Loop_de_Lupo
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Having hardly moved the Lupo for months thanks to no commuting for either of us, I realsied that I never replied to everyne who offered advice.
I took the cheap route and used a largish repair washer after I'd taken the original nut off. Job done in under five minutes.
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23 hours ago, Rich said:
I'll do it for £15 posted
But yes, a washer or a flat piece of metal with a hole in?
Being a Yorkshireman, I’m careful with my brass so I might try a washer first. If I can’t sort it that way I’ll drop you a message about a bracket.
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15 hours ago, Rich said:
Time to make a bracket for that or buy a spare from me but if that is flapping about it's a disaster waiting to happen there
Fire and brimstone etc. doesn’t sound good, so buying a spare sounds like a plan. How much am I looking at?
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All I really need to do is reattach it properly, but once I noticed this was loose under the offside of our TDi I wondered what it is.
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I’ve learned more than I needed to know about Wakefield takeaways, but has anyone any advice on the original question?
What else should I change, and any brands to choose/avoid?
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9 minutes ago, Rich said:
just too far for a Durham trip!
i love a bit of Wakefield, great for a weekend of slimming it.
I've never heard of anyone coming out of Wakefield slimmer than they went in.
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We're in West Yorkshire between Leeds and Wakefield.
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Our TDi is way overdue a belt change, but with MOT time looming I thought I’d pick the brains of the Lupo collective about what’s involved.
- Do we need to insist on VW parts, and if not what are the best brands to choose?
- what else should we change if anything? and,
- do we need to use a specialist or can any competent mechanic do it?
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I think embarrassment might be my middle name.
I realised after driving home that it sounded a lot rougher than it felt. A good look underneath in daylight revealed that the joint at the rear of the catalytic converter has completely failed (see the picture), and the front exhaust bracket also looks like it’s parted company from the pipe.
Hopefully it should be a relatively easy fix.
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I'll report back once I've had a chance to have a look.
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10 hours ago, Rich said:
yup, two pot is terrible.
sometimes a terrible three can just be a green temp sensor.
Interesting thought; We had an intermittent engine electrics warning light a few months ago (but with no obvious symptoms), and when we had it diagnosed it came back as a temperature sensor problem.
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2 hours ago, Rich said:
are you suggesting a missfire?
too vague on the description.
Sorry @Rich, yes. It seemed to get a bit better once I was moving. I'll take the cover off and check the injector wiring as suggested by @lupogtiboy.
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Well I suppose it had to happen sometime; after many years of fault-free service our TDi has finally decided to throw a fit. After an uneventful drive to work yesterday (to dodge the train strike), when I started up to go home I was met with a fair amount of vibration, and a noise that sounded like a mini tractor. There were no warning lights, and there was no sign of belt damage, obvious leaks or split hoses, and the coolant looked clean and the correct level. It's a 54 Reg TDi Sport with a measly 82,000 miles on the clock and we've owned from 18 months old.
Any ideas before I throw myself on the mercy of someone who knows what they're doing?
And when I get there, does anyone recommend a specialist in or around Leeds?
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I'll grab a picture of mine when I go back to it this afternoon for reference.
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Ouch! That's (partly) what did for my (first) Polo SDI.
As an aside, is the book 'death of a salesman'? :-)
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Thanks Skezza and Jon. I'll look into it.
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I'd be interested in doing this to ours. What parts would we need, and how tricky a job is it?
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It might be worth talking to the Citizen's Advice Bureau who can be quite knowledgeable about awkward problems with local authorities. And as suggested above; if you're reported it missing to the Police, tell them you've found it and where. It might only be council procedure that's not been followed, but that affects any right in law they may have to remove your property.
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23 hours ago, Derv said:
I am currently negotiations to try get the car back, but the council members involved are not exactly sympathetic.
They do not need to be sympathetic; they need to follow procedure. Given they've already failed to do that, If I were them I'd be taking your money (presumably there will be a fee for release) and getting the case closed before I got my knuckles rapped.
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Spotted a lowered yellow X-reg Lupo when I was parking up near Bewleys this morning. Was it anyone on here?
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Case and the point, the engines (if serviced on time and what not) will last for a long long time.
I wish I'd been (much) more diligent with mine.
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How did your Polo SDI die?
The timing belt on my second engine stripped its teeth and it went crunch. The rest of the car was beginning to get rather tired and it was a lost cause. It was also Evergreen, and it was beginning to affect my eyesight.
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Yup, there's a guy on ClubPolo with an SDI with over 1 million miles on the clock. I think it was an SDI Saloon and he used it to drive from London to Newcastle, two or three times a week, so he rapidly put the miles on it. I believe it's still going.
My Polo Variant SDI finally died last summer at 260,000 although it was a bit of a Trigger's Broom, being on its second engine after the original seized at about 100,000. This was probably the result of poor maintenance on my part, although it did happen suspiciously soon after having had the belts changed.
I want to enter our TDI Sport as having the lowest mileage. It's a 54 plate, which we bought when it was about two years old. I need to check but I think it's only done around 65,000.
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I saw a nice looking 02 plate dragon green Sport this morning in the car park near my office. Someone obviously got round to washing theirs over the weekend.
Tdi exhaust
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I might be interested. Mine's starting to show its age.