Hi I have been looking to replace my Golf Diesel 90bhp and I have seen a Skoda Octavia VRS with the PD engine. What do people think. Anything I should look out for ? Its done 10,000 miles and is one year old. Any comments. I dont know if there is a Skoda equivalent to this group TIA Alan

When my VW Passat was last serviced I was told that the front disks had corroded. This is true and there has been some corrosion at the edges. I have been reluctant to change the disks, as neither the disks or pads are near their wear limits, even after 45,000 miles and 5 years. The brakes work fine. However, the car is now due for its MOT, so my question is: Is the state of the disks an...

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i have one of these with high mileage, 227k. still going well though, starts every time, carb seems fine. probably coz its only had one long term owner and was looked after. i worked the mpg out a few times, and driving round town i only got 26mpg. a bit of both and i got 31mpg. being careful and driving a roads at 50/60 most of the time i got 34.5mpg. still not great though, as i remember an...

Daughter's 1.7 SDI Lupo, '99 (T), done all of about 80k miles. The box had to be repaired about 10k miles ago, (18 months back), and it's gone again. Now making a heavy whine on the overrun at low speed. this suddenly came on yesterday. The last time the fault was the roller bearing on the mainshaft disintigrating, made obvious when I dropped the oil out and several graunched-up rollers came out...

my climate control panel when starting up just flashes but eventually comes on normally,but the fan speed control sometimes will not work. any ideas ??? -- Message posted using http://www.talkaboutautos.com/group/uk.rec.cars.vw.watercooled/ More information at http://www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html

My VW stealership and the local independent are both insisting that I should have the cambelt replaced on my 2003 Passat 2.0 20v petrol at 60K miles. As this is a really expensive operation, I've checked both the handbook and the erWin repair manual, both of which state that the belt should be inspected annually from 60K miles, and replaced when worn, or at 120K miles whichever comes first....

hey, Im trying to fit aftermarket seats into my 1.0l 6n polo but I cant seem to gets the stock seats out! spent almost 4 hours trying to get them out but so far no luck. If anyone could tell me how its done Id be really very greatful. remember Im trying to take out the FRONT seats of my Polo 6N, not the rear, theyre easy.

The radiator hoses on my 2003 2.0 petrol Passat are held onto the radiator outlets by steel bands. The bands look like they may have been pressed on and may be clamped afterwards. How are you supposed to remove the bands? Pushing them down the pipe is not going to be easy, If I try and cut them off I risk damaging the pipe. The bottom pipe is the main problem as I can easily undo the other...

I was informed on my last service that my rear bushes were on the way out. The place I used has now closed down for some reason. So I need to find another specialist. Anyways I was wondering how much I should expect to pay for the rear bushes to be changed ? Also the clutch is as high as everest so that will need changing aswell. Its not quite slipping but not exactly grabbing the gears if...

Just bought a 99 Golf GT Tdi yesterday. The alarm went off twice overnight and I can't establish just why. Anyone know of any vulnerabilities? Many thanks

Hi, I have an x reg 2000 polo and I am confused as to why the high level brake light doesnt work, tried looking at the fuses but theres no mention of the light. Any ideas? Please help.

I have a 1.6s golf 2001 and the Catalytic Converter has had a annoying rattle for about 6 months ... my usual garage said theres not much point changing it untill its due its mot when it will most likely fail so as my MOTS coming up and the rattle is anooying the life out of me does anyone know where I might find one for this car online, checked the usual suspects like gsf and eurocarparts...

I realise that this is a bit of a "how long is a piece of string" question but I'd like to know what kind of fuel consumption I should expect from my 2006 reg 140ps diesel DSG Touran. Currently I'm getting around the 40-42 mark, dipping under 40 on some tankfuls, occasionally reaching the dizzying heights of 43 on a long journey. I'm not partcularly leadfooted and even when I make an effort...

hi A relative has a 2001 Polo with 20k miles. It has the 1.4 8v engine. We're unclear whether the cam belt needs to be changed. The service log book just mentions renewing the belt every 60k miles. But I've read here and elsewhere that the plastic tensioner is prone to failure on 16v engines and perhaps the belt should be changed at 40k miles or 4 years.

I have a black GTI 2.0 2000 plate vw golf. I have had it through the summer and the a/c works well on cold but I have noticed now coming to the winter months that the interior heater will at best only blow out warm air and not hot. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I need to repair/fix? Any suggestions would be gratefully received. Thankyou -- Message posted using...

Hi all, Can any mechanical Merlins out there tell me what's gone wrong? :) My car has started juddering (missing?) quite badly in the last couple of days. Pulling away from a roundabout or going up a hill, and its pretty bad. Hills that I was able to roll up in 5th, now need 3rd, and I'm not a fast driver, this is just gentle driving. The car:

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Coming up to needing to change my front brakes on the 1.6 2001 golf and was after some advice on what products to use ? I'll be getting what I need from GSF, I see they have drilled brake discs are these any good never used them ? I read they may be noisey at low or may have been high speeds I forget which, they have the brembo max disc in store they said it was popular which doesn't make it...