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The garage / Intermittent starting issues
« Last post by Neil69 on 26 March 2026, 15:25 »
Hi all,
My Mk7.5 has started playing up occasionally when starting, hot or cold. It’ll start then die and sometimes try and restart it’s self.., other times it tells me to try and start manually.. It eventually starts and is fine.
I had a stage 1 remap done about a year ago without any issues and it starts and drives great 99% of the time.
Sound familiar to anyone..?
Thanks for any pointers.. 🍻
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Golf mk8 / Re: DIPSTICK
« Last post by Watts on 26 March 2026, 14:50 »
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Golf mk8 / Re: DIPSTICK
« Last post by valentino on 26 March 2026, 12:52 »
Thankyou- sorted
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Golf mk8 / Re: DIPSTICK
« Last post by Watts on 26 March 2026, 09:01 »
Off the top of my head you want the 'car' menu and if it doesn't come straight up probably 'status' next. It shows tyres, oil and something else I can't recall.
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Golf mk8 / Re: DIPSTICK
« Last post by valentino on 26 March 2026, 08:54 »
Probably a very silly question, but how do you navigate through the infotainment screen to the oil level screen?
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General discussion / Re: 19 inch Pretorias from CMwheels
« Last post by AJ_2001 on 25 March 2026, 17:52 »
Deffo gunmetal, I spent an eternity pondering colour and so glad I went with gunmetal, really pops when clean against the red callipers.






Damnnn that looks too fire, I hope mine as good since my car is silver, but this fully suits your car 🔥👌
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Golf mk8 / Re: DIPSTICK
« Last post by valentino on 25 March 2026, 16:02 »
OK thanks for that, didnt realise it had already been discussed
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Golf mk8 / Re: DIPSTICK
« Last post by Watts on 25 March 2026, 13:21 »
A previous thread should help - https://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=290993.0

Personally I've learned to embrace the electronic dipstick, far more convenient.
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Detailing / Finally sorted my garage ready to get back into detailing
« Last post by Nino on 25 March 2026, 12:32 »
The garage was a bit of a mess before and not the nicest place to work in, so I decided to properly reset it and make it somewhere I actually want to spend time detailing the car again this process has been done over 4 years in total.

Here is some before when I first bought the house and during;
















Main changes Years 1-3
- Previous owner has the Asbestos roof replaced but not enough joists were installed in my opinion so re-enforced the roof.
- All the walls had damp on them and water was coming in multiple places around the floor, all walls were painted with multiple coats.
- Floors and gaps were filled with waterproof cement and floors were painted with DPM and then fibre screeded.
- Workshop area had 25kg of trunking done to the walls as the back walls are underground and water was pushing through.
- All floors painted.

All this fixed any water coming in (Thank god)

Main changes Year 4
- Replaced the old 50-year-old garage door with an insulated electric roller door.
- Prepped and painted the floor (again)
- Added PVC Skirting
- Installed Ventlock garage floor mats over the top
- Had a proper clear out and got rid of a load of stuff I didn’t need
- Organised all my detailing products so everything’s easy to get to
- Wall-mounted as many tools as possible to keep the floor clear

It’s made a massive difference already feels way more usable and a lot less cluttered. Hoping it’ll make keeping on top of detailing a bit easier (and more enjoyable). I am kind aof limited in what I can do because its a single skin garage and I don't really want to lose space and don't have the money to full insulate it yet.

Here is a quick video I did of the changes this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oZv9-SvzUI

Not trying to promote anything, just quite pleased with how it turned out and thought I’d share 👍
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Golf mk8 / DIPSTICK
« Last post by valentino on 25 March 2026, 12:30 »
Has anyone purchased an actual dipstick for the 8.5 GTI ?
i think i would like to check myself rather than relying on the monitor-- thoughts?
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