Hi guys, i know this a very old thread, old cars are still around, so i am having this temp issue with my mk6 golf TDi 1.6 DSG, I brought the car couple weeks ago sold as seen, it get s up to temp after ages , the when i turn on the interior heaters the temp drops to 70odd,,, if i give the car some power it will warm up again , so i thought it must be the thermostat , I found a garage that i thought was honest who quoted me £130 to change it,,
So today they say they changed it and when i went to collect it they first tried to charge me more money as said they had to remove fuel rail and manifold,, I thought this could be done with just removing the throttle body and some decent tools according to Utube, anyway i got the car back after explaining i was not going to pay any extra,,,,,
I drove up road and the car is exactly the same as before it went in there,
I popped the bonnet and its difficult to see but the thermostat did not look new, i am now thinking i have been ripped off to the sum of £130 , and worse of all my car is not repaired, I am going to a friends tomorrow who has a camera that is on a cable and we shall inspect if the part is new ,,,, I was not given the old part back when i collected the car, although i didnt think to ask for it.
Any one have any idea if this could be somthing else, also if the car is sitting and ticking over the temp will go down to about 65-70
any wise minds
thanks
