starter motor

[kurtangle]

how much shouls i roughly pay for a new starter inc labour and vat cheers i have a mk4 gti turbo

[vwkevgti]

hi mate new starter motors are around 80 quidish me thinks and shoudnt take much longer than an hour to fit so an hours labor should cover it. they arent that hard to change tho dont you fancy having ago your self ? heres a link on how to remove them is yours making a really foul noise when you start it ? if so this link tells you how to get rid of that noise too http://www.montreal-vdubbing.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43
happy new year 
kev

[No_idea]

Hi,

I had a query regarding this recently.  The noise was like an old steam kettle whistling for about 3 or 4 seconds just after cold starting.

I had a PM from richw today asking if I had resolved it, but I was unable to access my PMs for some reason, so hopefully richw will see this reply. 

As yet I haven't done anything about it rich.  It doesn't happen every time I start from cold, but about 90% of the time.  I had a service last week and needed two new front tyres (Goodyear Eagles) on the 17" alloys so I am a little short in the cash department at the moment.

If it is just the starter motor sticking then I can live with it for now.

I start a new job this week which requires a round trip of about 60 miles a day, so I am thinking economic necessity might need a change to a diesel something or other.

I might therefore be looking to offload my silver 1.8T 180hp 5door on an 03 plate, with factory fitted 17" alloys, black leather seats, 43000 miles, FSH.

I would post a photo here, but I am afraid I am much too stupid.  I clicked on the 'insert image' icon but it didn't seem to want to play with me.

[richw911]

Hi,

I had a query regarding this recently.  The noise was like an old steam kettle whistling for about 3 or 4 seconds just after cold starting.

I had a PM from richw today asking if I had resolved it, but I was unable to access my PMs for some reason, so hopefully richw will see this reply. 

As yet I haven't done anything about it rich.  It doesn't happen every time I start from cold, but about 90% of the time.  I had a service last week and needed two new front tyres (Goodyear Eagles) on the 17" alloys so I am a little short in the cash department at the moment.

If it is just the starter motor sticking then I can live with it for now.

I start a new job this week which requires a round trip of about 60 miles a day, so I am thinking economic necessity might need a change to a diesel something or other.

I might therefore be looking to offload my silver 1.8T 180hp 5door on an 03 plate, with factory fitted 17" alloys, black leather seats, 43000 miles, FSH.

I would post a photo here, but I am afraid I am much too stupid.  I clicked on the 'insert image' icon but it didn't seem to want to play with me

Hi mate, yeah shame to sell her but it needs must and all that  o get a GTTDI good on fuel and loads of power 

[richw911]

Have you got photo bucket? www.photobucket.com  Set up an account just upload you pics to photobucket. Copy and paste the link into you advert page on here. Hope this helps mate.