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

« Last post by skkane on Today at 04:44:45 pm »

Finally got some time to fix my rattling sunroof. Took the whole thing out along with the blind, gave everything a good clean, some silicone protector for the rubber seal and ptfe dry lube for the rails. Happy to say the rattle is gone, drove around the block for a bit and I can't hear the damn thing.

Just the dash rattling remains, between 1700-2200 RPM so you can ALWAYS hear it. I can't pinpoint it for the life of me, keep pressing around on every spot and it's to no effect. I'm gonna try and see if the side screws got loose or something, feel like putting an axe thru it already.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Mot nightmare of the decade...

« Last post by Lightynolikey on Yesterday at 04:22:21 pm »

Any ideas how long the steering warning light will stay on yellow before it goes to red ( or deacon 3 as the moderator mentioned 🤔)

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How to Guides / Troubleshooting / Re: Gen 3 Steering Rack (MK6/Scirocco) into MK5

« Last post by Lightynolikey on Yesterday at 04:17:52 pm »

Sorry -spell check beat me again (dumb smartphones).
That's SCOTTY from star trek.
Anyways you could be correct, tried many vw specialists around midlands so Scotland etc worth a try!!!!!
Garages that  can't fix a 20 Yr old car without a bill up to 3 grand.
Lord help us!
Ps is buying a mk6 the answer  after scrapping this ,or are there different 3 grand + bills....

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What is the best engine oil to use on Mk5 GTI - standard car no mods

« Last post by mjmallia on October 23, 2025, 09:03:26 am »

Quantum Platinum Plus 5w40 is made by Fuchs and quite cheap too.  I think it was about £20 all in from TPS maybe a couple more £ from a dealer.

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Mk5 General Area / Crank no start after replacing injectors

« Last post by LewisD3133 on October 23, 2025, 07:37:33 am »

Hey guys, this is my first post so if I'm posting this in the wrong area please let me know!
I've got a stock (other than an intake) MK5 GTI K03 on just over 95k miles. Had an issue for a while where I'd lose power upon acceleration and it would judder. After driving home from a longer run the engine light came on and started misfiring so did everything I could think of to get it sorted. Long story short I reluctantly had to take it to the garage as I didn't really have the time to deal with it anymore and they diagnosed it as a faulty injector. After quoting me £600 for one injector and £350 for diagnosis I decided I'd give it a go myself. Now I know that people are going to cringe reading this but I ended up having to buy a cheaper set off Ebay due to financial reasons however now it cranks over and I can hear the solenoid in the injector working but it doesn't start at all.

I bought a new scanner which led me to having two DTCs.
- 19649/P3193/012691 - Intake Manifold Runner Control: Open Stop outside of Valid Range
- 17506/P1098/004248 - Intake Manifold Tuning Valve Position Sensor (G336): Open or Short to Plus

Now I've bought a new adapter and downloaded VCDS on the laptop to try and perform this basic setting to see if that works but just wanted to know what you guys think. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am very much so losing the plot 

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What is the best engine oil to use on Mk5 GTI - standard car no mods

« Last post by Nib5y on October 22, 2025, 02:26:26 pm »

In two minds now, Quantam Platinum Plus 5w 40 or Castrol Edge 5w 40, both similar price?

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What is the best engine oil to use on Mk5 GTI - standard car no mods

« Last post by Nib5y on October 22, 2025, 01:10:26 pm »

Hi everyone,

Many thanks for the advice, think I might opt for Castrol edge 5w 40 with the mileage as it is and will definitely be changing every 6000 miles or each year depending which comes first.

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Announcements / Re: Almost brand new GTI

« Last post by GVK on October 22, 2025, 05:38:06 am »

I'm not usually a gambler but have bought tickets for this. 

If you Google the reg it comes up with a couple of sites regarding the sale. Sold for £16k!!

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2008-volkswagen-golf-mk5-gti-2

https://www.theclassicvaluer.com/vehicle-details/collecting-cars-2025-08-26-volkswagen-golf-gti-f49054

Had MOT advisory tyres replaced and in 2017 had cam belt kit fitted. Looks to have been frequently serviced even though such low mileage,

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Mot nightmare of the decade...

« Last post by Lightynolikey on October 21, 2025, 02:09:22 pm »

Still undergoing this nightmare. No pass ticket yet.
Anyone breaking a mk5 of any sort, what have you left?

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What is the best engine oil to use on Mk5 GTI - standard car no mods

« Last post by Lightynolikey on October 21, 2025, 02:07:36 pm »

Ask
Autodoc
Mobil oil finder
Opie oils
Driven American oil or amsoil.
Vw probably went way thin for fuel economy when new. This is the opposite of helping engine life on a 20 year old car. How many nearly new different vag models burnt up oil and then engines  or was it poor manufacturing...