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I cannot confirm how accurate the smell is to its name but it is a nice air freshener, spray into the carpets and lasts a good while, really like their purple stuff grape soda smelling one

Will do when I have worked out how to attach/upload a photo! As a supplementary question can anyone recommend a good clay bar and kit for a relative beginner? I have all the Autoglym cleaners, polishes and waxes I need (and probably some I don’t) and a polishing machine I am ok with using, just nee...

The hub you linked looks correct but the part number I fitted had a B on the end instead of the one you linked has an A. I suspect its a superseded part from VW and the link would fit fine. I have no experience with that brand however and for important parts I always like to fit genuine but could be...

Could be the sensor but from your description I reckon its the wheel bearing. This has to be fitted as a complete rear hub as the magnetic abs pickup ring lives in the back of it somehow and is a sealed unit. I suspect the inner bearing in the hub has play (unsure of car mileage) which needs replaci...

I am afraid you will have to fit a complete hub and bearing unit probably cheaper from TPS rather than VW, definitely recommend a genuine one, I think I paid around £80. It is a sealed unit and the abs pickup ring is somehow built into the back part of it (no visible ring, the back is kind of rubber...

Paulneenan76 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:21 am Cheers Kartman. That’s a good recommendation. What would I expect to pay for something like that from them?

From memory it was something like £369 but it's worth giving Alistair a ring as they sometimes have deals on etc

Thanks @mrderv I’ll get those ordered. Thanks @kartman I’ve heard of them, recommended by some colleagues. I understand that they confuse people by the name as they are not actually in unit 118? Can you tell me how it was transformed? All round performance or better pull etc? They have an excellent...

Hello All. New to the forum and new to my new to me B7 Estate Executive Style 177 in candy white. Some awesome B7’s on here. Being an old fart, my modding days are long gone, however, I’d really like to add a few choice extra’s, some of which I’m having trouble finding, and could do with some help....

I feel you have replaced both the catch and lock for no reason. It will almost certainly be the wiring has fractured where it leaves/enters the boot hinge tube. This can be got at by removing the left side carpet in the boot compartment. The wiring is held to this by a funny black plastic bracket. T...

hi, jist an update on what i previously posted, cars been in today, they changed the right hand side rear sensor so now all is good. It was the price they charged that wasnt good, £170 just for that, he did say if its not sensor, could be the hub at an extra cost in total of £230, but turned out ju...

thanks kartman, i haveonly just managed to get my car booked in for the abs and esp light on, also flat tyre and parking brake. I was just wondering, i had the five spoke wheels on my car and replaced them with the cc sirocco wheels, could this have caused the lights to come on, although all same d...

thanks Kartman, will it be dangerous to drive for another week, as im on holiday right now and cannot get anywhere to fix it Not necessarily, I drove mine like that for several months but you must realise your ABS will not function. I am used to driving classics cars with no ABS or any electrical a...

Likely to be an issue with an ABS wheel speed sensor. You would need to get a diagnostic scan done first with VCDS or similar to determine which one and then determine whether it is the sensor, wiring or hub at fault.

Hey Buddy,

So glad you bought it can't wait to see it in the flesh.
For your wiring I can't help I am afraid but I read Halfrauds had the Haynes manual for these on offer atm so that would be your best bet I imagine, or find one in the scrappy maybe.

Jordan

I had this in my CC when I test drove it before buying. It would cool but not heat the window, making it hard to see where I was going! I suspect you have a stuck circulation flap in the heater system somewhere. I believe my car had a new flap and motor fitted but you maybe able to just free it up i...

nr1 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:03 am how to find out which one is it? doesnit say on V5?

Pug your reg into: https://www.mpdonline.co.uk/ and hit search
The bit that says Engine Model is the engine number you are after.

How close are you to Milton Keynes?
I can highly recommend Unit 18 Automotive in MK

For those that use Google chrome browser and use several forums, all of which will be plagued by this but few will have this fix in place, I have a extra little helper. This works by adding ~original to the end of each photobucket url. God knows how long until PB cotton on and stop it working but a ...

I have a 2011 GT BMT TDI that is now remapped to 205hp and 421nm torque. Mine is on 147K miles now and was on 80K when I got it so I have covered plenty of miles to form an opinion. By far the most reliable car I have owned. I have only replaced two things a rear wheel bearing (perfectly reasonable ...

100% you need a new hub/bearing assembly. B6 and B7 rear hubs have the magnetic pickup integrated into the back of the hub and it has to be changed as a complete unit. Got my rear hub/bearing unit from TPS probably around £80. On my CC when jacked up I could not feel any play in the bearing but once...

Hi Buddy its Jordan

Worth getting a voltmeter on the battery should be near enough 14v. And then check the voltage as you crank it over, see how much it drops. Could be a bad earth or starter motor etc

Commenting on this to see what replies you get as mine is doing the same. Mine now intermittently loses all satellite fixes and the map just goes for a wander about wherever it feels! The aerial you installed is it part of the shark fin on the roof or is there another somewhere? Mine is in a CC if t...

Unit18 Automotive in Milton Keynes remapped my CC. Cannot recommend them highly enough. Are very knowledgeable with your engine too, can find many glowing reviews on the Briskoda forum

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I was researching these guys back in 2012 when they were fairly new, and a member of another forum did some digging for me: Interesting, on the bottom of the website they are "Quantum Tuning Ltd". A search at companies house shows them as a non-trading company. ie, they have not traded for...

got a second hand hub and changed it, problem sorted :-bd literally could not undo the hub bolt in the old one! even had a large scaffold tube on it, could not get i to move, not sure why! As I expected, I can almost guarantee it was the inner bearing (nearest sensor) that was damaged. Glad you got...