.

-Emission control tests, repairs and adjustments, including testing and

replacing the oxygen sensor, and resetting the OXS warning light.

-Automatic and manual transmission maintenance, troubleshooting,

adjustment and repair, and manual transmission rebuilding.

-Anti-lock braking system (ABS) troubleshooting and repair.

-Body adjustments and repairs, including sunroof.

-Complete electrical system troubleshooting and repair, including

electrical current flow diagrams.

-Comprehensive Volkswagen factory tolerances, wear limits, adjustments,

and tightening torque specifications.

Product Details

• Paperback: 840 pages
• Publisher: Bentley Publishers (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0837603420
• ISBN-13: 978-0837603421
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #494,208 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Since 1950, Bentley Publishers has helped professionals and do-it-yourself mechanics by publishing highly detailed automotive manuals and time-saving service guides. We started by reprinting and distributing hard-to-find British car manuals, such as Austin-Healey, MG, and Triumph. Today we offer a full line of technical automotive reference information for Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volkswagen and many other vehicles.

Everything that goes into a Bentley manual - from developing the outline, tearing down a car, authoring the repair information, taking our own photography, to meticulously disassembling the vehicle (and putting it back together again!) - is done by our team of Technical Editors right here in our Cambridge, Massachusetts office.

In authoring our manuals, our approach has been to go for the details, resulting in books that may look intimidating, but are easy to use. More detail and less "averaging of facts" leads to less guess work when you are working on a car.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An invaluable resource for anyone who owns an A2 volkswagen, December 27, 1999

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Brian McCain (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volkswagen GTI, Golf, and Jetta Service Manual: 1985-1992 (Paperback)

It contains everything from regular maintenance to complete overhauling of every little part, and is incredibly well-written and clear. It took me 5 minutes reading this manual to diagnose the source of a noise in my 88 Jetta GL engine that several knowledgable mechanics couldnt find at all. I was especially impressed that there are complete electrical schematics for each individual model, and several pages for each model at that. Not only does it tell you how to maintain and repair your car, but it also gives you valuable background information and explains the differences between each model and variant on a model. If you have a Haynes manual, or any other manual for that matter, youre missing out, and making life difficult for yourself, and you need this book. Anyone whos really into cars can tell you the Bentley manuals are the best ones out there.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now I do it better than our professional local mechanics, September 6, 1999

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[e-mail] (El Salvador, Central America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volkswagen GTI, Golf, and Jetta Service Manual: 1985-1992 (Paperback)

I like VW Golfs quite a lot but I had problems undoing what a couple of mechanics have done to my last Golf (and bill me dearly for it). Thanks to the detailed information this book contains, now I got it running as it should, and will continue saving hundreds of times what I paid for this book.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jetta repair bible!, June 30, 2001

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ROBERT S WILLIAMS (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volkswagen GTI, Golf, and Jetta Service Manual: 1985-1992 (Paperback)

This book is great for the "do-it-yourselfer"...even for the novice who wants to save [the] per hour shop fee and do some basic repairs on your VW, this book will guide you through it. It also provides very handy diagrams and pictures.