That makes sense because when I changed mine the old ones were dry and rusty looking , when refitting new ones good lube was used . Plus the old ones were badly worn so close to stripping themselves...
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That makes sense because when I changed mine the old ones were dry and rusty looking , when refitting new ones good lube was used . Plus the old ones were badly worn so close to stripping themselves...
I use a company website called Parts Navigator https://partsnavigator.com.au/ its great for lots of different makes . All you need is the cars VIN number and if its in their catalog you can get the...
How about CV joint , mine made similar unusual sounds and when jacked up in gear you could hear which side it was . New joints fitted and the noise went away , when your in those higher gears there...
As rebuild said door lock problems can be the connectors under the drivers seat , if you slide it right forwards there is a block of connectors and if you unplug them you may find corrosion . We...
Ours comes on from time to time , has been doing it off and on for a couple of years and at no time has it caused any problem with driving . I have always said if the EGR and in conjunction with the...
All our T4,s had the pre fitted mounting points for roof racks standard , they are in the roof recess on each side running longitudinally from front to rear.
it wasn't that costly less than a hundred bucks from memory not sure of its composition but I would imagine its hopefully metal and yes Genuine VW .
You also should look into getting what vw sell as a "Robustness Kit " this is a VW made divider which will save your engine from major damage if the serpentine belt lets go . There are some who have...
Ok today fitted the new coil overs from Germany , front springs and struts a bastard . But while I had the suspension off I also fitted new nylon bushes into the sway / torsion bar plus all new strut...
Thanks for the info , in fact I just bought a whole load of suspension and upper strut bearings and bits from Heritage .I looked at their T32 Coil overs and they send them freight free so I might go...
After now nearly 10 plus years of hard work its time to replace the Bilstein Coil Overs in our van . Now as we wont be keeping this one for too many more years I can,t justify spending another $2 k...
Well obviously things have changed for the better then as some years ago VW would charge ridiculous amounts not only for a head unit with both Bluetooth and GPS then add map upgrades as well . I...
I was only asking out of interest , from what I,ve seen on various forums the cost to update GPS mapping etc can run into several hundreds of dollars and sometimes it seems some new VW,s sold with...
I might ask roughly what does updated software for the VW GPS cost .
Why worry about legality these days , with the world hurtling towards EV cars why concern yourself with a DPF , the only time it would be detected is if you go for a complete inspection by one of...
Looks good buddy , how did it go any issues ?
If the airbag had been deployed it would probably thrown an error message on the display , plus when they do deploy its a hell of a bang along with lots of white powder . They had an airbag set up at...
I do sunroof repairs and its a problem we face every day almost , we take most linings out like the diagram but obviously passengers side . Move the seats back as far as they can go and then recline...
DPF more dirty 3 letter words for VW woes , I drove my 2004 T5 for the first time in a few months yesterday [ stay at home worker these days ] as soon as I hit the highway I hit the cruise control...
It makes you wonder back in the late 90,s T4,s had a metal under engine cover jump forward to 2012 and you get nothing , very stupid really as there are lots of vunerable engine parts just waiting...
I had the same problem in my T5 stock headlights were scary at night on country roads , after a full grown deer walked out in front of me one night on the Brisbane Valley Highway one of those pant...
Try Brakes Direct here in Brisbane they have a huge range , we always get ours there for our T5.1 vans Australia's Experts in Automotive Braking Components!
Virtually the same problem as the early one , the fabric is fused to an ultra thin clockspring type metal strip by a very tiny 2 mm wide glue of sorts . Its the glue that lets go .
Keep an eye on your Panoramic sunroofs interior roller sunshade , VW have changed the design from the first series so the early version does not fit . I have been replacing the early series for...
Not sure of its location but check inside the socket for something someone has stuck in there , many years back I had a customer whose centre console socket kept blowing the fuse. Turned out that...