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Offline dieseldog

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New Member from Ireland
« on: November 06, 2015, 05:40:11 pm »
Hey all,

Just saying hello on this. I'm from Monaghan in Ireland and I have recently bought an '07 Tornado Red, 3 dr, GTI, DSG on 17" Monza's. I was looking for an immaculate one for about 4 weeks and got one, it's a fantastic car! Will be going through a lot of threads and topics on this to familiarise myself with VW engineering.

It can only be an improvement on BMW!

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Re: New Member from Ireland
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2015, 05:54:29 pm »
Hi mate, welcome to the site.

Get some pics up!

Couple of bits to get you started - diverter valve, pcv and cam follower - quick cheap jobs that aren't covered by VW service. Good to get them done to make sure you're getting full power and as a preventative measure. Do a quick search, there's loads of info on here.

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Re: New Member from Ireland
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2015, 02:26:44 am »
Thanks. I have pics up here;

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,102077.0.html

I had the car checked over by a mechanic and he hooked it up to his computer and it showed no faults. Would this mean that the pcv and divertor are ok? I'm sure it wouldn't highlight a cam so that might need to be checked. The car has 80k miles.