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Thank you. The oil does need changing, can you believe the garage never did it with the head gasket even though I told them there was enough spare in a bottle in the boot!!

Cheers.

Hi,

Was just driving and a heard a weird 'thump' noise from the engine.

The head gasket, water pump etc. were changed a month ago so I checked the cap and there was mayo on it and also a bit visible under where the cap sits. Can this have been caused by the cold? The journey was 15 miles. Or has ...

well from my little knowledge they should really change the timing belt, water pump, tensioner and maybe a few other small parts although the cost of those parts shouldn't be too much altogether ~<£50

has anyone got any idea what could cause this apart from the head gasket?

a spoke to a guy at my local garage and he reckons it could only occur in the head gasket, but then again he could just be after my £350!

he said the oil pressure is higher than the water pressure so if it is a small crack ...

Does a bit of oil in the water (not much over a couple of months) have to mean the head gasket has gone?

The gasket went about 20 months ago and the garage (I bought it from) said they skimmed it, changed the gasket, timing belt, water pump etc

I found the distributor was knackered and leaking oil ...

brilliant thanks. i'm off now to carbonfibrebrakediscsforpolo.com to get me some discs

cheers for the answers

Hi,

I need to change my front discs and pads and was wondering if someone could offer advice on the best make to get.

I have a 1.6 MkIV, '98.

I am not looking for any high performance top of the range parts, just standard, does the job well and will last parts.

I was thinking of getting from ...

Hi,

This may be a stupid question but I need to get a new temperature sensor for my R reg 1.6 (AEE if I remember correctly).

But eurocarparts has a few different choices with 2 or 4 pins. Which one should I need?

Thanks,
Julian.

hi,

a few weeks ago my 1.6 AEE suddenly, after a bit of driving so engine up to temp etc started stuttering and losing power, i was giving it plenty of gas but the revs just weren't coming up.

then seemed to clear itself and took it for a journey up the motorway, then it happened again the next ...

You are an absolute star mate. Thanks so much. Luckily GSF is fairly close to where I work so I trekked round there after work yesterday and picked up the part. Will probably wait until Saturday to fit it so I have plenty of time and will be taking some pictures and writing a little guide to doing ...

And also where did you get the part? I have already bought a couple of things from the local VW dealer and would feel like a real prat going there for the whole housing! Might have to send a friend.

phew! I knew that I couldn't have been the only one.

How tricky is it to actually get the whoe thing off (It gets a bit confusing here as the whole unit is actually the thermostat housing while people refer to just the hose connector the thermostat housing)

We finally got the termostat in and the ...

please help!!!

I cannot get the thermostat housing back on! Just can't do it, is there a way of getting it on easily? is there a picture guide?

Also the thread in the bottom screw hole came out :? this poses a bit of a problem as well but i was hoping the seal of the o-ring would hold it together ...

ok, thanks.

where shuold i get it from and what is the right type? (just ordered haynes off amazon)

is it best to use vw stuff and etter to use purple? don't know which one the garage used when they changed timing belt/water pump.

this might be a stupid question but need to rule it out.

if i had mainly/only water in my coolant system would that maybe be a cause of it losing water?

does proper coolant raise the temperature that it will evaporate at? sometimes when i had stoped i could hear what seemed like vapour escaping ...