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Offline SoundillusioN

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Re: Dom069 - My Mk4 Story So Far
« Reply #990 on: 13 July 2012, 16:25 »
Quote from: VR6_Wherry on 13 July 2012, 16:17
Quote from: SoundillusioN on 13 July 2012, 15:00
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Mk4's

Most unreliable of them all :angry:

Feel your pain man

Is it just the fact that they don't age well???  Not really had much to do with them, had one at work for a short while and was fine, but then it wasn't that old at the time.

So what are you trying to say...

 :grin: :grin: :grin:

Were they ever reliable?.. ie, when new were they OK but once they get on a bit they have a terrible mid-life crisis?
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Re: Dom069 - My Mk4 Story So Far
« Reply #991 on: 13 July 2012, 21:12 »
Just stick with it Dom cars mint mate everyones car has issues along the way joys of owning a vdub
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Re: Dom069 - My Mk4 Story So Far
« Reply #992 on: 13 July 2012, 21:22 »
Quote from: SoundillusioN on 13 July 2012, 16:25
Quote from: VR6_Wherry on 13 July 2012, 16:17
Quote from: SoundillusioN on 13 July 2012, 15:00
Quote from: F17BAD on 13 July 2012, 13:23
Mk4's

Most unreliable of them all :angry:

Feel your pain man

Is it just the fact that they don't age well???  Not really had much to do with them, had one at work for a short while and was fine, but then it wasn't that old at the time.

So what are you trying to say...

 :grin: :grin: :grin:

Were they ever reliable?.. ie, when new were they OK but once they get on a bit they have a terrible mid-life crisis?

Never owned a 1.8t my dad did sold it on 180 odd thousand miles only things changed was clutch and fuel pump.My old Gt-tdi had a problem never broke down though and the fault was caused by human error once done it was 100% relaible.Current mk4 wagon 141,000 miles never misses a beat never broken down so far very relaible.
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Re: Dom069 - My Mk4 Story So Far
« Reply #993 on: 21 July 2012, 10:26 »
Right then, I now have 6 weeks off work so the car is going to get some love!

The engine management light/traction control light was due to a faulty MAF :angry:

I replaced the MAF with a new Bosch one from GSF last October and it has gone already :angry: :angry:

Anyway, £100 later and I've got a new one from VW and the car is running a million times better than before :cool:

Going to strip the rear brakes down next week, grease them all up & rebuild them to solve the binding, also going to strip the JOMs and fix them.

That'll leave axle bushes and PAS pipe to sort, then a new ARB and lower the front end some more!
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Re: Dom069 - My Mk4 Story So Far
« Reply #994 on: 21 July 2012, 12:04 »
Good to hear your sorting it Dom  :wink:
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Re: Dom069 - My Mk4 Story So Far
« Reply #995 on: 21 July 2012, 12:16 »
Thought it was going to be an a update that your selling it. Seems to be the way things are going with mk4 owners  :lipsrsealed:

Glad to see your not  :smiley:
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Re: Dom069 - My Mk4 Story So Far
« Reply #996 on: 21 July 2012, 13:25 »
Quote from: jnufcuk on 21 July 2012, 12:16
Thought it was going to be an a update that your selling it. Seems to be the way things are going with mk4 owners  :lipsrsealed:

Glad to see your not  :smiley:

Nah, decided to stick with it for the moment! In the middle of buying a house at the moment which means I'll have a drive from September, as soon as I can afford to I'm going to get a VR6 as a project :wink:
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Re: Dom069 - My Mk4 Story So Far
« Reply #997 on: 21 July 2012, 13:38 »
Quote from: dom069 on 21 July 2012, 13:25
Quote from: jnufcuk on 21 July 2012, 12:16
Thought it was going to be an a update that your selling it. Seems to be the way things are going with mk4 owners  :lipsrsealed:

Glad to see your not  :smiley:

Nah, decided to stick with it for the moment! In the middle of buying a house at the moment which means I'll have a drive from September, as soon as I can afford to I'm going to get a VR6 as a project :wink:

I must say I'm quite impressed with the vr6, just I still don't like the mk3 look. I think a dome up mk4 looks better then a done up mk3. But as for the engine .....WOW  :evil:
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Re: Dom069 - My Mk4 Story So Far
« Reply #998 on: 21 July 2012, 20:33 »
Glad your sticking with it :afro:
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Re: Dom069 - My Mk4 Story So Far
« Reply #999 on: 21 July 2012, 21:27 »
Urm warranty on the MAF?  Fook paying out for another after less than 12 month!!
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