04-02-2013, 11:56 PM
Welcome to the club 
I'm guessing the 2.0 conversion is to the GTi engine? If so, then listen to it when it starts, if it makes a horrible, loud, tapping sound then walk away as it will have had the cambelt snap at some point in its life and hasn't been repaired properly. Check when the cambelt was last replaced, and whether the waterpump and tensioners were also replaced.

I'm guessing the 2.0 conversion is to the GTi engine? If so, then listen to it when it starts, if it makes a horrible, loud, tapping sound then walk away as it will have had the cambelt snap at some point in its life and hasn't been repaired properly. Check when the cambelt was last replaced, and whether the waterpump and tensioners were also replaced.