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Nope, I mistyped. I have changed the oil - that helped the sticky gears completely. But not the clunkyness.

In fact I think you helped me pick the correct oil in a previous thread!

As above really. When I bought my estate last January the gear changes were clunky and sticky. Gearbox oil completely sorted the sticky, but the clunky has remained. Especially from first to second. But all gears to a lessening extent the higher up you go. However, now we've had a warm spell of 25 d...

Is it necessarily a problem? Has it always been this way, or have you noticed a recent drop? Surely it also depends how you drive it. Would you say you drive in a way to maximise mpg (eg leave a good gap to the car in front, don't go above speed limit, etc, etc). I have the same engine and do a simi...

I've been in a similar situation for nearly a year now, just can't decide which way to go... OEM vs after market. I'd much prefer OEM but they can be really expensive and often need canbus mods to work. I'm really tempted by the pumpkin android units on Amazon. Seem to pack a lot of bang for the buc...

Wow, that's a lot. :-o I'd be tempted to get the angle grinder out, cut out the old door and replace with a second hand one for less than half the cost. I'm joking of course, but my stinginess does make me have these thoughts!! Have you tried Mike at Listers Seat for the lock? Just send him a PM wit...

Bulldog wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:21 am
Nice one for the link. Mine came up with CBAB

Good stuff!

The locks can often stick and need a knock of some sort to release it. I've seen various comments about hitting the handle, but I found by 'twanging' the handle (by that I mean a quick movement of opening the handle fully with my finger tips and letting it go quickly in order that it springs back qu...

https://www.mpdonline.co.uk/ enter "your reg". My CBBB comes up when I entered mine, so hopefully it will identify yours as well.

A truly legendary engine! I'm sure it had more than 130 and I'd get 55mpg while ragging it. How I miss my old Toledo. If it wasn't a saloon I would have kept it. Damn kids!

I certainly wouldn't want you to just take our words for it, please do get it checked, but I can add my experience of a turbo which whistled the whole 5 years and 60k miles I owned an ASZ 1.9 (it had 120k on the clock when I bought it). Never gave me any bother and still working just fine when I sol...

Jarek wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2017 9:30 am One way to check is get under the car and have a good poke at the inner rods coming out of the rack. If you hit them from top or bottom you should get your culprit noise.

I know what I'll be doing tonight! Will report back with the diagnosis.

Great feedback, thanks very much.

dtr wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:54 pm If it doesn't meet VAG 507 000 spec you may soon find out the hard way.

Is that aimed at the Quantum oil, the Asda oil, or just a general comment?!

The Quantum and Asda oil both meet or exceed 507 spec. If it's just a general comment, then yeah, agreed

I have exactly the same knocking sound. It only happens at low speeds (<10mph) and is worst over uneven ground. When I'm driving along even ground and quickly steer from side to side (imagine an F1 driver warming his tyres) it's extremely pronounced. Having been under the car and had a good old look...

Because a manufacturer specification is a specification like ACEA is an oil specification . https://www.micksgarage.com/blog/a-rant-about-engine-oil/ Cool I can fill up my bath again ! Exactly, it meets the specification. What more is there? I've used Asda oils for years and never had an issue. Sam...

Just bought 2 x 5 litres of the Asda stuff for £13 each. Bargain!

Get it while it's cheap folks!!

With continuous use, the aircon smell continued to reduce to the extent that I felt only the filter change was required. Sure enough, no more smells now.

It's a shame I didn't get to try the 'bomb', but the aircon in the wife's Jazz is smelling so I'll give it a go in there.

Nice one, gotta love that feeling when you've fixed something!

I am no expert on these matters, but the obvious next step does seem to be checking the operation of the fans themselves. As jasimog said in his replies, it could be the brushes. Did you carry out the check he suggested? A quick search shows replacement fans are around £200, so worth your while spen...

Having had the aircon going for the last few days, the musty smell has reduced significantly.

However, there's still a bit of a pong there for the first 30secs or so after start up and the bits I ordered turned up yesterday so I'll run the anti bac and change the filter and report back.

I've ordered the bits I need, so will report back in a week or so. Interestingly (to me, because I'm sad!) I've found that Mann produce special cabin/pollen filters called 'Frecious Plus'. Here's their blarb... Frecious Plus from Mann Filters is a break through in in-car air purification, going one ...

Definitely different on the B6...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk6B5-W1N1g

That's an idea. Although thinking about it, isn't the cabin filter located in the passanger footwell? If so, and thats where the cannister is placed to spew it contents, then that will be the end result anyway.

It would be good to know if anyone else has used one of these bombs, because I can't help feeling it'll be a waste of money! Any success story's would be welcome

Yes, my plan is to leave the aircon on from now on to prevent this happening again. Method for the bomb... Make sure all doors are closed (other than the one you will close after detonating the bomb) and windows up Switch recirculate on, open all vents turn fan to max a/c on place 'bomb' on floor in...

The warmer weather has exposed a new issue with my car - I've got the common musty/mouldy smell when I turn the aircon on (since buying the car in Jan/Feb I've had it on auto without the a/c on, probably my first mistake). I'll be changing the cabin filter as it's cheap, easy to do and just makes se...