Post by: GTI Dave 30 on April 19, 2015, 04:01:59 pm
Post by: Orc on April 19, 2015, 05:13:38 pm
Post by: GrayMK5GTI on April 19, 2015, 06:43:59 pm
Absolute PITA
Post by: wheatobear on April 20, 2015, 04:48:44 pm
Post by: Matthewsimone on April 20, 2015, 05:54:29 pm
Did mine a few weeks ago on my eddy, took me a hour and half but I am a tech and I've done a few. Pretty easy once you know what your doing with right tools :happy2:
Sorry but more than a 1.5 hour job to do it properly
Mine recently been done so know what's involved!
Post by: PT82 on April 20, 2015, 07:15:51 pm
Post by: Matthewsimone on April 20, 2015, 08:30:51 pm
The VW indie I use said about 3 hours labour.
Exactly this mate and thats to do a proper job without any snags
Post by: Orc on April 21, 2015, 07:53:03 pm
Did mine a few weeks ago on my eddy, took me a hour and half but I am a tech and I've done a few. Pretty easy once you know what your doing with right tools :happy2:As I said mate I'm a vw master tech so done a few of these now and yes 1.5 to do mine the other week, can post my labour times if ya like from work;)
Sorry but more than a 1.5 hour job to do it properly
Mine recently been done so know what's involved!
Post by: GTI Dave 30 on April 22, 2015, 08:12:15 pm
Post by: Matthewsimone on April 22, 2015, 09:09:51 pm
Did mine a few weeks ago on my eddy, took me a hour and half but I am a tech and I've done a few. Pretty easy once you know what your doing with right tools :happy2:As I said mate I'm a vw master tech so done a few of these now and yes 1.5 to do mine the other week, can post my labour times if ya like from work;)
Sorry but more than a 1.5 hour job to do it properly
Mine recently been done so know what's involved!
Post as many labour times as you like
Its much more than a 1.5 hour job to do it even half properly unless you threw it all back together like 99% of vw techs do :laugh:
Im a time served engineer plus rebuilt cars from the ground up so know my way round a spanner or 2 :rolleye:
Post by: dazza on April 28, 2015, 10:05:06 am
Post by: SkyJawa on April 28, 2015, 10:30:32 am
I think i have to do mine. How long should it usually take to hit 90.
For the main stat its not so much about how long it takes to hit 90 - warm up is more effected by the inline regulators, its about if once its up to 90 whether it stays there or not. Once at 90 the needle should never drop. If your needle drops off 90 once its up to temp then you need to replace the main stat. If it takes a long time to warm up but once it does the needle stays put you need to do the inline regulator/s.....
Post by: dazza on April 29, 2015, 10:44:09 am
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Post by: Matthewsimone on April 29, 2015, 10:48:44 am
Went for a drive to the next village (16km round trip) the coolant temp on polar fis floated between 69 and 73. As i was pulling into the garage the temperature started to increase the gauge is nearly at 90 and polar fis shows 81.
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How do you get that menu up mate :happy2:
Post by: dazza on April 29, 2015, 10:58:50 am
How do you get that menu up mate :happy2:http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?page=mods&mod=42
Post by: olethalb on April 29, 2015, 01:34:26 pm
Post by: SkyJawa on April 29, 2015, 01:35:57 pm
Just keep your eye on the needle, if you are seeing it dropping off 90 when up to temp then theres a stat issue.
Post by: dazza on April 29, 2015, 01:45:23 pm
dazza - are your clocks just wrapped?
Yes mate just wrapped.
Don't pay much attention to the actual reading, VCDS reads differently to what the needle shows too.Surely i should be at temp after 16km considering its 20 plus today.
Just keep your eye on the needle, if you are seeing it dropping off 90 when up to temp then theres a stat issue.
Post by: dazza on April 29, 2015, 01:47:18 pm
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,78341.0.html
It looks like there are two inline stats?? As he removed the second one without removing alternator etc?
Post by: Matthewsimone on April 29, 2015, 02:14:34 pm
Seen this and i'm a little :confused:
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,78341.0.html
It looks like there are two inline stats?? As he removed the second one without removing alternator etc?
Depends on year of car also as my 57 plate manual has no inline stats only the main which was replaced few months ago and all fine now :happy2:
Post by: dazza on April 29, 2015, 02:23:53 pm
Went for a spin on the motorway it came up to 90 as soon as i put my foot down then dropped off when i coasted down the off ramp.
Post by: dazza on April 29, 2015, 02:42:00 pm
Post by: SkyJawa on April 29, 2015, 03:55:10 pm
That's what we had done. Dealer changed the main stat under warranty and that made it stay at 90 once up to temp. However it still took stupid long to get up to temperature so we had the 2 regulators changed and its now up to temp in a few minutes.
Post by: dazza on April 29, 2015, 04:03:11 pm
Post by: SkyJawa on April 29, 2015, 05:33:28 pm
We have the same as yours, 2005 AXX DSG GTI.
Post by: dazza on April 29, 2015, 05:54:20 pm
Post by: Matthewsimone on April 29, 2015, 06:19:26 pm
It does get to 90 but takes ages and then drops. So if i'm draining the coolant to do the cam belt/water pump i may as well switch out these three as well??
I would mate
Vw quoted me about £300 to do main stat
Good friend who is vag/bmw specialist charged me £130 including parts to do main stat
Said it was a horrible job and he's never doing another :laugh:
Post by: dazza on April 29, 2015, 06:36:17 pm
I would mateThe easy jobs turn into horrible ones for me so i'm well up for this. :party:
Vw quoted me about £300 to do main stat
Good friend who is vag/bmw specialist charged me £130 including parts to do main stat
Said it was a horrible job and he's never doing another :laugh:
I've been faffing about with the boot build for too long. Going to change the inner CV boot tomorrow and start checking things off my never ending todo list.
Post by: SkyJawa on April 29, 2015, 06:41:48 pm
It does get to 90 but takes ages and then drops. So if i'm draining the coolant to do the cam belt/water pump i may as well switch out these three as well??
Yep - do them all :)