I love seafoam and have used it in all my cars for a few years now. For initial treatment I do a full can thru a vac line, and a full can in the gas tank. With a full can thru a vac line you get enough in the oil that you dont need to add it to the crankcase.
I had an '89 VW Golf with 165k miles on ...

it sounds to me that under hard acceleration, your serp belt is slipping and the alternator isnt spinning fast enough so theres a temorary voltage drop, when the rpms go back to slower speeds, the belt grips again.

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MadeInJapan wrote:let me suggest that you clean up your engine bay a bit

thank you, i know the valve cover is not very pretty, nor is the fuel rail, i haven't had a lot of time to spend detailing the car, especially that its been extremely cold outside

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JRL wrote:Well, if you do come here, you should get rid of that grill ASAP and consider spraying the wheels silver.
The car itself doesn't look all that bad but the above mentioned just flat out kills it

Thanks Chief, I do agree the grille is bad, but the wheels look great in person.

Selling this car for my dad, he moved out of state and I have no use for it other than occasional driving to work.
Its a great car with lots of power when you need it.
If you don't like the gold grille, I can swap in a brand new stock grille.

I replaced the PNP Switch .
I also replaced the rear ...

I searched and found a DEC brand DP/Cat on eeuroparts.com, looked into it a little bit more and found the real part number for it, searched some more and found a place that carries the DEC brand Direct Fit Cat w/ loose 3 bolt flange for $293.95 shipped, they also have the non turbo 2 bolt and 4 bolt ...

If its definitely the injectors and they are much louder than what is the accepted norm of volume, you can send them out to get professionally cleaned and tested for about $10-$20 an injector depending on who you use.
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Drove to the grocery store today, the check engine light was back on and the flashing arrow returned as well as limp mode. I ordered a new PNP switch from rockauto for like 55-60 shipped.
I'm gonna check the codes and clear em again once this "noreaster" passes over.
I also took a look under the car ...