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Hi johntheo1, the hose does get slightly warm I have noticed. This is why I think theres an issue with the housing

My 58 Polo Tdi was running cool so i changed the thermostat which i bought from the local factors. This made little difference to the problem as it still takes forever to get to 80c and when i put the heating on full it drops to 60c. I understand that the optimum running temp is 90c but its never go...

Hi PugBrothers. Sorry for the big gap in responding but as you probably can imagine its been a crap year. I came to the conclusion that the problem was being caused by a dodgy diode in the alternator. I have continued to live with the problem since and did not bother getting it sorted, as long as i ...

Thanks for the info RUM4MO, I will consider all options and update the thread accordingly
Cheers

Hello . I have a 2008 (58) polo tdi. I am experiencing problems with the battery going flat after about 2 or 3 days. I have checked out the battery drain and it's 124 milliamps when it's all locked up. This is pretty high so I did the check with the fuses by removing them one by one and found that f...