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How to Guides / Troubleshooting / Re: Drive shaft advice please.

« Last post by TheBALDpuma on May 19, 2024, 04:07:19 pm »

I would steer well clear from autodoc.  I bought some febi drop links from there last year and without telling me, or asking me, sent out there one brand ones as an "upgrade". They're really cheap Chinese stuff, and when it happened I googled it and it is their standard practice. Can't believe they get away with it, but it seems it's because they price their own brand stuff as quite expensive so they can make it out to be an upgrade.

I did get a refund but had to jump through a ton of hoops and it took ages and had to fight very hard to get them to pay for the postage. Total ball ache and I won't ever buy from there again

Edit to add try partsinmotion.co.uk they are great.

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How to Guides / Troubleshooting / Drive shaft advice please.

« Last post by sandomenico on May 19, 2024, 11:12:49 am »

Hi all,
My 2007 Gti needs a need driveshaft. (front left)
Where's the best to get a decent quality one at good price? A GKN-LOBRO one from Halfords is £191 But Autodoc do some good brands for a lot less, but I'm dubious.
Anyone got some advice please?
Many thanks.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Tailgate won't lock - actuator issue?

« Last post by mjmallia on May 18, 2024, 09:39:16 pm »

As mentioned, it will be broken wires on the left boot hinge

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Boot not opening

« Last post by mjmallia on May 18, 2024, 09:38:12 pm »

It will be broken wires on the left boot hinge

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Mk5 General Area / Re: MK5GolfGTI sudden influx of post views? Bot views?

« Last post by pudding on May 18, 2024, 06:17:05 pm »

Your oil pump investigations is all great info, and a common issue, so don't sell yourself short 

That's one for the forum admin/owner unfortunately mate, but bots are a plague on all forums unfortunately.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: MK5GolfGTI sudden influx of post views? Bot views?

« Last post by OllieVRS on May 18, 2024, 04:01:54 pm »

Maybe it's your contributions generating a lot of interest, or the warmth and charm of your personality 

I delete the bot posts if I spot them though, and there are many!

Always the same tactics.  Exhuming ancient posts with inane nonsense and a link to some tiger penis medication or some sht like that.

That's a good one pudding. I'm flattered 

The nothing like the warmth and charm of my doom and gloom oil pressure-related posts. Must be oil pump hysteria  driving this extra forum traffic

Would it be difficult or expensive to implement some sort of bot-check thing like cloud flare or recaptcha when logging in? I'm not too knowledgeable on the subject.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What shall I do? New turbo, 2nd hand turbo or reconditioned turbo?

« Last post by pudding on May 18, 2024, 03:58:12 pm »

For my Edition 30, I got a new Borg Weiner K04 from TurboZentrum for £950.  It was the exact same unit VW used, just less the VW branding.

I wouldn't trust a cheap aftermarket one personally if you want it to last.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: MK5GolfGTI sudden influx of post views? Bot views?

« Last post by pudding on May 18, 2024, 03:52:50 pm »

Maybe it's your contributions generating a lot of interest, or the warmth and charm of your personality 

I delete the bot posts if I spot them though, and there are many!

Always the same tactics.  Exhuming ancient posts with inane nonsense and a link to some tiger penis medication or some sht like that.

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Mk5 General Area / Boot not opening

« Last post by pandaman on May 18, 2024, 10:34:58 am »

My boot won't open, I've tried fitting a new latch which made no difference, then tried a different handle and then shorting the pins on the socket, still not working. The wires look fine in the boot area. Not sure what else to do next or what to check. Any ideas?

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Tailgate won't lock - actuator issue?

« Last post by slipd on May 18, 2024, 09:07:23 am »

Thanks mate! Will do. I recall moving the rubber wire boot last year to clean around the inside of the tailgate and thinking how clean and tidy everything looked there. I've seen on some videos, is it the earth wire that can get brittle and break? It's weird how I'm getting some sort of electrical noise from the actuator though/tailgate open warning on the dash. That's what made me think the actuator was at fault. I had to replace a couple of the door actuators the other year that had started to make weird noises and not always open/lock.

I've just tried to use the emergence lever to lock the tailgate but it's not having any one it, so as it stands, I can't actually lock the tailgate... any ideas with that? - just need a quick fix in case I can't get sorted for a for days.

A quick check for fault codes has revealed nothing.