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Offline T88OMM

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Re: Newbie
« Reply #15 on: February 02, 2009, 11:01:31 am »
Welcome along George  :happy2:
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Re: Newbie
« Reply #16 on: February 02, 2009, 07:22:28 pm »
Welcome to the forum  :smiley:
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Re: Newbie
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2009, 06:14:42 pm »
well i picked my gti up yesterday, done 15 miles and my air con pump went bang, seized solid and spat the v belt off. which is a great start. it still has a years warranty left which is lucky so will be puttin a new pump condensor v belt and tensior and alternator pulley on it tuesday hopefully. hope its not the start of things to come as im bit gutted at the moment to say the least.
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Re: Newbie
« Reply #18 on: February 08, 2009, 11:36:40 am »
Welcome mate.

That's horrendous news! Did you find out whether it had highline or not? Silly of VW not to have included it for only £50. Anyway, hope the car get's sorted and when it does, post up some pics!
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Re: Newbie
« Reply #19 on: February 08, 2009, 12:05:27 pm »
no sadly its not got a highline dash. tight sods. still gutted didnt even have it a day lol. at least i will be gettin paid to work on my own car next week and i will have a nice new ac pump. will get some pics of the pump and post them up. it pretty much blew it in half! so its dumped its oil everywhere to. never seen one do it before. then as the pulley went solid on the pump it destroyed the belt in no time at all, a matter of seconds. couldnt believe it. never mind, will strip it down tommorrow gona take the cambelt cover off to want to make sure nothing got behind it, then put all new pulleys on and a pump and go from there. just want it back sooooo bad. :driver: :sad:
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Re: Newbie
« Reply #20 on: February 08, 2009, 12:22:53 pm »
Hey George that's really bad look, but i think thats all it is as i have never heard of that happening.
Keep your chin up it will be sorted soon and you can then begin to enjoy your GTI experience.  :wink:
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Re: Newbie
« Reply #21 on: February 08, 2009, 12:51:44 pm »
yea i cant wait, i work for vw so i know the gti's are normally pretty good which made me even more shocked. will be gettin the parts on order first thing tomorrow so they land tuesday. its on my ramp already waitin to be stripped down.
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Re: Newbie
« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2009, 08:22:55 pm »
So has the car been sat around for a while to do that sort of Damage, seized belt pulley?? :confused:
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Re: Newbie
« Reply #23 on: February 12, 2009, 07:27:26 pm »
no think it was just plain bad luck. they have modified the ac pumps now anyway. i got the car bk on the road tuesday after it cost vw bout 1500 quid in warranty bits and labour. had a new ac pump, belt, condensor, expansion valve and a pipe. i also flushed the system 4 times when it was apart so it should be smooth sailing now. just want the snow to leave me alone now. hopefully give it its first wash on sunday so i can get some pics. love driving it though was worht the wait. :grin:
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Re: Newbie
« Reply #24 on: February 12, 2009, 07:32:33 pm »


thats just one pick before i picked it up its the only one i have
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Re: Newbie
« Reply #25 on: February 13, 2009, 09:34:03 pm »
The car looks stunning George.  :happy2:

I cant believe  your last owner kept in a office.  :smiley:
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Re: Newbie
« Reply #26 on: February 13, 2009, 09:51:27 pm »
Quote from: Top Cat on February 13, 2009, 09:34:03 pm
I cant believe  your last owner kept in a office.  :smiley:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Lovely looking colour mate.
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Re: Newbie
« Reply #27 on: February 15, 2009, 05:07:17 pm »
lol thats our hand over bay at work. i gave it the works today and then it rained straight away, it looked stunning for about 5 mins. theres a few pics from my phone and one the broken ac pump. also one of me at silverstone last year on my vw racing day and also a lil one of my old car





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Re: Newbie
« Reply #28 on: February 15, 2009, 05:23:59 pm »
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