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Hey! I recently replaced my tie rod ends along with the shocks and springs. I initially made an alignment myself and was satisfied with it but once in a tight curve at about 40-50 km/h the ESP went on and began braking on the exterior front wheel. The car was not sliding at all, disabling the...

Hey folks! I think I unfortunately have a dead synchro on the 6th gear, that seem a bit odd given you never downshift in it. Symptoms are the following, when accelerating hard in 2, 3, 4th then going directly in 6th it grinds. When putting the gearbox in neutral (clutch released) and revving...

Hey! I have a question, I recently had to replace my front struts mounts/bearing. When doing this job, I bought used OEM springs and shocks as my car is over 200k miles, I figured out it could only be an improvement. The job done, I didn't really feel a difference in handling but the car feels...

Hello ! Since I replaced my struts bearings almost all my noises are gone. Car doesn't sound like an old wooden ship anymore, however, I still get one noise when doing 8 with the car (it's a part of the inspection that I have to pass soon). When turning left I don't have any noises but they...

So I went ahead to replace my axle boot and cv joint (since I assumed it I got the whole kit for 22 euros). Now I drove 20km, no noise, everything seems good, I decided to check it anyway and this is what I found... Not sure what happens, my only lead is that the smallest collar is not tight...

Hello, I am wondering how complicated would it be to implement this function which exists on the other vehicles such as some MK6 and MK7 here. My idea would be to install a second electric coolant pump on one of the heater core lines and find a way to power up the HVAC without switching the...

I have to replace my struts mounts as they make noise, now since I have to disassemble the struts, I thought it would be a good time to replace them (more than 200k miles). Now I found a set of 4 struts and springs OEM from a GTI Edition 30 (which are the same) with 60k miles, look good with...

Hey guys! So I replaced my spark plugs today after 60'000 miles as per the manual. Engine was running fine before, no misfires nothing. It is still running fine with the new plugs. However I am a bit puzzled about the color of the spark plugs, they all look a bit white which is normal I think...

What's the purpose of this pipe in the oil filter housing? I am not entirely sure mine had this Thanks!

Hey! Just discovered a new noise that I am not particularly fan of. Started the car today, temperature was 4C, drove gentle as usual but I noticed that at around 1500 RPM (out of boost so) if I gave say more than ~40% throttle there is some kind of howling/whining sound coming from the...

Hello! I just discovered a new noise. When cornering at very low speed on the left, a noise can be heard on the right side, it's like a tick-tick-tick. Not a metallic noise, it's more like the noise that the AC (flaps I think) sometimes make. It's also not significantly louder with windows...

Hey guys, I'm tempted by a small experiment. I would like some advice, in France E85 is lots cheaper than standard unleaded because they give it a huge tax cut (it's about half the price) so a lot of shops there propose so called E85 kits (that increase the injection duration) or E85 remaps...

Hey everybody, I found a new issue. I had to replace the rear left brake disc splash shield as it was completely rusted through. Now I found that the caliper on this side was a bit stuck. Not too bad but the wheel was hard to turn (much more than on the right side). I thought maybe I should...

So it's been the biggest issue I had with this car since I own it. When I bought it, the clutch pedal tended to stick to the floor sometimes, it was not really an issue since the car still got in gear and shifted right. I bleed the clutch a dozen of times, replaced the master cylinder twice...

Hello ! I suspect that my high pressure line was damaged doing my radiator job (you have to pull on it to get the radiator assembly to service position), doing that it rubbed against the frame, although the leak is not on the rubbing point so not sure if it's my fault. AC was still working...

Hey! As you know maybe on the Climatronic of this car, if you press the button ECO or AC in combination with the button "ventilation up" there an hidden menu opens. In this hidden menu you can get different data, for exemple if you go on menu 19-2 (on the left hand side display) you will get...

Hi everybody, I received my new radiator today (from Amazon), however the tape was broken on the box (did not see the delivery guy) and while the radiator seemed to be "intact" there are some bent fins. Not a huge issue from a cooling standpoint I guess but I am not sure if it's normal for a...

Hey guys! It's been a bit more than one year that I own the car now and I encountered a strange situation. Yesterday I was driving on a small road and after 20 min, engine was at temperature and I did a strong pull after an intersection up to 50 mph in 2nd speed, then up-shifted directly to 6th...

Hello ! Like some others on this forum I have a leaking vacuum pump (E revision) with an oil pool on my gearbox. Now I wanted to check if it was the pump which was leaking or the gasket between the pump and the block. So I cleaned everything thoroughly and put some painter's tape around the...

Hello, I am tracking down a coolant leak, took about 6 months to empty the expansion tank completely (until I got "check coolant level" on the dash). But the problem is that the coolant level seem to drop faster and faster so I should get it sorted out. I did not find any leaks around the...