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all went well wit the matrix replacement, besides the top pipe pushing the seal inside the matrix and leaking coolant all over drivers footwell, eventually i just greased the seals and it slid in like a wet dream. I now have a wet nightmare on my carpets though, fresh g12, i managed to soak up...

I got one of the rocketwires kits to repair the drivers door harness. i actually ended up removing the complete harness and just soldering the new wires on instead of using those rubbish butt splice connectors. Repair went well as i thought, i soldered all the wires to now to avoid further...

Hello all so i have been having problems with heat inside the cab for a while now, i originally put it down to a blocked heater core, so the matrix was removed and cleaned and alot of rubbish came out, put back in and system bled and hey presto had really good heat for a while but now its back...

looking to paint the chrome surround on the front grille black, any easy way to do it without taking bumper off?

hey all i got round to doing my new discs and pads, front ones were absolutely fine, but got round to doing the rear, i cant get the piston to wind back in, i have a piston wind back tool and the little bumps fit into the grooves of the piston but there is no movement, either clock wise or anti...

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Howdy all, managed to get the matrix issue sorted, onto the next! so as per my previous post alot of the features on the drivers door were not working (lock, mirror etc) so i took a look at the wiring between the A pillar and drivers door, and low and behold a snapped wire. (not sure if there is...

replaced the matrix and simply cannot get the pipes back on its the aluminium clamps aswell. HELP!

strange goings on! So my rear parking sensors stopped working, patched it as i dont really need, but now i dont have drivers side heated mirror, drivers side rear light and my drivers side lock doesn't fire with the key fob (have to lock it manually) Checked the fuses in the side of dash, is...

I thought the battery was goosed so i changed it, and paired it with the car - all doors besides the drivers lock and unlock with the key. But even when locking with the key in the door all the locks fire but the imobilizer red blinking light doesnt flash Have i paired it wrong?

I suppose i'll learn my lesson for not cleaning by hand but yea i sent my girl through a morrisons car wash and after my reverse sensors have stopped working (no beep) and also the reverse light has stopped working aswell. Any ideas where i should be looking to find the fault? Obvious water has...

Hey folks me again. Just had a new LUK clutch and dual massflywheel fitted a couple of days ago (old clutch was slipping under load) since i have had the car back i have noticed the gear kind of crunches/judders when down shifting from 4 >3 and 3 >2 been back up to the garage who took it out for...

Coolant inlet to the heater matrix, the hose was a b**tch to get off! and i have subsequently bent the pipe anyone know what part this is? Will also be needing a new hose aswell if anyone knows that part too! cheers!

After suggestions of you nice fellows on here i got myself a trolley jack to compliment my axle stands in preparation for the major service. Im assuming i can use the trolley jack to lift the car then place an axle stand per side but where should i place the axle stand? On the jacking point on...

What do you use to store old oil/coolant for taking to a recycling centre? I have a drip tray but not sure what i could decant it into safely Cheers

How much coolant for a BRD engine code (2.0) tdi, The rezzie says G12 but i can only find G12+ and G13 which one should i gofor?

Planning on doing a major service this weekend, for taking the sump off is it a tight squeeze without lifting the car?

Think i may have some trapped in air in the closed system, cabin air is "mild" at best on it's hottest setting, sometimes if you really give it welly it will blow hot but i wondered how to bleed air from the system first before chucking in a new heater core. Thanks all

Hey all. I was looking to upgrade the old style headlights in my b7 for something more modern. Rather than spend 400 odd pound on some donor S4 projector style headlights i was looking to see what you guys would recommend or have done for a more modern look? I am looking to either fit LED h7s...

I have tried looking everywhere best info i have found was that the bolts to sit the manifold to the head were 22nm and the bolts for the egr and ASV are 10nm Is this correct?