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Offline tobz.

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VW reliability
« on: 05 March 2007, 09:37 »
Was doing some work on the golf at the weekend, fitted some new front brakes, dropped the sump and cleaned out the oil pickup (despite the fact it was already spotless). Then I thought it was time to fire it up ready to re-emerge.
After 3 months of not being touched it fired up on the button and settled straight away to a lovely steady idle!!! I love my dubs, just thought I'd share that with y'all.
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Re: VW reliability
« Reply #1 on: 05 March 2007, 10:27 »
Chuffed for ya mate!
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Re: VW reliability
« Reply #2 on: 05 March 2007, 12:38 »
Hoping my valver whats to do the same after its winter break ...just fighting replacing my solid rust rear disks today....
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Offline Neaty

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Re: VW reliability
« Reply #3 on: 05 March 2007, 13:26 »
glad someones VW's are reliable, I was beginning to think it was just an urban myth  :undecided:
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Re: VW reliability
« Reply #4 on: 06 March 2007, 11:28 »
I'll tell you now my camper will not fire up straight away when I bring it out of hibernation.
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Offline tobz.

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Re: VW reliability
« Reply #5 on: 06 March 2007, 12:00 »
Nah I'm sure my van wouldn't play ball quite as easily if I left that for as long. It was running like a bag of sh!t monday morning after I gave it a thrash up to manchester and back on sunday. It obviously wasn't happy after 400miles @ 70mph in one day, felt like it was running on 3 for a few miles monday morning. Luckily by the time I got to work it was all sweet and it seems happy again. Must just be grumpy like me on monday mornings!!!

Just noticed your sig Gibby, so you managed to let somebody tear the keys from your sweaty palm?
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Quote from: gibby on 27 April 2007, 13:30
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Offline gibby

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Re: VW reliability
« Reply #6 on: 06 March 2007, 14:54 »
Quote from: tobz. on 06 March 2007, 12:00
Just noticed your sig Gibby, so you managed to let somebody tear the keys from your sweaty palm?

Aye tobz, it went on Saturday but it wasn't as bad as I thought, I enjoyed it for four years and I couldn't afford to keep on top of all of them so something had to give, first in first out and all that.
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Re: VW reliability
« Reply #7 on: 06 March 2007, 21:10 »
cab fires up everytime..just love it.. :cool:

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Offline mattneck(Beavis)

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Re: VW reliability
« Reply #8 on: 06 March 2007, 22:27 »
juat fixing up my mates mk3, hasnt moved in nearly a year, tax ran out last april, been sat in an underground car parking space not even turnt on. thick with dirt, threw a new battery on and stat due to the previous overheating, fired up after 2 turns of the starter, hehehe.

next job replace the fan which was the cause, it died in picadilly circus  :grin:
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Re: VW reliability
« Reply #9 on: 06 March 2007, 22:44 »
:lipsrsealed: I'm saying  nothing!!
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