What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

[Back Door Shenanigans.]

Forgot how much a ripoff OEM parts are in Australia $130 for a rear main seal that costs $30 in america. Farken hell!

[RolfGolf]

Forgot how much a ripoff OEM parts are in Australia $130 for a rear main seal that costs $30 in america. Farken hell!

Agree with this - genuine Thermostat $84.00 and Temp Sender $64.90 from VW - ridiculous when you look at UK pricing or even ECS with shipping.

[tomtom_r32]

Replacment OEM r32 front bar painted and installed Saturday morning.

Now I need to wait for the paint to cure and apply some stone chip protection film to which i need to buy prunto!!

[Back Door Shenanigans.]

Sigh another day another $1.3k bill (minus about $800 due to my own part order sigh). Which didn't really solve anything. All it did was prove that more money needs to be spent to fix this problem. Turns out the sensors fine but the signals getting lost somewhere so my mechanic has to sit down and look through wiring diagrams and pull the interior to pieces to find what's wrong. He's suggesting the instrument cluster is probably the cause so if anyone has a second hand one ill be interested.

Why oh why do i have to like cars and not something cheap like kites or something....

Oh well, Here's the rest of the weeks job!

Agree with this - genuine Thermostat $84.00 and Temp Sender $64.90 from VW - ridiculous when you look at UK pricing or even ECS with shipping.

My mech got me a genuine thermostat for $62 with a 40% discount making it $37.50 woo!

[dylan8]

Sigh another day another $1.3k bill (minus about $800 due to my own part order sigh). Which didn't really solve anything. All it did was prove that more money needs to be spent to fix this problem. Turns out the sensors fine but the signals getting lost somewhere so my mechanic has to sit down and look through wiring diagrams and pull the interior to pieces to find what's wrong. He's suggesting the instrument cluster is probably the cause so if anyone has a second hand one ill be interested.

Why oh why do i have to like cars and not something cheap like kites or something....

Oh well, Here's the rest of the weeks job!






My mech got me a genuine thermostat for $62 with a 40% discount making it $37.50 woo!

borrow someone elses cluster and plug it in.
my gfs polo was having all sorts of problems, lead back to the cluster dying. when we tested another it worked fine

[Back Door Shenanigans.]

borrow someone elses cluster and plug it in.
my gfs polo was having all sorts of problems, lead back to the cluster dying. when we tested another it worked fine

Care to send your's . Yeah was thinking that but it's fairly involved.

[dylan8]

if its anything like hers it took 2mins, volkwerke boys did it infront of me there and then
id let you try mine if i wasnt so far away

[grtuned]

Care to send your's . Yeah was thinking that but it's fairly involved.

What's exactly happening??? I've missed it if you have already posted.


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[Back Door Shenanigans.]

if its anything like hers it took 2mins, volkwerke boys did it infront of me there and then
id let you try mine if i wasnt so far away

Ok had a look, Its actually only 2 screws.... Still need some codes though.

What's exactly happening??? I've missed it if you have already posted.


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Early rev limiter by ~1.2k no cruise control. messed up interior lights.

[VR6man]

The UPS man came by my house today and with a big smile said "More car parts for ya, sign here"







So next Wednesday the fitting begins.
2nd diverter valve is for a friend

[grtuned]

Ok had a look, Its actually only 2 screws.... Still need some codes though.



Early rev limiter by ~1.2k no cruise control. messed up interior lights.

Mmmmm weird symptoms. Any fault codes?? If you are in syd I can help I have a dash from my bora v6 to test


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[Back Door Shenanigans.]

UGH! 2 days to strip down my engine only to find absolultly no cause for the timing chain noise and that for some messed up reason there is a different model of 24v in between the two and that the timing chain kit i brought wont fit. Well time to see if i know how to put it back together.....

Mmmmm weird symptoms. Any fault codes?? If you are in syd I can help I have a dash from my bora v6 to test


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Vehicle speed sensor thats been changed a bunch of times.

[grtuned]

UGH! 2 days to strip down my engine only to find absolultly no cause for the timing chain noise and that for some messed up reason there is a different model of 24v in between the two and that the timing chain kit i brought wont fit. Well time to see if i know how to put it back together.....



Vehicle speed sensor thats been changed a bunch of times.

Mate might sound stupid but check your earth connections if you have done any work interior or exterior and removed any wiring might good place to look!!!



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[Back Door Shenanigans.]

I'm officially a broken man thanks to my car.......

its soul destroying and demoralising me at the moment. It shouldn't take 6+ unsuccessful hours to fit a tranny.

Mate might sound stupid but check your earth connections if you have done any work interior or exterior and removed any wiring might good place to look!!!



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Not a bad suggestion will look at it.

[theOctopus]

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