MK5 Golf GTI

General => New Member Intro's => Topic started by: Headless68 on June 10, 2015, 08:59:02 am

Title: GTI'aholic - Nottingham
Post by: Headless68 on June 10, 2015, 08:59:02 am
Hello all
This is Golf number 11 between me & the wife, Black GTI MkV '05 & its the longest I've had one at coming up on 6 years now.
Just hit first niggle & reading the FAQ's here I think the diverter valve has probably gone, I get a slight bump/misfire at low revs usually when backing off the gas and occasionally it feels like there is no boost (but not all the time).
Other than that in 6 years I had a snapped rear spring & a recall for the coil packs (which Vdub replaced for free), wiring through the tailgate snapped (common fault)  -
its been a brilliant car & its going to be around for a while yet.

Cheers
Headless :-)
Title: Re: GTI'aholic - Nottingham
Post by: Headless68 on June 10, 2015, 01:36:00 pm
DV is £65 from VW - hope to have it sorted this weekend - will report back
Title: Re: GTI'aholic - Nottingham
Post by: RetroRaz on June 10, 2015, 02:04:01 pm
welcome to the forum!

Im up in Hucknall once every month.
Title: Re: GTI'aholic - Nottingham
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on June 10, 2015, 02:37:46 pm

Welcome! I'm Toton/Beeston Area. (Y)
Title: Re: GTI'aholic - Nottingham
Post by: Headless68 on June 11, 2015, 08:14:05 am
Not far from me then, I'm in Bestwood Village.

DV being sorted tomorrow, so I'm hoping thats going to sort the niggle out :-)
Title: Re: GTI'aholic - Nottingham
Post by: z00bz on June 11, 2015, 09:35:57 am
Just ordered mine from Awesome GTI which im expecting delivery on today.  :jumpmove:

Cam Follower kit and Rev G Diverter valve £95 delivered

I thinkthe Rev G is recommended over the piston Rev D.
Title: Re: GTI'aholic - Nottingham
Post by: Headless68 on June 11, 2015, 02:33:33 pm
I'm using WK Auto's in Long Eaton (Nottm) - they are an Evo specialist but Wayne is actually a magician with anything with a turbo on.
A couple of guys I know had remaps done there with great results. Plan on leaving mine as standard though because its awesome anyway :-)
Title: Re: GTI'aholic - Nottingham
Post by: Headless68 on June 12, 2015, 01:36:28 pm
WIN!!!!
the DV was split as per the sticky in the troubleshooting section of the forum -
£90 inc fitting and VAT at WK Auto's
I would say that power is up by a third - was a gooooooood drive home :-)

Got a quote for Cambelt kit + waterpump while I was there £350 - is that a good price (I was expecting £400 to £500 tbh
Title: Re: GTI'aholic - Nottingham
Post by: jayha11 on June 12, 2015, 05:37:24 pm
Welcome Headless! Glad the car is running well after the DV replacement. £350 for a cambelt and water pump change is a good price!
Title: Re: GTI'aholic - Nottingham
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on June 12, 2015, 07:35:55 pm
Quote from: Headless68 on June 12, 2015, 01:36:28 pm
WIN!!!!
the DV was split as per the sticky in the troubleshooting section of the forum -
£90 inc fitting and VAT at WK Auto's
I would say that power is up by a third - was a gooooooood drive home :-)

Got a quote for Cambelt kit + waterpump while I was there £350 - is that a good price (I was expecting £400 to £500 tbh

That's a shade less than I paid last time iirc, good price if using genuine bits!
Title: Re: GTI'aholic - Nottingham
Post by: Headless68 on June 13, 2015, 12:45:14 pm
....almost sorted, so I have all the boost but, this morning got engine warning light - ODB2 scanner says code P0642 - google  that for VW and looks like could be intake manifold runner control valve or version of the control module software needs updating.
Anyone had this ?

Cheers
Headless