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Offline Simeon

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Re: Hi I am new and so is my car)to me)
« Reply #10 on: 06 September 2017, 12:29 »
Strongly recommend you drop the sump and clean the pickup pipe, pretty easy job and will save you an engine rebuild if there is a problem in there. I know you've just done an oil change, but if it's been sat then it's no bad thing to flush it. Correct oil is £20 delivered off ebay..

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« Reply #11 on: 07 September 2017, 18:34 »
Yeah I am definitely going to do it, I need to find out what the knocking is as well.....plus none of the speakers are working which makes the knocking more annoying.


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« Reply #12 on: 08 September 2017, 18:22 »
So I am driving home from work trying to work out where the knocking is coming from.  It seems to change every time I think I found it. All bushes and balloons drop links etc look fine

However

https://preview.ibb.co/cSJpda/IMG_3183.jpg


On top of filter housing... surely should be a bolt there?
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Offline Reebzluke

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« Reply #13 on: 09 September 2017, 11:26 »
Does anyone know what this is for? Behind the headunit.  My speakers are not working is this related?


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« Reply #14 on: 11 September 2017, 21:17 »
Knock found, drop link bolt, I only undone one in order to get the bush out.  It's obviously threaded won't do up and won't undo. I managed to tighten it a bit, and the knocking has stopped.  Obviously going to need to change it and the wishbone at some point.

Offline bgbazz

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Re: Hi I am new and so is my car)to me)
« Reply #15 on: 12 September 2017, 14:47 »
Perseverence pays off...eventually.   :smiley:
Mk4 Golf TDI Estate 4Motion, remapped 1.9. Sweet runner = keeper. She is the 66th vehicle I've owned and hopefully, the last.

Offline Reebzluke

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« Reply #16 on: 13 September 2017, 22:32 »
So I connected an old speaker to the head unit, and doesn't work on any of the outputs... but does on the rca.... head unit is bust... something else to get at the weekend.   So used to driving without sounds now I was driving the other car without the radio on, without realising.

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« Reply #17 on: 18 September 2017, 14:12 »
Does anybody know what size the bolt is that screws the droplink to the wishbone? Rather not have to go vw  if possible.
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Re: Hi I am new and so is my car)to me)
« Reply #18 on: 18 September 2017, 21:19 »
Does anybody know what size the bolt is that screws the droplink to the wishbone? Rather not have to go vw  if possible.
Vw won't be expensive  :smiley:

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« Reply #19 on: 19 September 2017, 14:13 »
Possibly not, but I don't have one very close to me unfortunately