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Re: No stereo...
Last Poster: OllieVRS in Mk5 General Area on Yesterday at 10:53:18 pm
Check the engine bay fuse box, that's where the fuse for the radio is. Should be here if you fuse box looks like this: 
Re: Mk5 1.4 TSI 140hp Twin Blue Smoke
Last Poster: alexcjr in How to Guides / Troubleshooting on Yesterday at 01:09:56 pm
The engine had chain, injector, spark plug etc changed not so long ago. This smoke only appears when the car is put in reverse, or climbing a hill in the first gear. After driving for 2-3 minutes the smoke disappears. Car runs and consumes fuel fine, it doesn't really consume oil either.
Re: Bottom of door contacting and screeching against bottom of wings
Last Poster: dennis10 in Mk5 General Area on Yesterday at 10:38:27 am
I resolved this in the end by undoing the arch liners, loosening the 2 x bolts that hold the bottom of the wing to the frame near the door and pulling it away from the door and inserting an object to hold it in place while I re-tightened the 2 x bolts. nbsp Now the gap between the door and the arch is equal all the way down and I don'#039t get any rubbing when opening the door! nbsp Must'#039v
Re: Parasitic battery drain
Last Poster: OllieVRS in Mk5 General Area on April 13, 2025, 09:13:49 pm
You've checked all the interior fuses too? Unfortunately I don't have any other suggestions, bar an unorthodox one, ask ChatGPT. Tell it the car model (MK5 Golf), tell it what fuse it is and what you've tested already. This is how I decided to check the door connectors and then the siren, following my AI overlord's commands 
Re: Edition 30 blue smoke on overrun
Last Poster: Ryan Edition 30 in Mk5 General Area on April 13, 2025, 07:33:12 pm
Thanks for the reply mate never even got a notification to say you had replied I’m gonna get the head off and get the valve guides and seals done and get my turbo seals done while the heads off and do a compression test before stripping it only thing worrying me is I get a a loss in power under hard boost like power cuts in then out then in again doesn’t happen everytime tho it’s i
Edition 30 rebuild
Last Poster: Ryan Edition 30 in Mk5 General Area on April 13, 2025, 03:11:39 pm
Hi guys been having issues with my car since I got it in sept 24, oil consumption is quite high about 1l per 600 miles, also been starting to get blue smoke after going downhill on overrun , also have a stutter under hard load like power comes in then dies then comes in and dies then away it goes doesn’t happen everytime, also have black spots all over the boot lid that are like ca
Re: Halogen to xenon conversion
Last Poster: mk1mad in Mk5 General Area on April 11, 2025, 10:38:16 am
Those adapters should be fine, the extra wire is if you want them to work in bi xenon. The wire has to be connected to a module inside the car and then coding.
With out the wire connected you just have dip beam xenon.
I got the bi xenon function working on my last car but not got round to it yet on my latest car.
Re: Xenon indicator bulb holder
Last Poster: Zee786 in Mk5 General Area on April 10, 2025, 02:22:03 am
Hi, it was just a like for like replacement of the broken indicator bulb holder.
Hi, I have the same issue. Did you use a t10 bulb holder? If you did can you please tell me which wires did you connect to the t10 holder? I have asked a garage for a quot
Re: Intermittent DSG Whine
Last Poster: lazy in Mk5 General Area on April 09, 2025, 08:44:22 pm
The mileage is just on 80k. Because it's so intermittent and random I haven't been able to actually get out of the car when it's doing it, to try and locate it. It always seems to be at traffic lights and never when I'm parking up. If it does it and I'm able to get a video I will.
Re: Edition 30 powered by RBS
Last Poster: RBS in Members Rides on April 09, 2025, 05:03:22 pm
After my 1600 km to Croatia I had a good Shake down of my ED30😎#128526
Suspension wise everything is done now. Maybe a 10 - 20 mm drop for good looks
but for driving on the road it is great!😍#128525
Brake wise I must admit that the brakepedal travel is more then before… so last week when I was there, I ordered a 25mm brake master cylinder to replace the 23mm unit.
Hope to g
Re: Seeking data for stumbling at start-up
Last Poster: Fairy101 in Mk5 General Area on April 08, 2025, 10:20:28 am
Looks like this thread has not been updated in a gazillion years but I am also having this same issue now. Just for info my rail pressure is equal to the 6.5 bar low side pressure after being sat over night. This is in the UK so pretty cold ambient. I also have replaced all fuel injectors around 6 months ago for reference and still getting the stumbling start.
Re: help with fault codes and cruise control
Last Poster: ZoliWorks in Mk5 General Area on April 05, 2025, 01:27:15 pm
if the car is stationary and i flick the switch to on should the light come on the dash?
Depends on the year of the dash. My 06 jetta had the light on when I switched the cruise control to the on position while my 09 jetta only has the light come on when cruise control is a
Re: 20 Years powered by RBS
Last Poster: RBS in Members Rides on April 04, 2025, 05:59:02 pm
And ofcourse also the little nugget 😍#128525 Started the 20 Years, checked all the fluids and tyre pressure first😅#128517 and went for a little drive along the coast here…🥰#129392  [img width=589
Re: What did you and your MKV do today?
Last Poster: lazy in Mk5 General Area on April 02, 2025, 08:53:26 pm
That's good that you can wait for nice weather and go out and enjoy it. Plus hopefully you'll get many more years. It's nice you've had it so long, you don't have to think about what work may need doing and wether it had a hard life.
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