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did my payment go through zerocool? Just checkin.

doing well on these tools fella! I'll have one from ya. pm me details - if you can give me bank account details i can do an online transfer, nice and quick/painless!

Thermostat Housing. For a VR if that makes a differences. Can't seem to get a price on them.

I had this exact same problem, and VW robbed me blind. I'm now driving my bruvs old VR (N reg) which has the immobiliser in the key) and when he had it, this problem surfaced on a few occasions. First time he took it to a main dealer and they checked it out, said it was the fuel pump so replaced it and all was well and good for a couple of months. Then it started doing it again, so he went to a different main dealer who checked it out and said it was that coil that was mentioned earlier, so they replaced that. Then it ran for like a year with no problems until I got it. Car had been sat on the drive for a few months and I finally sorted all the documents out so I could drive it and took it to work on a morning. Drove fine all the way there then the problem started again just after I got some fuel. I had no other option but to get it towed to the garage and my veedub speciliast immediately thought it was the transponder in the key, might have needed re-coding since it was stood for a long time. So I had to get it towed to the main dealers in Leeds (Richard Alexander) and they did the work without calling me and charged me £125 for TWO FUSES to be replaced and the corresponding "looms" apparently. The two fuses they reckon they replaced were the reverse light fuse and the dash fuse (which I knew were out cos I took them out!). So i get back in the car and start it up no problems, then noticed that they haven't even put a bloody dash fuse back in it. I felt well and truly fleeced. Glad this thread is here, as i've a sneaking suspicion that it will die on me again at some point, at least now I know what to look for myself. One other thing that I found out recently was that sometimes taxi radios and mobile phone masts can interfere with immobiliser signals and cause problems on some models of cars. I was starting to think that might have been the issue.

I'm hoping to change mine this weekend. Has anyone done it before, looks a bit of a bastard to get to! My local veedub specialist is getting one in for me, but I still don't know how much they are. Any ideas?

I've just found the leak on mine - looks like the thermostat housing. Any ideas on how much these are? GSF don't do them apparently, so i'm assuming main dealer only?

now then!

Red VR6, tidy blonde driving it going round Armley Giratory gave each other a nod as she went past in other lane! Yesterday, about 7pm-ish.

Nip down to your local friendly vw stealers, sweet talk the parts department and give them your reg number - they can check on the pooter when the car was last booked in for service etc, and the mileage is recorded. Will at least help you figure what it should be around, based on average mileage etc.

Yep me to, I have had no mats in the car since i got it, so need to get hold of some soon! After standard looking Corrado mats, just better quality.

I found with my golf that i could fit the standard VW jack under the sill (just) and jack it up enough to get the trolley jack underneath. Might be worth trying on the C Gixxer.

You want my Mark1 Golf Cab 1.6gl of course!! LINKY!

Metallic Blue 2lt valver i think. Had a little game of chase from the lights going on to the stanningley bypass top of armley, leeds. Smooth back panel, plate relocated to the bumper and FAT rims. Looks pretty nice. Reg no. A20 VWC, quality plate! Saw him again on the way back into Leeds this morning. Anyone on here?

Thats fantastic! Geeza can dance!

Thanks, I can relax about that now. Will keep an eye on the coolant level and see if any magically disappears again anytime soon!