blackcat

The sensible part of me says cut your losses and get rid, but I still miss my VR6 corrado which I got rid of over 18 months ago so the sentimental part says keep it :brickwall: I now have a 52 plate gt tdi golf (130) which, yes, does sound like a diesel but apart from that you wouldn't really guess you were driving a diesel. In my opinion it handles well, drives great and I love it :luvlove: oh, and the mpg ain't bad either.

ok, so we took the alternator off and took the brushes out, then we put it all back together and put it back with a new belt and all is fine! Yay :D Not sure how long it'll last because the brushes looked they could do with replacing so now I've just got to find somewhere to get some brushes from - all the places I've spoke to seem to want to sell me a whole alternator :? But, for now, it's working, Thanks guys :D

Would the mk3 2l 8v gti have the same alternator? (If so, I could swap the one in my car for the one from my other half's gti to see if it was the alternator)

ok, ta very much for the pic, I'll attempt to have a look this evening !!

nope, still going round.

:lol: lol, probably. My car seems to have a life of its own most of the time anyway. Thanks for the suggestion coolrado, I'll check the battery voltage tonight. Is there anyway to find out if it is the alternator/brush pack for sure?

I have a mk3 turbo diesel golf and it is doing very strange things.... For a few months now the alternator belt has been squealing when started from cold and I've been meaning to get round to changing it for ages but.... last night when I was driving home, everytime I hit 2500 revs, the rev needle dropped to zero and the battery light flickered, then it would right itself and the rev counter would go back to normal. Now this morning, the rev counter seems to not work at all, it is staying on zero and the battery light is on and the oil and water light flash, like when its stalled. The car is still drivable and I can't feel any difference in the car, it still revs and accelerates normally,, it just doesn't show on the rev counter!? The only difference is now the belt is not squealing. Does anyone know what is going on? Is something wrong with the belt and it's not charging the alternator properly? I have checked and the belt is still going round.

The VW dealers in Bedford broke my immobiliser a few years ago and similarly wouldn't admit that it was them that did it. I wrote to head office in Milton Keynes and they did sweet fa! The totally backed the dealership and didn't seem to care one little bit about me or my complaint!! Hope you get a better outcome!

all moonroofs are equal but some are more equal than others.

yeah, I'll get round to it soon.

I am getting slightly addicted to facebook now! I still need more friends though...one more and I'm into double figures :lol:

hey everybody, I need some more friends so I don't look like a loser with only five friends (even though that's what I am :( ) so can some people please take pity on me and be my friends!! :lol: (Angela Carpenter)

me too :D

We recently had a whole new VAG exhaust on the VR which cost us about £370. I thought that was a bit steep but £700???