robrado974

Avoid the wall , the Stasi are on the lookout .

Understood comrade endeegee .

Perhaps I should waxed and polished the wheels from the start Sean . I never really thought about it , they are painted wheels . I always do it now . I've never found a wheel cleaner that does what it says on the tin . I suppose it can't be to harsh as the paint will get damaged . A few months back I cleaned them with brasso , it's the only thing I've found to remove stubborn stains .

I might go for OEM then . My car is only a summer weekend driver and the occasional nice evening . If I clean it and go for a 20 mile drive , the front wheels are covered in dust .

How are they for dust Jim ? . I can't remember what I have on mine , I know they are not OEM though .

As Sean said its not worth it . Next time my pads need changing I'm going to get a decent set , it gets on my nerves with all the dust . My wheels are stained and it's a right pain to remove .

I have a Jetex , sounds great to me .

I hope so , it's nice and clean on top of the housing . It needs a good run with the pressure up . Hopefully all should be well .

When you say you have ignition , your saying you have a spark at the plugs ? .

I think we will rebuild it Sean . But we won't be able to get rid . we borrowed 6.5 of my mum , we still owe 4.7. Plus the 2.5k for the new engine that's 7.2k . I'm not sure of the cost private sale wise now ?. But we would probably need more to get the equivalent car in a TDI version . That we just will not have .

It would have to be found if we can't find a way out of it Kevin . Although it worries me that even with new parts it could start developing problems sometime later . Then your left with what's left on the loan to buy the car in the first place and the 2.5 you spent rebuilding it .

Its the Gt Kevin . My father in law has been online and found a company that will rebuild it for 2.5k . It comes with a 12 month or 12k warrantee . As said we don't know who had the car before and they could have ragged it to death .like I said before though , surly the bloke from we buy any car is going to inspect it and will hear the noise ? .

All done .

Thanks chaps , good tips .

Hi Hasan , yep that is one thing to consider . Sadly there would be no point speaking to VW, there are plenty of people who have tried and got nowhere . If it was still under VW warrantee yes , they have replaced a lot of these engines for people , but not for an 08 car . Jim , no VW do not make cars like they used to . I did get a quote from we buy any car , they offered a measly £4300.00. I think it's outrageous the amount of oil these engines need . We are weighing up the options at the moment , we buy any car could still be an option , but it does state the car must be mechanically sound . As soon as you start it it's evident it's not right . I presume it's no salesman that checks the car when they turn up it will be someone with mechanical knowledge .

Ah Sean that's a great offer , thank you , I'm sure Rog would be up for it too , but it needs to be done ASAP . The Mrs has a car from AnE at the moment and we can't take the mick . I'm just worried that the next engine could be as bad . At least if it's a rebuilt lump from a supplier it has a 12 month warrantee on it . I wish to god I had never bought the poxy thing . I should have read up on them first !. Thanks again bud it means a lot it really does ! . Hope to see you soon at a mini meet .

No Delfinis , no aircon dude. I have a poor mans Corrado lol .

I have thought of writing it off Bill believe me .

Thanks Tigerfish , I thought as much . I will have to get a pole with a rag on the end to clean it , it's difficult to get to . I don't won't to remove the front end to get to it really .

I have oil coming out of the housing where the senders are located . I've just got two replacements from TPS . Any thing I should know about before doing the job ? , it looks like you just take off the connectors and unscrew the old ones . The screw in the new ones , replace the electrical plugs and it's done . Many thanks Rob .

Thanks Darren . I guess the credit card is going to take a hammering !.

Glad you got it sorted .

Long story short . As some of you may know , we had a TDI , it got stolen then recovered . Like a lot of people we didnt want it after some scumbag had been driving it , i wish to god we had kept it . We traded it in for an 08 Golf TSI. Me being a dumbarse relied on the fact it was a Golf and new ish [only 30k]and did not read up on them . It has a full service history. What i didnt know was the endless list of engine problems . Although i checked the oil i had no idea they drank it like you would not believe , apparently this is within VW tolerances .As far as I'm comcerned you should not have to check the oil on a new car until its changed when serviced , its only on 37k now . It appears i have let the oil get a little low , this would not affect any other car i know but its damaged this car . The mrs came back from work and said it didnt sound good . I lifted the bonnet and it sounded terrible , the chain guides are rattling and the bottom end has gone . We gave it to my friendly mechanic and after enquiries with an ex murry VW machanic he said its not worth repairing . The ex VW chap said we had these in for rebuilds all the time , there are endless problems with them . Im not sure if it was the low oil or the same problems as alot of other people have had that has done the damage . I know you cant solve my problem for me , maybe I'm just getting it off my chest , but i just dont know what to do with it !. My mechanic changed the filter and put in thicker oil for me and said the best thing you can do is offload it to a trader part ex for another car . I cant even do that as the engine is horrible on start up for a few seconds , no one is going to touch it , plus even if they did buy it , once they found the problem , which I'm sure would not take very long it could come back on us and we would be in trouble and back to square one . We got the car with an interest free loan from my mum , we still owe 5k on it [we pay £200.00 a month]. What would you do ?. Trying to find the dough for a 12 month warrented engine is near impossible and I'm not sure its a good idea knowing how weak these engines are . Ive even considered selling my VR to fund it .Im sick to my stomach and feeling very stupid at the moment .

There's plenty of info on changing it . Basically when the steering cowl is removed and the steering wheel, you can see a very small screw that holds the ignition switch on . Now this screw is a pita to get too .some people have heated up screw drivers and bent the to the angle they need to remove it , others have managed with a watch makers type driver to get it out . All will become clear when you see it .

Also try wiggling the key when trying to start the car . Mine would start this way .