Hi, I'm taking my lovely new 150 bhp diesel Golf Gti with shiny Xenon headlights, over to France in a couple of weeks. Does anyone have any experience of switching these things for driving on the wrong side of the road? Of course you can't just stick normal beam benders on the lenses as they get too hot or something. There's meant to be a magic lever behind each of the lights that just flicks it...

I've got a 01 Jetta Wolfsburg 1.8T with only 28,000 miles. And I am hearing a whine when I depress the clutch. I'm not familiar with the clutch system in the vw. Does it use a throwout bearing??? That shouldn't be the case unless there is a known problem??? Can anyone help me out??? Thanks Dave

I have a Mk3 Golf Estate 1.9 Tdi on which I know the Turbo is playing up ( The wastegate is fubar) thus I'm only getting half the boost I should around 1400bar (900bar is unloaded and under full load the turbo should kick out 1900bar). I would therefore like to replace my turbo, I'm not sure if the turbo is a KKK or a Garret. I know with one iof them you can replace the wastegate as it is a...

"Rogue" wrote in message ... Hi all, I have the strangest problem with my Mk2 Golf atm. '86 MK2 Golf 1.6 CL I get the most horrid droning noise when the car is in motion which gets louder and higher the faster i Drive. However the sound vanishes when ever i take a left hand bend. I think it's a wheel bearing...

In article , (Rogue) writes: I get the most horrid droning noise when the car is in motion which gets louder and higher the faster i Drive. However the sound vanishes when ever i take a left hand bend. I think it's a wheel bearing / CV joint problem. Exactly what my 'rocco's going to have fixed tomorrow. In my case,...

http://www.nsracing.com/ in Edgeware any good????? "David McLennan" wrote in message ... Hello, Could anyone out there make any recommendations on a good garage to carry out some work on my beloved MK II golf?

I posted the following message ages ago and forgot to check for replies. Is this NG archived anywhere? Alternatively, if you think you know the answer, please let me know. Thanks! ==== original post ==== Someone did a mini-valet on it and could hear the alarm kept going off. From that day on, the alarm went off about 10 seconds after I used the key-fob to lock all the doors and activate the...

Hi All, I have recently bought a Ford Mondeo L Reg 1.8 16v, and all though everything is running ok. On start-up (always starts first time), after a few seconds of reving, it will cut out but once warmed up its fine. After looking under the bonnet, I found the following connector: http://tinyurl.com/gyrc (black connected on like a green sensor) has had the two wires into it cut. Two wires are...

Hi folks, My girlfriends Mk. 1 Golf is not working at the moment, with fuel problems. Recently, the filler hose to the fuel tank had perished, dribbling fuel all over the road, so she took it to the garage for a repair. The garage did the repair OK, but managed to trap one of the two hoses that go to the engine between the chassis and tank, clamping it closed. She managed to drive the car...

David McLennan waffled on in a quite bewildering manner to produce... Hello, Could anyone out there make any recommendations on a good garage to carry out some work on my beloved MK II golf? I need two things fixed: a) Some little ba5t**d tried to break in by levering the drivers door handle off the car. They were scared away when the alarm went off, but I now have a...

Cheers for the advice, will check out suggestions and feedback findings. Tobi "Tobi" wrote in message ... Hi Just as the sun is beating down the power hood on my 1992 Golf Rivage decides to stop working!

Try Autowerke next to Sloans in Edinburgh. They are all ex VW Audi technicians and now maintain my Mk2 Gti. Been going to them for last two years and charge £35 p/h rather than £65 at Sloans. Everything they have done has been perfect plus they are a Bosch service agent. Don't let the premises put you off ! 410/3 Gorgie Rd Edinburgh EH11 2RN 0131 337 9008

John Allan wrote in message Of more immediate concern is that your oil warning light came on and you only added a quarter litre of oil. I would have thought at least a litre should have been added to bring the level up to the correct level. Ideally above the knurled section on the dipstick at the top of the recessed area. I think i found the correct oil...

I think he meant the service indicator which is just a reminder to have an oil service. It comes up in place of the trip counter and goes off after 30 seconds or so. If this was the first time it came on, I doubt it has anything to do with the failure. Dave "Makhno" wrote in message ... Yesterday my 1999 Passat 1.9 TDi...

Reach your hand up and push at the hood...never lower the hood without doing this as it puts extra strain on the motor... If this doesn't cure the problem and you wanna lower the hood manually loosen off the valve in the left hand side of the boot and just pull at the hood (gently)...don't miss out on the sun... -- Chaney

I've a Skoda with the 90tdi VW engine , simply service is ok, clutch repaqlacemnt ok but further in to anything other than a cam belt cahnge needs special electrinic VAG reader, engine speed idle adjust, pump timing,etc "DCA" wrote in message ... "jambo" wrote in message ...

I would hope so. -- Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ "londonbeat" wrote in message ... Does anyone in the group know whether (theoretically) unplugging the speed

"Jim" wrote in message ... My wife's T reg Polo is seriously lacking storage space. I've just driven a Merc A class for a few days and it had storage drawers under the seats. I now see from the VW web page that Polos have these too - does anyone know if it''s possible to retro fit these, or if they were available...

We deal in three year old VW Polo's and have noticed that many 1.4 and 1.0 engines have a noise that sounds like the ends rattling, it is more noticeable when cold, but can still be heard when warm with a blip of the throttle, it is defiantly not the tappet noise, that we are all used to after they have been standing for a few days. A local VW service advisor confirmed that it was known as a...

I have a 1991 Golf Driver 1.8 auto which loses water through the expansion tank when driven in hot weather. I have replaced the filler cap, thermostat and the 3 pin fan thermoswitch, but still have the same problem. It seems to be that the fan only operates at normal speed and never at boost speed and never for long after the ignition is turned off. Can anybody help?