CARS HOME :(

[[han]]

riht for those of you who didnt know, i finally got the crappycabby back from the garage who had it 3 weeks!!!

£280 later, she's running! still not entirely sure what they've done, as not got the receipt yet - nor have i paid LOL! She's running like a total heapa sh!t! :'( she's idling crap! drove to ferrybridge on sunday, (my bday) and she was running fine in the pissin wet, until we got almost there! then she starting shaking like a sh!tting dog! like a bad misfire! after that she was ok-ish but still not performing like a true GTI yesterday she's had new dizzy cap, rotor arm, plugs and leads in the hope that she'll be better!

but on the upside she's gettin booked in for a RR and set up! woop woop! so atleasrt she's home!

[BobbyT]

did they check the tank?? might be like mine, too much crap in there so it wouldnt pick the fuel up!

[Phil K]

Sorry to hear it's still causing problems... don't you have any decent VAG tuners up there that know what they're doing?

Reason I say this is due to my own bad experience with a so called VW specialist who fitted a new bottom end in my Corrado and then spent nigh on a year trying to get it running right - he changed every sensor twice, checked and re-checked everything over and over and couldn't find the fault which essentialy meant I couldn't take the revs over 4K

So, in the end I got my car back still not right and hadn't a clue where to go or what to do next... not to mention the money that I'd spent!

A few months later I remembered The Phirm were not a million miles away and decided it'd be worth taking it down there to see if they could think of anything that may just cure it... and they did - took Tim all of 20 minutes to diagnose the problem and he had it back to me in a couple of days running spot on and thats how it stayed right up to me selling it!

May not really be that helpful but sometime it can pay to see another 'specialist' as a fresh pair of eyes may spot something otherwise missed...

Best of luck getting it sorted - looks fantastic in the pics btw

[[han]]

Good news local company who work with high performance cars called
ALWYN KERSHAW http://www.alwynkershaw.co.uk/
can set her up for £50+vat plus parts! real good i thought, plus she'll be RR'd too! Woop Woop, roll on friday mornin!!!!

[topher]

Yes but do they work with golfs? You may go round and round in circles until you get a specialist to look at it.. who might sort the problem in 5 mins (as phils example).

No normal garage, no matter how much they big themselves up, can even come close to a genuine vw specialist when you have a fault to fix.

[[han]]

i know, they  sh!t at fualt finding! i learnt my lesson! 

but hopefully she'll be sweet until the mot! lol!!

[lordbigsack]

have you tried these guys?


Gilpin Brothers Garage
Linden, Main St, High Catton, York, North Yorkshire YO41 1EL
Tel: 01759 371101

I will be taking my mk2 to them when it needs work.  I used to use them when I had my last golf (2001) and they were V good and reasonably priced.  They are VW specialists with about a million years of experience between them. lol.

Cheers,

S

[[han]]

thanks, i'll try them in future! hopefully setting up will sort all problems!!!

[[han]]

cars back at the garage opposite my house, as its practical... she's broken.. AGAIN!

this time the oil warning light and stoopid buzzer come on at 2000 revs and then stay on until you turn the car off, even at idle.

Hopefully it's just the sender or the pump... hmmmm.... silly cabs!!!

[Madone_si]

poor han with her cab....

Not having much luck of late with that car.... maybe you should sell it and buy a ford!!!