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Hi folks, Was changing the oil in my GTI yesterday, standard time based change. Over the course of the last 12 months I have probably added 300ml of oil to keep the level at max, it uses up very little which is great. Anyways, whilst I was giving it the once over I noticed a fair bit of oil...

I have a 19 plate petrol sharan that has a funny noise coming from the engine, can I put a video on here to show? It’s been into vw twice now and the mechanics have said they can’t hear the noise and sharans do have a noise ?! The warranty runs out on it in August, so ideally need to know it’s...

Hi guys! I have a problem with my beloved vw crafter 2013, where the engine shakes and make a tikking noise only on cold engine and when car is loaded much. I have changed the timing belt, checked the camshaft, changed diesel filter, diesel pump, oil filter and checked the injectors…. The car...

Hi all. Sorry its my first post, but I recently bought a 2008 golf gt tdi 170 with 109k miles. Impeccable history, serviced every 5k miles and 3 cambelt changes in its life to date. However, there is a really strong smell of fumes inside the cabin on idle, plus underneath the car while again...

Dear All - I have a SKODA OCTAVIA MK2 2010 model. I am from India, I had flat battery and recharged and hooked up to the car and started the car for running at idle. It started well and was running fine, all were ok for few mintues. In some time I heard a rough idle from the car and hearing the...

Hi, I own a 2.0 tdi 140 (bkd) the head is on its way out. Managed to buy a complete 170 (bnm) to do a conversion. Not being any sort of mechanic I’ve sourced some help from a few mates. I wanted to start striping the new engine etc. Just wanted to know if anything to watch/ look out for and...

Hello, I am having issues with my Touran again, BKD 2.0 engine, It is hard to start then once started it won’t go above 3000 revs but runs perfect up until then. Any ideas would be much appreciated! thanks

My engine is cutting out when stationary - anyone know a good Bristol based (preferably east) mechanic that won't rip me off?

Hi, I was looking to buy a MK5 GTI. I have linked a YouTube video that I uploaded which shows the startup. Is the shaking normal and does it sound normal? I would appreciate some feedback.

Hi all, I hope you are well. I have just made an account so I am new to this site. I have a MK1 caddy pickup which I am currently rebuilding. Original 1.6D 4 speed transmission. I am looking to swap the engine out but I am struggling to choose an engine and everything involved in doing so. I...

Hi guys, I've uploaded a video with the problem, the engine it's making a weird noise. I've changed the injectors and it's still making the noise, please help me Gold 6 1.6 TDI 2012

(Not sure if I’m posting on the correct section) Basically I have a VW Golf tdi 1.9 55 plate, I went on a trip and my engine was making a loud knocking noise but drove it anyway (silly me) and it just got worse jumping and cutting out power at 70mph. Then after all of this we made it home, I...

Hi all. First post here. My 2012 Polo 1.2, Petrol broke on me. The "usual" cam chain slip, crushed pisons, and CGPA engine is toast... Trying to source CGPA engine here, but not easy, but i came over a BZG engine from 2008 Skoda. According to my data, these two engines are siblings...

Hi not sure if in the right place so mods can move it if you need. Have a 2011 Golf 1.6 TDI, last night driving home roads were quite wet and big puddle and some slight flooding (I live way out in the sticks so roads quite bad), nearly got home and glow plug? light came on and car went into...

Hello First post but need help with a major problem. 2013 Amarok 2.0 TDI, 128k miles which started running rough. Assumed injector issues and sure enough was throwing up injector error codes. Replaced injector but no compression in the cylinder :( Removed the head and found major damage...

Hello, Last week I noticed that my car was leaving some drips on the drive-way. Not much, but noticeable. I put some white paper on card beneath the car overnight to see how much it leaked in one night and what the colour of the liquid was. Overnight it probably only leaked a few drips and the...

Hi I have a 2013 Crafter 2.0 TDI, when i start it up the engine management light comes on along with the glow plug light, these both then start to flash and when driving the vehicle the engine has low power (I presume a limp mode to protect it). Im wondering what might be causing the lights to...

I have my LT35 2001 2.5TDI, been running great for 6 weeks since buying it but now has an issue. 95% of time it will start and drive perfectly but now sometimes it will not start. It will turn over and fire but then cut out either after a few seconds or when I turn on the wipers or indicators...

My 2012 Golf 1.6 TDI started to smoke heavily whilst under load at about 65 uphill on the motorway with a loud pinking / knocking sound. The smoke seems to be fuel not oil. Its not a continuous noise and it's mainly under load but also decelerating at low speed. I took it in for a diagnostic...

Hi guys, first post so sorry if formating etc is wrong . I have recently bought a 2007 Golf mk5 1.4 FSI, and upon looking in my engine I found this unplugged. Does anyone happen to know what this part is for? Thanks