MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: OLLIE_JETTA_MK5 on February 14, 2017, 09:12:15 pm

Title: expert help needed please :)
Post by: OLLIE_JETTA_MK5 on February 14, 2017, 09:12:15 pm
The Car

ED30, 100K , Full service , runs sweetas a nut , recently fitted CAI

The symptoms

Car struggles to reach 90 degrees , sits at 75 odd , goes up to 90 somtimes (stationary/crawling) heating is working fine , nice hot blowers etc butgoes back down to 75 even when driving for 20-30 minutes

any ideas what this might be? cost to repair etc

Cheers
Title: Re: expert help needed please :)
Post by: fab5freddy on February 14, 2017, 09:28:07 pm
Main thermostat gone, very common.

The part itself is cheap, about £30, labour is the killer, it's buried under the front of the engine. 3 hours approx

Do a search on here, there's loads of info on this  :happy2:
Title: Re: expert help needed please :)
Post by: OLLIE_JETTA_MK5 on February 14, 2017, 09:30:11 pm
Main thermostat gone, very common.

The part itself is cheap, about £30, labour is the killer, it's buried under the front of the engine. 3 hours approx

Do a search on here, there's loads of info on this  :happy2:

Thanks bro ! the car is still underdealer warranty so ill let them know what needs sorting ! its in for cambelt and water pump next thursday isit worth doing this at the same time labour wise?
Title: Re: expert help needed please :)
Post by: fab5freddy on February 14, 2017, 10:20:39 pm
Main thermostat gone, very common.

The part itself is cheap, about £30, labour is the killer, it's buried under the front of the engine. 3 hours approx

Do a search on here, there's loads of info on this  :happy2:

Thanks bro ! the car is still underdealer warranty so ill let them know what needs sorting ! its in for cambelt and water pump next thursday isit worth doing this at the same time labour wise?

Happy days, sorted 

Yeah get it done same time