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    Thanks m8, will try and get them checked today.....
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    nice one, forget to mention it has a cat1 full close alarm as well Thanks guys Piccy here of my members rides post
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    Jusrt devloped a groaning noise - almost like a stretching cable noise or something coming from the passenger side wheel area whn I turn the steering wheel, it does this both whilst driving and whilst still. Any ideas?
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    All sorted thanks
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    Thats sounds ok, anybody else have their 2p?
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    Notg sure what was std but it's got 8 factory fitted speakers and a multichanger in the boot as well
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    Na no leather or AC
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    Been offered a mint 2000 W a4 1.8T quattro sport and thinking seriously about buying her. I've got a 97p VR6, Dragon Green with a full VAG service history and 79k. It's just had a 80k service and ful mot where every brake pipe was changed (ouch) It's completely standard and since i've had it (19 months or so) i've done the following as well as the servicing and MOT: Oil Cooler Thermostwat Water Pump Plugs Coil Pack Tensioner Bearing changed Also it has good tires all round Bad points: Rust bubble on drivers side wheel arch small dint on the back right hand side just above the bumber (total m
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    Got the part for £40 inc vat from local Seat dealership getting done on Wednesday. Cheers guys
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    Aye it's defo the water pump, going left to right and making a racket! Couln't be a worse time to happen the missus just gone into labour!! Going to be driving a 1l pug an hour away to the hospital now!! argh.
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    Thanks guys, which one do you rekon it is? Water pump or tensioner? What the easiest way to find out?
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    Hi guys, My VR6 developed a squeak last year and I got my mechanic to stick a new ribbed belt, new bearing and grease it up per here http://www.vr6oc.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?155363 Since then she has been fine up until a few weeks back when if it was raining I would get a bit of a squeal or two when I started up, then it would then be fine once I had done a few miles. Now all of a sudden its gotten a lot worse and I sounds like a constant rattle/drone from the right side of the engine when driving and ticking over. I popped the bonnet and had a look and it seems the one of t
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    thanks boys will take on board she due a service in jan so fingers crossed
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    I get about 40-45 quid in when empty and get about 60 miles per £10 which is poor!!
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    Got a stuck thermostwat about 6 months ago and got a local mechanic to replace it and ever since the car is using about 1litre of coolant every 5 weeks or so, I cant remember ever having to top it up before!! Now could it be engine damage caused by the overheat when the themostwat jammed? Or could it be a little leak? The thing is the mechanic reckons he cant see a leak which is a bit worrying. Done about 3-4k since with no other problems except a coil pack and plugs.... Any ideas? Could do with getting it sorted since I need to keep blinking cooland in the boot all the time.
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    This has always annoyed me I thought something was wrong until I heard a cold 2L mk3 go past me and guess what? The same whine, they both must share the same bit that makes the noise I guess.
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    take it you would need cables for autodata to read the codes, are they just standard?
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    yeah relaised the ob2 thing might give it a shot, will look at autodata, cheers
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    A friend of mine has just started an MOT station up and is look for some cheapish diagnostic s/w for his laptop. Now my 1st thought was VAG-com but looking at it it seems to be just for VAG cars (which makes sense) is there any software out there that would work on any/most models/makes of car ??
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    If this is the problem I'm thinking just replacing the bearing will be safer, what do you guys think of this one http://rswww.com/cgi-bin/bv/rswww/searchBrowseAction.do?forwardingPage=line&name=SiteStandard&R=4420076&callingPage=/jsp/comparision/comparision.jsp&BV_SessionID=@@@@0103011182.1159391542@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfaddimdhllmgcefeceefdffhdgmn.0&cacheID=ukie
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    is this the proceedure were looking at? http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1138497&page=1
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    Thanks guys, I tried the search didn't find anything much..does anyone have a guide with pics?
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    This annoying squeak seems to have started after a jet wash the other week, when the car is reved over 1200rpm it stops. Also when I stop the engine it gives like a slowing down final squeak bloddy annoying. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's a dry bearing rather than a belt, anyone got any ideas? and how to get rid of it? It's a 97p vr6 btw. Cheers.
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    mine was missing between 1000-2000 rpm, I changed the coil pack 1st after I seen a little crack on it and it turned out to be tottaly cracked on the underside! Might be worth taking it of and looking? Anyways this made it a bit betterm I then changed the plugs and that fixed it, so for me it was a combo of the two.
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    try uplugging the battery overnight, might help? Sure i've read a similar thread somewhere on here before try using the search bud
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