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VW Water Cooled / Re: Airbag fitment

« on: November 01, 2012, 03:56:22 PM »

Thanks, donny,

I've made a start on finding an airbag steering wheel and the necessary fittings, but the warning light module's tricky to find, for airbag and early-type Abs. I'll keep on looking, though, since the cost of a new one is in 3 figures.

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VW Water Cooled / Re: Mk2 Golf GTi wheels, where?

« on: August 16, 2012, 02:08:39 PM »

don't go nicking them off a local vehicle!......hmmm, although that has just given me an idea, I'm off to get my trolley jack [8D]

And you a polis, too...

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VW Water Cooled / Re: Golf mk3 pollen filters?

« on: August 16, 2012, 02:04:02 PM »

donny,

Can the pollen filter housing be fitted instead of the plain housing? I don't suppose that the Vento is different from the Golf in this respect.

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VW Water Cooled / Re: Airbag fitment

« on: April 05, 2012, 02:41:18 PM »

Thanks, neo, I've joined up and asked about it.

The word seems to be No.

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VW Water Cooled / Re: Airbag fitment

« on: April 03, 2012, 04:13:03 PM »

Thanks, I thought that it might be the kind of thing that was only viable when new (or nearly so). I've looked around the area alongside the light switch, where the warning light unit fits, and didn't see any wiring that might be for the lamp (there are just two wires for the Abs lamp already fitted). So maybe some additional wiring is needed. The car is an 'AAZ' turbo diesel, and I'm pretty sure there isn't an engine Ecu fitted.

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VW Water Cooled / Airbag fitment

« on: April 02, 2012, 04:08:43 PM »

Does anyone know how feasible it is to fit an airbag to a non-airbag equipped car?. The handbook for my Vento says that a drivers airbag can be fitted to an existing car, but doesn't give much detail. Is this a dealer-only job?. I suspect it is, due to an airbag being an explosive device.

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VW Water Cooled / Re: Un-used connector

« on: January 31, 2012, 04:54:55 PM »

Having borrowed the haynes manual and peeked inside a few other cars, the connectors wire colours match those mentioned for a headlamp levelling adjuster. Backing this up, the colours also appear at a connector in the engine compartment for the headlamps, indicators, etc.

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VW Water Cooled / Re: Un-used connector

« on: January 18, 2012, 04:14:16 PM »

Thanks, neo

The wiring installation in the car does seem to be of a better standard than I've struggled with on 80's and 90's Fords. Having had a look behind the fusebox, there are lots of additional connectors hanging about.

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General Chat / Re: Letter 'A' before £ sign

« on: January 14, 2012, 11:08:30 AM »

Thanks, neo. I was just curious, really. In fact, I wondered afterwards if it meant 'approximately'.

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General Chat / Letter 'A' before £ sign

« on: January 10, 2012, 05:17:53 PM »

Why do so many posts have an upper-case letter 'A' (with a poncey circumflex) before the '£' sign, when prices are quoted?

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VW Water Cooled / Un-used connector

« on: January 10, 2012, 04:30:16 PM »

On my Vento there's a spare 3-pin connector behind the light switch. Does anyone know what this is for?

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Seat Forum / Re: Loosing Coolant - Seat A;hambra 1.9TDi

« on: June 23, 2011, 01:41:15 PM »

like that 'sport truck' one in 'other manufacturers', you mean? where the text puffs the link attached?

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Seat Forum / Re: Loosing Coolant - Seat A;hambra 1.9TDi

« on: June 21, 2011, 02:58:04 PM »

Coolant leaks occur anywhere in the cooling system. Most of the time, one can see leaks simply by opening the hood. The most common places where leaks may occur are:
- a worm seal on the water pump

Also check the ATF oil cooler.

I'd have thought that the problem was sorted by now, but where does the original poster state that the Alhambra is an automatic? Or is jb a yankee, and assuming it has a 'slushbox'?

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Peugeot Car Parts Forum / Re: 2002 Peugeot 106 1.5 Diesel engine management light on!?

« on: March 18, 2010, 05:02:31 PM »

MMMMMmmmmm   the light came back on yesterday  and off today! strange

I see it has an ERG of some kind, any issues with clogging up?  Gordon

I think you may mean Egr (exhaust gas recirculation), Gordon. Usually used on turbocharged engines, diesels in particular I think.

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VW Water Cooled / 1.9 diesel golf

« on: December 30, 2009, 04:43:43 PM »

Never mind, It's an easy thing to overlook, with the low traffic on this forum. That topic was still on the first page of the listings, despite being made in august. Incidentally, I wonder who 'the fecker' was? The O.P's boss?