i'll try them 1st thing in the morning, im not to fussed about the maff as a very generous member from here is supplying me a maff for a few forum charity beer tokens
as for the coolant temp sensor i dont find that a bad price for a genuine vw part and the turbo well cant see that being much cheaper from anywhere else tbh but its only the actuater i need and have allready sourced a pretty cheap 1 just waiting to hear back about it