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roosevelt1st

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  1. oil @ 98 degrees is ok if been tanking it, mine's more like 88/90 as per other on here - in normal use
  2. Hi what is this for? Comes out of bulkhead where water in/out pipes are for heater then travels under scuttle to a grey plastic junction with another vacuum pipe. It fits onto a white nipple coming out of bulkhead,,,,,, ta
  3. HT leads replaced, no difference. Coil pack replaced - voila problem fixed.....
  4. Codes cleared Water Temp Sensor replaced today (£17+vat from VW) + Antifreeze! MAF cleaned (Halfords Contact Cleaner £4) Codes read - only one 00533 - Idle Air Control Regulation Road test, seems better but still'missing' a bit. So advice pls how to rectify 00533 code, thanks
  5. Car has bin standing over Xmas period. now restarted and it runs very lumpy as if only running og 4/5 out of 6 cylinders, with relevenat loss of power....! Car is 1998 OBDII VR6 just done a handheld code read, results as below; 00522 - Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor-G62 00533 - Idle Air Control Regulation 00553 - Mass Air Flow Sensor-G70 two questions really, 1) what do the G62/G70 codes relate too? 2) do i need replacement MAF? comment pls + thanx
  6. Think they left hand thread (ie opposite to normal). I too have bought one off ebay (yet to fit) from BandB 'tierod69'. Seems good quality. I bought a spare off ebay which has a damaged pulley!, new bearing + grease - there is a 'how to' in the engine section on here,,,, If your actual pulley can be transfered, then feel happy to make me an offer, but bear in mind the price of stamps these days!
  7. Hi, returned to the car today (after lots of heavy rain), pulled out the seatbelt - and it was sodden. Looked up, rooflining was the same all along drivers side....... but worse towards back of car, back from sunroof. I do have a sunroof, but NEVER had any issues before, even when numpty at the car wash tried to jet wash mould off the seal! Question is where are the s/r draining channels so can check they not blocked and why only along drivers side?? Do the rubber roof channels (on the exterior) have draining channels? as the interior wetness seemed to be in line with that too! Gotta try and
  8. Welcome, a very nice clean example. slightly jealous as it's so clean....... Guess it's a Highline?????
  9. Yeah, think will have to check as it's a nice brown colour!
  10. VW added some g12 when the water pump replaced. No indication as to how much they added but it was £7.17 + VAT... will this be enough for winter??
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