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by samwoolf
Tue Oct 08, 2019 1:49 pm
Forum: MK6 (9N) Polo - Years 2002-2005
Topic: Battery question
Replies: 1
Views: 768

Battery question

My 2002 polo wouldn't start, and knowing that the battery is on its last legs, I took it out and charged it up overnight. When I put it back in, car started. Later that day though the car again wouldn't start.

Thinking the battery just didn't have quite enough power, I connected up a battery from ...
by samwoolf
Wed Nov 21, 2018 2:06 pm
Forum: MK6 (9N) Polo - Years 2002-2005
Topic: power steering module
Replies: 5
Views: 8139

Re: power steering module

Thanks - thats very useful. Would you advise sending off old pump to be repaired then over buying a second hand replacement pump off ebay? (have seen a few on there so that was my current plan)

How complicated would it be for me to remove/replace the faulty pump myself?
by samwoolf
Tue Nov 20, 2018 2:24 pm
Forum: MK6 (9N) Polo - Years 2002-2005
Topic: power steering module
Replies: 5
Views: 8139

Re: power steering module

Thanks for response. I think the battery is OK - although it was completely flat a few months ago when I took over the car from my mum who is no longer able to drive it and had left it for a couple of months undriven. I took the battery out and charged it and it has seemed to be fine ever since ...
by samwoolf
Tue Nov 20, 2018 1:47 pm
Forum: MK6 (9N) Polo - Years 2002-2005
Topic: power steering module
Replies: 5
Views: 8139

power steering module

My 2003 polo has developed an intermittent fault where the power steering light comes on and the steering goes heavy. The garage tells me it needs a new power steering control module, and I am trying to source a second hand one, as the new one costs about the same as the car value.
I phoned around ...