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Mk5 General Area / Re: 62% insurance increase anyone?

« Last post by ahsan82 on Yesterday at 11:45:28 pm »

got my renewal went up from £635 last year to £760 for this year...... called them up... managed to get for same price as last year.....all very strange..... im 42 with 3 points

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Volant Intake System for TFSI

« Last post by ROH ECHT on Yesterday at 11:18:07 pm »

Just because this is old and to post a couple of things I'm not sure are included in the previous pages;
They did upgrade the intake for the mk6 Golf R with the DV relocation...


.....and the Volant did result in low fuel trims, on average, when they had MK6 Golf R people report their fuel trims with various intakes; on another forum. This averages were posted once ten people reported for each of these intakes. So some didn't make their list if less than ten users reported their trims;


I may have posted this all before, on those previous pages, but I'm old now (62 next month), and I just don't remember.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What shall I do? New turbo, 2nd hand turbo or reconditioned turbo?

« Last post by K03MK5 on May 11, 2024, 11:14:23 pm »

Buy new allways I recently learnt the hard way.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What shall I do? New turbo, 2nd hand turbo or reconditioned turbo?

« Last post by bacillus on May 11, 2024, 10:54:36 pm »

where are you located mate as I have a low mileage K03 in my loft...

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Mk5 General Area / Re: 62% insurance increase anyone?

« Last post by Bagus on May 11, 2024, 10:18:10 pm »

I was previously with tesco and paid £210 last year. It went up to £300 so I left them. I was able to a my classic 911 policy making it multi-car and it only cost £30. No idea how insurance company’s work but wasn’t complaining with this option.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What did you and your MKV do today?

« Last post by Bagus on May 11, 2024, 10:14:54 pm »

Central locking failed on the passenger rear door so bought a new actuator for £20 and replaced it today. Pretty easy DIY.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Should I replace my turbo? *Attached picture*

« Last post by ZoliWorks on May 11, 2024, 10:12:04 pm »

Here are the pictures I promised.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: K04 Conversion - Do you ever regret it? How is it for daily driving?

« Last post by ZoliWorks on May 11, 2024, 09:43:19 pm »

Car is running 1.54-1.58 bar (actual) at WOT and the specified is 1.55 max. It's surging till 4.2k or so and then quiets down. For now it's a stock cooler but I'll be picking up an S3 cooler cause I can feel it losing power.

I'd have to check, not sure. It's surging all the way from 3k to 4.2 or so in 4th gear and above. In 5th, it's surging from even lower rpm.

2.58-2.72 g/s. The MAF is a tiny bit oily, like slight surface oil. Under WOT the highest I got was 240g/s

I'll deffo be fitting pump internals and the pressure valve.

Same here, no issues with the rev D. it holds boost fine and seals quite good even when not powered.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What shall I do? New turbo, 2nd hand turbo or reconditioned turbo?

« Last post by ZoliWorks on May 11, 2024, 09:25:18 pm »

I'd buy a new turbo but I would go for original Borg Warner, not any of these aftermarket suppliers. If it's a K03, any used turbo you buy will most likely have the same issue as yours does or will fail not long after. There's a reason why they are under $200. Reconditioning it is another moneypit I'd avoid because they are very hit or miss and in most cases cost as much as an aftermraket Autodoc turbo. Between recoditioned and new aftermarket, go with the latter.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Stage 2+ K04 Conversion Burning Oil

« Last post by K03MK5 on May 11, 2024, 09:23:24 pm »

Do half that mileage in a month though.   


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