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Members Rides / Re: One Year In....

« Last post by RBS on October 29, 2025, 07:52:33 pm »

Welcome & indeed a very fun car to drive 😉
Enjoy it! And as mentioned above… keep an eye on timingbelt, camfollower & chain.
Plug a scantool on it. Regular fluid changes for engine and gearbox… and you’ll have fun forever😊

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Help with misfire!

« Last post by Mod29 on October 29, 2025, 05:44:25 pm »

Plugs have been out, they look fine. Swapped those around too. Compression test i’ll do tomorrow although i doubt its low on compression simply because of the way its running, theres definitely no power loss and no smoke.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Help with misfire!

« Last post by TyGTI on October 29, 2025, 05:15:49 pm »

Probably worth taking the plugs out and inspecting them. Not doubt cylinder 3 plug will standout from the others if thats where the issue lies.

After that a compression test and/or a camera into the bore would be a good place to start so you can determine if mechanically all is well.

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Mk5 General Area / Help with misfire!

« Last post by Mod29 on October 29, 2025, 08:37:10 am »

Hello all, 08 BWA engine developed a misfire BUT only at low rpms under WOT. Does it alot more when the engines cold, for example if im in say 4th at 1500 rpm i’ll get multiple misfires wot until around 3.5k then it’ll stop completely and pull happily to redline. Does not do it from a standstill foot to the floor 1st through all the gears. Literally only at very low rpm in a high gear full throttle.

No codes, or eml whatsoever.

I have vcds, detected 1 or 2 misfires in cylinder 1 and loads in cylinder 3, did the usual swap coils (still the original coils bare in mind) no change.

Injectors where swapped last year for recons (genuine) symptoms for that was basically engine wouldn’t rev or make any boost, totally different from what I’m experiencing now.

Vacuum seems to be good, pcv’s working. What else can i look at? Carbon build up seems to be mentioned alot. However when i did the injectors the build up didn’t seem to be that bad.

Any help to what direction to go is appreciated!

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How to Guides / Troubleshooting / Re: New Flywheel and Clutch, can't get into gear.

« Last post by mjmallia on October 29, 2025, 08:03:53 am »

Answer is on the end of the second page.

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How to Guides / Troubleshooting / Re: New Flywheel and Clutch, can't get into gear.

« Last post by TF51 AWD on October 27, 2025, 10:13:12 pm »

Did you get to the bottom of this issue ive got the same problem with my twin plate clutch

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Performance Modifications / Decat recommendations, 1.6 FSI

« Last post by jake on October 27, 2025, 07:31:59 pm »

I have a MK5 1.6 FSI and it currently has a cat back exhaust on at the moment, I've done a bit of research and noticed it has 2 cats. I have looked into a decat pipe for the secondary cat and cant manage to find anything for the 1.6 fsi engine if any one knows where I can get a pipe from that would be great or even the dimensions I need to be able to get one fabricated

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Edition 30 - Register

« Last post by Ripstop on October 27, 2025, 10:24:49 am »

#1000 now sold to a local lad almost at 180,000 and still going strong. The wings need doing and it was my daily. Can’t say how much I enjoyed this car but needed something softer  Bought a 2018 MK7.5 GTI Performance. Loving the comfort.

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Announcements / Re: Almost brand new GTI

« Last post by GVK on October 26, 2025, 09:53:44 pm »

Didn't win , whoever did has got themselves a nice car!

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What did you and your MKV do today?

« Last post by skkane on October 26, 2025, 04:44:45 pm »

Finally got some time to fix my rattling sunroof. Took the whole thing out along with the blind, gave everything a good clean, some silicone protector for the rubber seal and ptfe dry lube for the rails. Happy to say the rattle is gone, drove around the block for a bit and I can't hear the damn thing.

Just the dash rattling remains, between 1700-2200 RPM so you can ALWAYS hear it. I can't pinpoint it for the life of me, keep pressing around on every spot and it's to no effect. I'm gonna try and see if the side screws got loose or something, feel like putting an axe thru it already.