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Members Rides / Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car

« Last post by rex on Today at 07:26:07 pm »

Had the chance to take the car on the track and, even if the weather was miserable (maximum of 8 degrees and continuous rain), the car behaved wonderfully and I had lots of fun.
First, I have to say, after changing the spark plugs and coils my random missfires at high RPM in 2nd and 3rd gear went away completely. 
After the track day, I also added some of this to take care of the carbon deposits - so no conclusions on the effectiveness of this yet.



Here are some photos from the trackday:























The video will follow shortly.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Lumbar support retrofit and heated seats retrofit on MK5 Golf Help Please

« Last post by foru2justnv on Today at 06:14:00 pm »

Hi all
My seats are 2007 onwards as i only have one regulator. I have today swapped the looms over between passenger and driver seat (UK). The only plug now not connected is the blue connector 2 wire which i presume is seat occupancy sensor.
My real Question is I can see the brown wires on both the plugs but ive got different coloured wires. I just want to power up lumbar support for now directly to a fuse shunt. So i need to know which is the power wire on both seats if the brown is the ground.

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Members Rides / Re: Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car

« Last post by rex on March 24, 2026, 08:06:30 pm »

Got to work on the Golf a bit...

Changed the spark plugs and the induction coils. Went with the OE version.







It's quite a bit thing for me because it is the first time I've changed the spark plugs on a car. Quite happy with how things went.
BTW, saw some videos about changing the induction coils and I can say the technique with using a few zip ties to pull the coils out works great.





I also looked inside the cylinders and I think there is a bit of carbon buildup. I'll try to fix this in the future...



And, then I washed the car and took a few pictures of the new wheels.
I am using a 40 mm spacer (20mm per side) on the front axle (with the Kerscher fenders) and a 30 mm spacer on the rear axle (15mm per side).









I quite the look of the car. What do you guys think?

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Mk5 General Area / Re: MK5 – Interior light stays on, battery drain

« Last post by MKVASMR on March 23, 2026, 11:03:53 pm »

Get an amp clamp or a multimeter. Set it on the battery and measure mA. Then pull fuses with the car being locked and eventually you will find where your drainage is coming from.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: MK5 – Interior light stays on, battery drain

« Last post by t4jo on March 22, 2026, 11:12:21 am »

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Mk5 General Area / Re: MK5 – Interior light stays on, battery drain

« Last post by GVK on March 21, 2026, 06:56:58 pm »

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Mk5 General Area / MK5 – Interior light stays on, battery drain

« Last post by t4jo on March 21, 2026, 01:44:31 pm »

Hi,

I have an issue with my MK5. Sometimes when I lock/unlock the car, the interior light (above rearview mirror) stays on and drains the battery.

Dashboard shows all doors closed. Problem happens only sometimes.

What I’ve done:
   •   replaced driver door lock
   •   replaced all wiring in driver door

Still the same.

When the issue happens, I hear an extra locking sound from the passenger side (like it locks twice). At that moment, the interior light stays on.

So I think it could be:
   •   passenger door lock (microswitch?)
   •   wiring in passenger door
   •   or comfort module

Also, question: how should the lock/unlock buttons on driver door work? (see picture)
On my car only the lower button (lock) works, upper button does nothing.

Any ideas?

Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/rKogUvA

Thanks 👍

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Engine rattle

« Last post by GVK on March 19, 2026, 09:14:47 pm »

Remember when my ex gf had a new Edition 30 her car had a similar noise it was one of the rollers on the cambelt.

I would remove the aux belt and see if noise stops.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Engine rattle

« Last post by KcajGnowk on March 18, 2026, 04:49:35 pm »

There's no unusual sounds when switching off.

The rattle sound doesn't start straight away on on start up, it seems to ease in as it warms up.