UK-POLOS.NET - THE VW Polo Forum

A 2nd hand pump sorted it , still going strong 6 years later .

Yes,both seated at bottom ,end of pigtail in position,top ,they just sit under mount .

Hopefully a week or two driving will help them settle .

Just fitted 2 front springs ,drop links and a top mount bearing o/s .

Car is def about 10 mm lower on drivers side .

I know the new springs need to settle but I`m thinking could low tyre pressures be the cause .

ps , far too cold to check pressures at the minute .

I have a snapped nsf spring . I`ll be changing both sides ,but ,which do I fit . The car is a sport model 1.4 tdi . ECP have 3 spring fitments ,standard ,bluemotion ,sports suspension . Their sports spring however is the same part number as fitted to a petrol version sports model, surely this can`t ...

Does anyone have an opinion of Kolbenschmidt water pumps ?
Thinking of buying this ,http://www.vwspares.co.uk/shopping_cart.php

The Lemforder bush did not fail .It was the Qdrive console bush that went ,it came fitted with a non uprated bush .The n/s bush ,a Lemforder uprated ,is still going strong 3 years on . The o/s rack end was changed last year at 120k ish .The n/s was changed before I got the car . Cam belt is next on ...

Lemforder was fitted . Just after purchase both bushes were replaced with the uprated Lemforders. The N/S bush is fine after 23k miles .

Nearly forgot .Changed front pads n discs a few months ago .Pagid parts were used .Just the weight of the discs alone was surprising .Will deffo use Pagid again .

Q drive is the make of the console . If its anything like Project Drive that Rover brought in then its no wonder it didn,t last . Do the poly bushes affect the ride quality very much ? I was surprised how easy it was to change the bush without removing the console .When the bushes were changed just ...

Well its MOT time again and a quick pre check revealed a few things , o/s track rod end ,but changed both as they were cheap enough ,and the o/s rear w/bone bush . Now considering trhat the whole console was replaced last MOT and the cars done less then 10k miles I was amazed at the state of the rea...

Both spindles had the O ring seals under the C clips but the drivers side had a sort of top hat rubber seal/cover ,nothing on pass side though.
I have a spare linkage from a Rover 45 ,that has a much better rubber cover on the spindles ,I`ll check to see if they fit the Polo .

No rust at all on either joints .It was the actual spindle itself that was seized ,took a good 15 mins in a vice to separate it .I`ve smeared a good bit of grease on each spnindle to try and stop this reoccuring . Considering VWs supposed build quality ,there is very little protection from the eleme...

Eventually removed linkage to find drivers side seized .All cleaned and regreased both spindles ready to refit tomorrow weather permitting .
Strangely only the drivers spindle has a rubber cover over the c clip .

Trouble again ,wipers this time . Very very slow even when blades are lifted from screen . Its just happened ,no gradual loss of speed ,so I`m thinking its the motor .Would VCDS pick up a faulty motor ? Anyone had this trouble before ? Would the motor/linkage from a similar age Ibiza be a straight s...

Car is now back on the road . After considering a recon pump I found a guaranteed working used pump for £45 .All fitted ,fresh fluid and it seems fine ,no PAS light on dash and steering feels lighter . I did a full scan and got 1 new code - 44 00816 power steering sensor (G250) 37-10 Faulty Intermit...

Cheers Alex .I`ve checked every fuse in car and on top of battery ,all fine ,even the strip fuses . Ebay have used pumps with same part number for £60 ish .It looks an ok job to change the pump so if I can get one with a 30 day warranty it may be worth a punt compared to a recon unit . Regarding the...