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Any takers, was good last year..........
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Anyone on here be attending this http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/ ? I went last year was a good day out with some seriously nice dubs on display and you can mooch around awesomes workshop and have a nosey at how the pros do it! Some good bargains on old stock to, i got some Eibach springs last year for £40!
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Alternator change on a 4 motion, how too?
vw andy replied to vw andy's topic in Syncro, R32 and 4motion
Yep found this chap on ukmivs and he posted up the guide in your link. Will be giving it a go on tuesday night if the weather holds! -
Hi following on from this http://www.vr6oc.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?360278.0#post_360725 and having the "alternator workshop" sign and battery light come on tonight, im in the process of arming myself with as much usefull info as i can regarding actually detensioning the belt and removing the alternator. Has anyone on here done this and can accurately describe what i will require to do the job? Or maybe even a how to link would be brilliant! Thanks for any help you can offer.
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Just a quick update, i did end up buying a temp sensor, sealing ring and clip from VW and it came to less than £30 all in which i was happy enough with for genuine parts.............However! I have since realised that my alternator is on its last legs as when i was running around picking the said parts up i tried to start the car up after leving the dealers and the battery was completely flat!! Luckily the dealers had a jump pack to help me out.So it looks like the failing alternator was either mimicking the temp sensor problems or i have both problems running sise by side! Anyway i have mana
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http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Volkswagen_Golf_2.8_2000/p/Car-Parts/Cooling-and-Heating/Cooling/Switch-and-Sensors/?460441610&1&18b32918640f76c4769a9d1cad6ccf0156e3d3f5&TMPS why so dear here then?
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Hi i have recently had the EML on complete with erratic idle and poor fuel consumption/lack of power/smoothness and did a quick scan with my cheapo e bay scanner and it throws up the temp sensor faulty code. Had a quick look and the sensor body is black in colour. When i look around the internet everyone whos had the sensor fault code seems to have up -graded to the revised green version. part number 059919501a Does anyone have a definate part number for the 4motion 2.8 sensor? there are loads of updated green versions on e bay saying they fit "MK4 Golfs" but a couple make out like they are no