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lazy:
First of all I would go to a battery supplier and get the battery checked properly.
Did you fit the starter yourself or did you get a garage to do it ?
It would be unusual but not impossible for your new starter to be faulty.
The main lead needs to be checked as they can corroded on the terminals or the actual lead can corrode internally and the same for the earth lead.
Also on other vehicles the actual switch on the end of the ignition barrel can become faulty, I don't know if this is an issue with VW's.
So there's a few things to check for starters no pun intended  :grin:

platty84:
Hi folks,

Thanks for the helpful replies, i’m defo going to get the battery checked when i get back, i’ve not had a new stereo fitted recently or anything like that, i had a mate replace the starter as a foreigner but he’s currently on holiday so didn't want to mither him with my issues hence asking you fine people! I’ll get the leads checked for corrosion aswel thanks for that Lazy, would i still be getting the click from the bay if it was the ignition barrel switch playing up do you think?

lazy:
It could go either way with the ignition switch usually you don't get anything happening, sometimes you might get a click or clunck from the starter because it's got a poor connection it's getting some power to the solenoid. I would say though that going off what your saying it doesn't really sound like the ignition switch. It's really one of those faults that could be many many things and it's a matter of working through the easy and obvious ones first. Also if you haven't got tools and a multi meter it will make it a lot harder.

GreigC:
You have similar symptoms to what I had recently although my car died when driving. It was a faulty relay.

Check my post:

https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,134244.msg1163662.html#msg1163662

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