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If anyone lives around the Manchester area,and is having difficulty with cleaning up their lenses,I have the polisher and am not averse to helping any decent bloke out,after being in bodyshops for 40 years,I have a bit of kit available.Give me a pm if you're stuck.Rod.

Thanks Chris.

Sorry to be boring,but will golf mk5 312 brakes fit my 5.5 sport estate?

Just the post that markstafford was looking for

Mark,if you look for your nearest TPS,on the net,you should get the right stuff at a sensible price.Rod.

Carefully check,one by one,the hard black plastic vacuum pipes,from one end to the other.I had the same problem,drove me mad,and eventually traced it to vacuum pipes,but look and feel very thoroughly,it could save your sanity.

I just changed mine last week.You will have more room to move if you take off the pipe to the intercooler round the back of the head.Take off the rocker cover,and you will see the loom on the right hand side of the cylinder head.Disconnect the four plugs from the injectors,and unscrew the connector ...

Mine does about 140 for £20,but I'm not very gentle

If the rear wiper has the same problem as my last one,just remove it,open it and wash it out with a degreaser,grease,reassemble,and hopefully that will be it.All the origional grease had gone solid.There was nothing complicated about it.

I had a rad leak in my last car and bought a new rad.As I could'nt be bothered immediatly to change it,I bought some of that stuff,the rad is still in my garage,and that was 2 years ago!!!

When you say it goes into the airbox,is that at the back or the front?Your n75 valve has three outlets,a 4mm to the airbox,and two 3mm,one to the turbo actuator,and one to a joint with the vacuum reservoir.

I have been to TPS this week,and they have 20ltrs of quantum platinum on offer at 64 quid,also filters are on offer.I had oil,2 oil filters,1fuel filter and an air filter,90 quid,that has to be a bargain

That quantum is the oil I intended to buy.I noticed in TPS they had a chart,and the platinum was the one with the strongest recommendation from vw.It's around 70 quid for a drum,so I'll do another change next weekend and see how the top end reacts before I make any moves.Cheers Rod.

Who makes that oil Dave?

It's one or two that have an irritating loud tick.I did my first oil change on this car yesterday,and put in gtx high mileage.shortly I will be putting in platinum mineral oil from TPS.The oil filter cap was almost welded on,so I'm assuming the oil hasn't been changed regularly.The tappets did quiet...

Is the changing of hydaulic tappets on my pd130 as straightforward as it looks in the manual.thanks

I had the same problem,someone on here advised me to fire wd40 down the indicator stalk,it worked and I havn't had it since

Thanks Karl,that one suggestion was a good lead,I owe you one,Rod.

Eureka :hyst My limp has gone :ymapplause: The heartiest thanks to all you lads who have kindly chucked your two pennorth in.After going through everything,and seeking the services of three" technicians "who obviously wanted to have me over,I reasoned that the practical knowledge available...

Thanks lads,checked the vac pump,2 outlets very poor vac,the big one nearly sucked my lip off,is that how it should be?

Well,after removing and cleaning my turbo,(you may remember my friendly vag technician wanted 660 quid to do same),I still have the same problem :(( Turbo blades are really clean and the vanes are nice and free,egr valve nice and clean,new n75 valve,all vac pipes renewed.Took it out,pulled well up t...

I think you need to submit the chassis number to the supplier,I had that same problem when i had some from europarts,I gave them the reg and they gave me 22mm,guess what?they were the smaller size All part of learning I guess

Thanks Karl,that will be a help. Rod.

I am going to clean the vanes.Interesting you should mention town driving and low revs,my previous car had 198k on the clock,most of it fast motorway,and that was the origional turbo.Incidentally,the spindle on this turbo has no discernable movement at all,so,I'll take the advice and keep you posted...