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The dial/gauge thing. I understand oil temp, gives you a better indication than water temp of when you are safe to put the foot down etc. But what I don't get is a boost gauge? Apart from looks what is the actual function?

Guys i am seriously looking into getting my car's ecu remapped. i see revo will remap it to 190bhp..........can i get it past this or would it be daft? Also on the revo website they offer for ecu program settings for 150+VAT. is this necessary? can i just get the remap done or am i going...

Please forgive my thickness, but I have a few questions. 1 - My car wasnt boosting, so I un-plugged the MAF and its been running like a dream ever since. Does this simply mean I need to replace the MAF, or might there be other things causing it? 2 - How bad is it to drive the car with the...

I started the car to drive home last night, the seatbelt warning light stayed on, ooh well think I - unplug it - replug back in, no difference. Started my 35 mile drive home in rush hour....bing bing bing bing bing... ffs....bing bing bing bing bing.....ffs ffs stop it....bing bing...

Well, the Arosa is currently abandoned in Bath city centre with all the syptoms of that curse of the Lupo/Arosa - pedal box failure. Clutch down, big bang, pedal is now sitting on the floor - luckily it went when he was in neutral, so was able to tuck into the kerb a bit. Oh, and some bullet...

Hi all, At the weekend i decided to take my 007p valve off completely and capped off the pipes. The sound it creates is quality which is caused by wastegate chatter. Question is as the title suggests 'am i stupid?' for doing this and should i put the 007p back on? Thanks Rich

I got some free philips bluevision sidelights from powerbulbs when I got my indicators delivered the other day. Indicators fitted no probs, however these sidelights are a joke, the fitment to change the bulbs actually doesn't remove like it should as described in the manual.. I have...

damn stupid pedal aka Fitting MOMO pedals *with pic now ...keeping it short: i cant drill the hole in the pedals!!! grrr! ive been through two drill bits! :cry: i wanna drill the pedal box thingy too before it breaks like others on here but i cant get through the metal. someone help plz.

ok guys, stupid question time, sorry.:redface: ive had my beeza for about 3 months now, now wen i bought it, the car didnt have a hand book. i know its a 1.4 SE but i have no clue as to whether its a 8v or wot, stupid i know but hey hehe. also is it a single point injection or multi...

Picked my LCR up last night and im having the weirdest problem which hopefully someone can help with. Im not sure if i have to press unlock button more than once to unlock all the doors on the car? I know you do on my mates Corsa as its a safety feature, you press it once to unlock drivers...

hi guys today i went to close the window and there was a big bang and then the window dropped. have been able to pull up the window and taped it to keep it up and the rain out. any ideas as to what has gone wrong and how much it will be to fix it :cry: thanks jackie

as i havnt had a car with alloys, how much does the tire pressures on 17s vary from the stock 14? thanks

I have talked about this before vaguely but... ..I have been looking for a Diesel for a while (just after i got the petrol actually 27mpg!!) and have been very tempted by the Fabia vRS but after talking to Seat about my finance and what i owe/how much my car is worth i couldn't find the 8...

My beloved Seat aint starting. I finished work this morning it started fine, took it to Tescos and when I finished my shopping it's not starting just turning over. Lights and wipers work. Any ideas. It's gonna take the Rac 3 hours to get here so I am at home while my car is stuck at Tescos. I...

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Ok - potentially stupid question coming up, so please be gentle. I've just gone out to my Toledo to do some work on the wipers which are seized - opened the car, put the keys in the ignition for safe keeping, opened the bonnet.... the car has locked due to that STUPID safety thing which locks...

Right, i looking for a seat leon cupra and most are around 2002 age... i dont really like the wheels these cars come with however, i love the 18" cupra r's! My question is will the cupra r's alloys fit the older cupras? thanks shaun

I just wanted to know how you go about adding things at the bottom of your messages? Some people have list of mods they have done. Sorry to ask a silly question but been looking and cant see how to do it.:redface:

where do you plug the other end of the vag-com cable? where inside the car do you plug it in?

Just out driving about, come to a corner and theres a truck half on my side! so had to dive onto the kerb! so half the front alloy in now fooked! so p*ssed off! wheels only a month old too!![:@]