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  1. WeeG

    Car stalling - low oil?

    I'll give you the low down guys, after work today started my car, everrything was fine, i pulled out and as i started to move it just stalled, i never noticed until i tried to put the foot down a tiny bit more in the car park nothing! thought dam stalled it! Went to start it, it tried to turn...
  2. Car cuts out immediately - VAG com errors

    Hey Guys, Car started today - then cut out straight away. This happens every time I turn the key. When I turn the key HALF way, the dashboard lights don't even show up. In fact... no lights on the dashboard show at all. Here's a LOG: Obviously some errors are 'fake'...
  3. tris

    FIA World Touring Car Championship Brazil 5/6/7 March

    The start of the 2010 FIA World Touring Car Championship is just one week away. The series will get underway once again at Curitiba, Brazil. Members of the World Motor Sport Council and the competitors of the FIA World Touring Car Championship have voted through a new points system. The...
  4. Looking after a PD VAG car

    Hi everyone, I put this on Briskoda but as you guys seem to know your TDi beans Rach told me to bang it up here too, good idea I thought so i did :) I have just bought a Bora PD130 which I'm very happy with Buuuuuuuuuuut it has done 105k miles This is the first oil burner I've ever...
  5. Ieuan-J

    car getting hot

    Hello all... ive got yet another problem... my car has now stop kangerooing :funk: ( some how its sorted itself out... :) ) but now it gets reely hot so i have to keep my heating on all the time and its sooo anyoying [:@] I only let my temp gauge get to 3 quaters before i turn the heating on...
  6. ChrisGTL

    Value my car?

    I'm looking to get rid of my PD150 now. Looked on Parkers Guide but it seems very generous.... £9,255 Franchised Dealer £8,620 Independant Dealer £7,675 Private Good £5,750 Private Bad £6,490 PX Anyone else recently sold their PD150 (2005)? What did you get?
  7. Stiglet

    Looking for advice to upgrade me car..

    I am not in a very well paid job since my redundancy. I have been saving for 4 years lol to try and get my next car. I have a 1.4 Seat sport and looking to upgrade to either : 1.9 Sportrider 1.9 FR DAB special edition thingy(whatever thet is lol ) I dont have much money for running costs...
  8. Jacking up a lowered car?

    Hello all, here's my dilemma I like to do as much work on my LC as I can but it's a ball ache to get it up in there and on axel stands to work on it safely. Now my cars lowered I have to drive it on to 4 engineering bricks (2 each side) to be able to get the standard jack of death out, put on...
  9. car mats

    Hi anyone know a decent online company where I can buy some new interior mats for a Mk1 cupra? or will i have to go to Seat themself?
  10. ando

    V5 registration issue date not right on car im looking at buying...

    Hi guys, Im currently looking for a new seat diesel, i had one checked out at hpicheck.com and it came back saying the V5 registration issue date was different to the DVLA record. Is this something to really worry about? Everything else is ok, like chassis matches the VRM, the V5 serial is not...
  11. New car New member!

    Hi everyone joined the forum a few days a go as i just purchased a GTI 16v. Heres the spec and some pictures! GTI 16V Cupra Red OZ Supperleggeras 16" K&N Panel Filter 4-2-1 Manifold dont think its standard Magnex back box KW Adjustable Coilovers I...
  12. Ieuan-J

    Car kangerooing

    Right chaps... ive got this problem with my mk2 Ibiza 1.4 SXE. :( My head gasket went a few weeks ago and is all sorted pressure tested now and everything, but, after having it done its started 'kangerooing' ile be driving along and then suddenly its will just judderer violently and lose...
  13. Droning Noise from front of car.

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  14. Bentley1989

    HELP! Locked out of car....

    long story short was putting a new window regulator in yesterday and the battery went dead so i took it out and charged it over night. ive just went to put the battery back in, i unlocked the drivers side door, since there was no battery in the central locking didnt work. i popped the bonnet and...
  15. what car would win this race?

    What do you guys think would win in a sprint race. A leon tdi fr 170 chipped or a leon fr petrol dsg standard?
  16. Lifecrisis

    Just ordered the new car

    Candy white 5dr Ibiza Sport, 1.6 CR TDI. Black 17inch alloys ESP Climate control Con pack Folding mirrors Window tints Bluetooth USB Cruise control Should get it 20th May :D
  17. tomd1338

    How much is my car worth

    I thinking of selling my car but im not sure how much to put it up for. It is a 2005 1.4 sport in yellow. The body is in pretty good condition minus a couple of stonechips and hairline scratches etc. It has done 116,000 miles though. Its in good mechanical condition. Cheers for...
  18. need to do the timing belt on mothers car

    hey all as the title suggests i nee to do the timing belt on my mothers altea tdi. is there anything i need to be aware of or any how to guides or videos thanks coop
  19. new clock now car wont start

    had no electrics in car so i changed the speedo clock and now i have electrics but wont start how do i decode the clock thanx for reading
  20. sick2death

    help - car died

    Disaster! Not entirely sure whats happened... I fitted a forge 007p today, with a yellow spring as my LCR is remapped. I took it out for a quick test, and it was fine. after about 5 mins or so, the car sortof "shook" when i pressed the accelerator, and then sortof stalled. I say sortof...
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