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Keeping with "keeping it cheap", back in 2015 or 2016, I used up over £400 to add front PDC to my 2011 Audi S4, and the cost difference between doing it to that car and your Polo will be nominal/minimal, so if you get all this completed and use up less than £650, then I think, that you wil...

Have you checked to see what companies like Kufatec offer - maybe you can glean info from how they are describing their offerings, I'm suggesting that as I added front PDC to my 2011 Audi S4 and bought the relevant cables from Kufatec, then all the other genuine parts via ebay, some used, the sensor...

You may have been lucky. Official VW Oil's price on eBay are just crazy. Equivalent or, more expensive than the dealer it self. Yes I agree, it is always better to start off by finding out the VW Group dealership prices before looking for "bargains" on ebay. When I bought both the trans f...

I've not needed to buy any gearbox etc fluids for my wife's 2015 Polo 1.2TSI, but I have done for my 2011 Audi S4 gearbox and rear differential - and I used ebay, hopefully buying well below main dealer prices for the genuine VW Group products. I'd doubt if my wife's Polo 6 speed gearbox uses the sa...

Really, it is down to the additive package in the oil, as @alexperkins said earlier. A long time ago, when I was changing from maybe Quantum branded oil to Fuchs when Quantum had moved away from using Fuchs, I did email Fuch UK sales about "is brand X which is known to be supplied by Fuchs, the...

I just wonder which families of engines, or even which individual engines in VW Group cars, can successfully use that method of replacing the engine coolant?

Edit:- I did not attempt to use a translator when watching these 2 videos.

Round about this production period, there were reported issues with the oil separator O-ring, I never did find out which one, I bought new ones, but never got round to replacing them on my older daughter’s Nov 2009 Ibiza 1.4 16V 85PS.

On a different engine, a 2011 Audi S4 3.0TFSI, I did buy a Draper Coolant Vacuum Refill Kit, and used it with a very very small compressor, and it worked very well. A couple of maybe smart/cunning things I did when carrying out this task, firstly, connect a coolant leak checking kit to the reservoir...

Thanks for that info, I'll do that when the weather is warmer.

Why that is missing from workshop manuals confuses and annoys me. I found that my old Audi S4's cooling system capacity, with a manual gearbox, was only 6.8litres, I am guessing - just guessing, that the cooling capacity of my wife's 2015 VW Polo 1.2TSI 110PS with a manual gearbox will be roughly 6l...

Oh yes, I certainly agree with "escaping" from G13 and also get rid of any Silicate pouches in the reservoir, if you have one it should have "Mit Silikat" on the reservoir. I changed my old 2011 Audi S4 to G12evo a few years ago, and bought a DIYer "coolant refill vacuum too...

In my wife's August 2015 6C 1.2TSI, it is the "chromed" rings on the dashboard displays that drive me crazy in changing temperatures, I've always meant to try prising them out and applying a spot of silicon grease - but 8 winters on, I've not got round to doing that. Also the driver's side...

I'm sure that 5W-40 was the one to use when these cars were bought in 2002, that was what I always used on a BBY petrol engine, not much difference between 5W-30 and 5W-40 though, in reality.
I always use 5W-30 on newer engines though, ie 2011 3.0TFSI, 2019 2.0TSI and 2015 1.2TSI.

I can't comment much on the position of the sensor, but I'm sure on the old BBY petrol engine, it was on the side of the alloy sump pan, and as you say, on most newer engines, on the base of the sump pan alloy or steel. The bonnet catch switch, just to clear things up for you, in case you are unsure...

Yes, battery fitting security would need to be checked - now that you have mentioned it, and possibly more.