robrado974

Well done Jim . Next year is my tenth year .

In removing the front end of the car , to refurb many parts , I tried to remove mine . I used plus gas , wd40 , but the bolt broke as it was rusted solid . I was going to get mine drilled out and put a new bolt in .

It's all to do with my TSI problems John . We received the vagcom report from VW ,when they sent it to auction . There were two faulty sensors and the warning light was on . The garage we bought it from said there was no warning light on in the car when they purchased it . Very strange ! . I think they are lying . We've had the engine rebuilt as we had no choice . Online it says if unchecked a cam sensor can cause serious damage , I'm just after other opinions . Rob .

I've looked online and apparently left unchecked it can . Can anyone shed any light on this for me please ?. I'm just after other opinions . Thank you . Rob .

I have one too , love the retro look .

Use the search on here . You will find what you need .

Because of the battery being flat for a period of time the ECU needs to learn the engine again . If you do a search on it , you will find all the info .

Top blokes !. I met Darren at Volksfest a few years back , nice to talk to . The only gripe I had was that his car was nicer than mine lol . The Fuzzer , has helped me many a time with phone calls and parts that always arrive speedy quick . Thumbs up chaps .

It's a big task easy. My car looks like your first pic at the moment . And I have to agree , where do you stop ! .

Great info , thanks , I appreciate it .

That's the problem Sean , proving it . I will get there though .

Update . The chap has rung me . Yep , he had a engine warning light on the dash to alert him of a problem and it didn't sound to good . He took it to VW and they diognosed the dreaded chain guide problems , typical TSI . They quoted him £1200 to fix it , he said no and traded it to them and drove off in a newer Golf . Interesting that he asked the salesman what would happen to his TSI , the rep said it would be moved on , then corrected himself and said "of course we will fix it first ". My guess is a VW mechanic toted up the hours for the job , plus parts and they thought , no it's not worth it and sent it to auction. There someone knew it could be sold for good money if it was fixed , they botched it and sold it on . I'm now waiting for reading VW , to get back to me to tell me where the car went . I'm now like a dog with a bone ! . I will get to the bottom of this .

Thank you . Rob .

I hope the mods don't mind , but can I keep this updated please ??. I'm on the trail of who naused the car up with disgusting workmanship . I may fail to get them to repay what I have paid out I may win !. So , we checked the log book and the car came from reading VW. The bloke who owned it also lives in reading . I asked my uncle who also lives there if he could knock on his door and see if he wouldn't mind talking to me . My uncle has just rung me and the bloke is very happy to ring me and answer any questions . my uncle said , the bloke told him the engine was damaged before he traded it in .He could not afford VW prices to fix it , so he part Ex'd it for another golf , when he picked up his new car the TSI , was in bits in the garage . So when he rings me I will get the full story on who botched the car and go from there .

Afternoon chaps . I'm going to take the old girl off the road and sort out the underside at the front of the car . If I enjoy the last of the weather I will be left with dark rainy evenings , which is not ideal . My question is , I obviously need to remove , track rods and the like , inc treating the subframes . Where can I lift the car from at a good height so I can work on it all ? . I have axle stands but I'm not sure where I can put them safely . This work will not be done over one weekend it will take a while . My subframes are in great Nick , I think with a clean and some treatment and paint I won't need to remove them , just change the bushes . Many thanks Rob.

I went to grab the window scrapers on Friday , they are not as good as I thought , sorry I wasted your time buddy .I really don't think they would be good enough .

I will ask my neighbour about this ,he works for kwikfit , has always sorted my tyre fitting alignment ect .

I would like to go to ccgb shows . But a lot of them seem to be up north . Although I was not on the club stand I did go to the show and shine at Bristol a year back, unfortunately everyone had gone as they had to get back on the Sunday .im self employed so I struggle sometimes to get to local shows , I've been to one this year which is pretty poor .

Thanks for the kind words both of you . I intend to pursue this . My first point of call is to try and contact the original owner . If he did the work there is nothing I can do . But if he says it was sold cheaply due to engine problems to a garage , then it must have been them that botched it and sold it to us ?. I may have a case then .

Well the final bill came in for the TSI . £3200.00 , I could cry I really could . The bloke rang me today and asked how many owners it had had , how long we have had it and have we had any work done . The car has one owner before us and we have had nothing done and owned it for eight months . He said the coil packs were glued together , so was the cam covers and the chain cover , there were marks to show someone had messed with the timing too . We bought the car at 30k on the clock so god knows why the chains had been messed with. Weather it was an engine failure or what I don't know . I think someone naused it up and traded it in . Weather the garage knew this I don't know . The three month warranty is up so we are screwed and very much out of pocket now .

Looking nice Jim .

Well done Sean , I forgot about the towel , there is grease on the runners and the front part where the nut and bolt is .

Hi Delfinis . Yes easy enough to do . There is a nut and bolt at the front just above the floor pan . Then the seat is free to slide back . It takes a bit of jiggling to put them back , but it's not a hard job to do . Just remember to unplug the loom first and fit it back in first .

It's amazing to what it all adds up too. I would be interested in the front cost as well .

Thank you for the replies and good info . Now I'm over the shock of the TSI disaster , I can try to get my car sorted .