My Mk5 GTI on Fifth Gear

[Tortaruga]

Here you go:

[xjay1337]

The guy in the beanie in the thumbnail of that video..
what a plonka he is. 

[nigw]

Cheers Tortaruga. Surprised they didnt mention rusting wheel arches as one of the things to look out for!

[Scottymon]

and sills, corroded wheels, badges, cam follower, coil packs, throttle bodies...

[john a]

The guy in the beanie in the thumbnail of that video..
what a plonka he is. 

Johnny Smith? Seems like a perfectly nice bloke to me, far worse on TV.

[xjay1337]

I don't know how him real life but I was referring to him on the TV.

[GTI-Ross]

gonna watch that later 

[E30Dom]

Just saw it, car looked mint, but coulda washed the engine bay ;-)

And what was he on about the Turbo valve being under the cover at the front!? It's not an edition... Poor research 5th gear...

[dmac1969]

The guy in the beanie in the thumbnail of that video..
what a plonka he is. 

I follow him on Twitter , hes sound , a genuine petrolhead.

[Scottymon]

Just saw it, car looked mint, but coulda washed the engine bay ;-)

And what was he on about the Turbo valve being under the cover at the front!? It's not an edition... Poor research 5th gear...

Exactly my thoughts too.. I thought, ahh well they've probably ragged it around and left the engine bay looking dirty on Anglesey... and the DV in the engine bay, must have researched K04

Regarding JS, seems to balance out the 5th gear arrangement with the current/ex drivers on there, taking the side of GREEN issues more often than not... what happened to the big curly haired guy btw? TBF, 5th gear ticks more boxes for the petrol head than TG... but I'll watch both, cos they're FREE

hiccup, mofo hiccup.

[GTI-Ross]

her face at 29.10 - love it....

[GTI-Ross]

And what does people think of Red-x on modern day cars? worth a £5 to try clean the injectors?

[Scottymon]

And what does people think of Red-x on modern day cars? worth a £5 to try clean the injectors?

Not sure, it did seem to make a decent amount of difference for the VR6 though - as long as it doesn't harm, it's worth a punt at £5.

I might do a back to back test with the VCDS dyno, as long as no one has a genuine reason not to use it on TFSI..?

[dmac1969]

And what does people think of Red-x on modern day cars? worth a £5 to try clean the injectors?

Not sure, it did seem to make a decent amount of difference for the VR6 though - as long as it doesn't harm, it's worth a punt at £5.

I might do a back to back test with the VCDS dyno, as long as no one has a genuine reason not to use it on TFSI..?

I doubt it does any harm , I use the 'One Shot' little bottles of Redex Injector Cleaner every now and then when I remember and its never done either of my GTIs any harm as far as I can tell!

[xjay1337]

And what does people think of Red-x on modern day cars? worth a £5 to try clean the injectors?

Well on direct injection engines they don't really do much but hey up to you. I suspect a new fuel filter would have achieved the same gain.