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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: murraymint on 19 February 2013, 07:18

Title: Stuck at home, AGAIN!
Post by: murraymint on 19 February 2013, 07:18

Didn't make it to work again today due to the bloody car! Had to fill the coolent bottle up twice and didn't even make it a mile away from home. Think the ice last night made the hole in the rad bigger  :angry:

Title: Re: Stuck at home, AGAIN!
Post by: madmanmart on 19 February 2013, 07:25

Change the rad then is the answer?

Title: Re: Stuck at home, AGAIN!
Post by: murraymint on 19 February 2013, 07:29

Yh, doin that at the weekend, just getting annoyed with this car, every time I sort something, something else goes wrong!

Title: Re: Stuck at home, AGAIN!
Post by: madmanmart on 19 February 2013, 07:34

Thats old cars for you  :wink:

Title: Re: Stuck at home, AGAIN!
Post by: murraymint on 19 February 2013, 07:37

Quote from: madmanmart on 19 February 2013, 07:34

Thats old cars for you  :wink:

Yup lol, wouldn't of minded if it happened on Friday, but now I gotta really on other people getting me to work for the rest of the week  :sick:

Title: Re: Stuck at home, AGAIN!
Post by: madmanmart on 19 February 2013, 08:04

Although ive had mine 7 years and its never yet me down once.  :smiley:

I'd say stick with it but is seems your comited to getting rid anyway....

Title: Re: Stuck at home, AGAIN!
Post by: Callum_K on 19 February 2013, 08:41

I experienced the same thing with my GTI, after a while it runs of out of things that can go wrong, and I've finally had a couple of months of trouble free motoring.

Title: Re: Stuck at home, AGAIN!
Post by: Gavv8 on 19 February 2013, 09:03

Stick with it bud, summers coming and you'll be glad you did when your hooning around those n/devon roads with the radio on and the sunroof open.. :smiley:

Title: Re: Stuck at home, AGAIN!
Post by: murraymint on 19 February 2013, 09:07

Quote from: madmanmart on 19 February 2013, 08:04

Although ive had mine 7 years and its never yet me down once.  :smiley:

I'd say stick with it but is seems your comited to getting rid anyway....

Yh think I've got my mind set on replacing it, just want to get everything done right, so i can get the most out of it when I sell it

Quote from: Callum_K on 19 February 2013, 08:41

I experienced the same thing with my GTI, after a while it runs of out of things that can go wrong, and I've finally had a couple of months of trouble free motoring.

 I managed 400 miles trouble free  :cool:

Quote from: Gavv8 on 19 February 2013, 09:03

Stick with it bud, summers coming and you'll be glad you did when your hooning around those n/devon roads with the radio on and the sunroof open.. :smiley:

Wish I had a sun roof, then I wouldn't have feckin aircon which is giving me the complications

Title: Re: Stuck at home, AGAIN!
Post by: 67buggers on 19 February 2013, 09:56

Dude you've done so much to it already.....push on and get it fixed. I did the rad on my old one....no air on, but was only about £60 IIRC and that included temp sensors

Title: Re: Stuck at home, AGAIN!
Post by: Len on 19 February 2013, 10:26

Better the devil you know! You could change it and get the same faults or even worse!

Gotta expect these kind of things with 16/17 year old cars!

Had mine 10 years now and generally been very good, I guess the worst I have had to do on it was the radiator but that only took 4 or 5 hours and most of that was deciding how to do it! :grin:

Title: Re: Stuck at home, AGAIN!
Post by: whileoceanasleeps on 19 February 2013, 12:25

stick with it murraymint! you've put south work in to it, eventually it'll run out of things to go wrong and you'll be glad to keep it when it does