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Deceleration causes a vacum that sucks oil down the valve guides If the car does not smoke on acceleration chances are the valve oil seals / guides are worn Do you get a puff of smoke when you first start it in the morning People used to say if it were the seals oil would seep past over night and a ...

Found this pic of the ISO plug from when I was changing the stereo the orange was the illumination

Thanks for the very detailed reply RUM4MO Some hard earned pearls of wisdom in there Cheers Did the inner ties on my sisters corsa couple of years ago with a stiltson 12" Not a chance with the polo acess seems more restricted 😯 or im just getting too old I have 1 month to get it sorted and will...

Hi Folks Car failed NCT on worn inner tie rod + wishbone Bush front axel rearmost also droplink dust cover When I look for inner tie rods on micks garage there are 2 different types TRW or SMI-Koyo The power steering fluid cap says TRW So I can only assume it is the trw ones I am thinking of replaci...

My Brother in law also has a 1.2 polo Recently there was a misfire and I also assumed it would be a burnt out valve. But happy to say the garage he went to did a compression test first and it was just a coil that needed to be replaced . So did the garage do a compression test or are they guessing th...

All the info you need is in this thread https://uk-polos.net/viewtopic.php?t=71905 As far as I know the can simulator was to address an issue with battery drainage You need 2 connections from the ciggy lighter 12V for power to the memory to keep tuned stations and phone approx 8V i think it was for ...

late to the party
I have the rcn 210
The silver connector on the rcn210 where the aerial goes just pulls off and the adapter that Orel posted with the blue plug goes straight on
Hope this helps
I can post a picture tomorrow if it helps

All the info you need is in the post I replied to here
viewtopic.php?t=71905

it really is a good radio
Sounds great
More than happy with it

best of luck

You can tap into the lighting at the ashtray
the lighting is connected to the cigarette lighter
That is what I did for my aftermarket stereo

Don't think its possible to split the lamp cluster i have the same issue with my rhs water ingress turning the reflective coting black ( seems a very common sight ). I took it off and poured in some Rainex and rinsed it around for a while then dried it with a hairdryer. It cleaned it up for a little...

I would agree with that
if the coolant level is not dropping then it is probably just condensation normal enough when the weather starts to turn cool

I would also agree with RUM4MO that you should not mix coolant types I would also drain it and flush it out too

Yep 28 mpg is poor for motorway runs Is there any warning lamps on the dash ( MIL ) Try a different brand of fuel What speed would you be doing on the motorway ? do you have a lead foot :-) Is is a stock air filter or KN What Tyres are on it Any chance that there is a leak ? Any smell of fuel ? Chec...

Good luck with your part search.

:-) Can be had now on ebay for about €20 Added it it to my collection of tools a few years ago when my sisters Corsa D was giving grief the original Opcom I had was a Serial based scan tool that did not do Can Bus so I needed something that could read can bus and kwp. I later picked up a USB version...

You may be able to get part numbers from here not the most intuitive of sites but worth a look https://volkswagen.7zap.com/en/rdw/polo+derby+vento-ind/po/2008-461/8/825-825010/ Or this site has a serach by vin number http://www.oemepc.com/vw/parts_lst/markt/RDW/modell/POCC/year/2005/hg/8/catalog/vw/...