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Don't forget L to RHS, R to LHS. 🙂

Do you have plastic cover over cabin filter? And a lot of dirt around cabin filter in scuttle panel can make exactly the same result.

I noticed water on the floor rubber, but on the co-driver side. Is it possible to come from the air vents? And if so, how? And should it leak (i suppose not)?

I don't think the sensor you ordered is compatible. If you try it, let us know what you find out... Good luck with the project!

Actually there was a third place where a bolt can be mounted along with a washer and nut. Just below one of the holes diagonally. Somehow i got the math right and drilled hole in the cardboard at the right place. So a long fat bolt, a nut and a washer and now the cardboard holds on three screws (two at the door holder handle) and it seems strong and not moving. I think it was a triangle of 1.5 cm, 2.1 cm and 1.5 cm if you look at one of the holes. This is how to get where the big hole is and to drill a hole in the cardboard. Haven't made a picture of the final set-up but this hole is here. But yes, rivets and plastic bolts like these can be used as well if you can find them The problem that appeared, if you put one of these in the holes, cannot remove them without cutting them in half because different size than the original ones. Plus it broke one of the plastic holders. So i skipped these for now. This means if you use these plastic bits you will not be able to remove the cardboard from the door without breaking the plastic holders on the inside.

🤣🤣 My main goal is too keep it as clean as possible. After driving it, it pulls good, I feel the steering is way to light for me (thinking of lowering it), I am not sure how much. Lettering off and I am searching for a cheap 16v badge for the front grille. Does anyone know if you can adapt a 4 pin O2 sensor to the 6 pin one?! O2 sensor fault is appearing but I ordered the wrong one🤣🤦🏼

Hey everyone! Was lucky enough to find three genuine Lupo mudflaps the other day at a breakers, but the last one was bought by someone else earlier in the month. Just stopping by to see if anyone has a genuine lupo near-side rear mudflap they're looking to sell? I understand its a big ask to anyone reading, these mudflaps are real hard to come by. Based in UK. Thanks!

Morning, I sent over the link to this thread over to the garage and they've been able to find some RTS ones. They ordered one and it fits so now just to order the other one and it should finally be back on the road!

Lambda is actually air in exhaust gases these two will be solved at once Most likely the arm is rusted and the spring can not pull the wiper blade to windscreen, littlebit oil on the rivets, 20 "push ups" for each wiper blade arm and it will be good to go. In this case I would consider to buy everything new, but might be only both brake cylinders and brake cables will be good to go. Watch out if you have rear brake balancer, I completely blocked mine in open position and my rear brakes have no more problems since that. Black spark plugs means are running rich, is your air filter clean and no check engine light on?

@neebsta Did you manage to do this? I'm stuck with the same problem, I tried a bunch of WD40 Specialist Rust Remover, cut a slot into one of the bolts to try and get it out with a flat head, froze the bolt with an upside down can of compressed air but nothing seems to work.

Hi I have one like this and it is Kingfisher Blue.

Lupo drum clean and maintain is my Wednesday morning job ahead of MOT this week.

Send me an e mail address.

@Rich can you get your verniers out and some pics...

RTS ones are the only ones that fit afaik. Checkout info on Lupo GTI Facebook page. I've just fitted them to mine. All ok but note they must be fitted opposite side i.e. one marked L on RHS of car. It's true honest. Regards Chris

There is a known issue with the rear brake shoes. The handbrake cable lever which attaches to the shoe, which then applies force evenly to both shoes via a connecting bar and through the self adjusting wear compensator wedge gets stuck. Chances are there is still a decent amount of material left on the shoes, but the wedge can't move to take up any slack because the handbrake lever won't budge. So when you apply foot pressure the hydraulic cylinder moves to just fill empty space- no brake action. The solution is to remove the shoes, both sides. Then once out work the handbrake levers loose on the rivet, so they move easily. Clean well. Apply a single drop of oil on the pivot, just to help it stay free. Reassemble. Fixed. Do the same if you buy new shoes. 👍🏻 Before you start, take a pic of each side once you have the drums off so you know where all the bits go. It can be confusing! Black plugs means the air:fuel ratio is wrong. Not enough air, or too much fuel. Most common reason is the coolant temp sensor which fails in EVERY vdub of that era. Could be blocked air filter, but unlikely.

Superb! Well, I'm not really surprised at that fuel economy considering that slab on the roof and all that weight in the back... I bet you were hitting bumps stops all the time. Love the pics. More please! Why didn't I hear about this before you set off?!

I've attached a few photos of the car during the rally. It's been amazing, and the amount of stuff you can cram into one of these is astounding, including a 240ah leisure battery and an inverter in the spare wheel well for unlimited tea, and a fridge😂. But 23 mpg flat out at 75mph is pretty dire, though, so looking to swap the engine for a diesel. In an ideal world, i's do a 3l swap to it as I love those engines and their fuel economy. But sadly, those engines aren't super cheap, and then manually swapping them after diesel swapping is quite a bit of work and uncertainty. So, as it stands, the plan is either the 1.4tdi or 1.7sdi. I've read that they both get similar mpg, but with the TDI being more powerful makes it the obvious one to go for. Despite this, though, I've got my eye on a crash-damaged 1.7sdi with the open-air roof that I'm hoping to convert mine to be open-air. I've also got my eye on a Lupo trailer that matches my car's colour, which I think would be pretty sick for shows and stuff. So I guess my question is: Despite being a bit gutless, is there any major reason not to go with the SDI? Is the conversion pretty painless if I have a donor car? And finally, has anyone got any experience with doing a Lupo pen air conversion and could give me some tips and tricks / fitting a towball to a Lupo? As it stands, here's my list of jobs to do to the car: install new coil springs in the front, Replace the rear suspension with stiffer ones from a Golf (would help with towing) Install a tow ball Open-air conversion, SDI swap it. As promised, here are some pictures of Lance's tour of Europe:

I think the MOT technician gave you good advice.

Hi all how you doin, I have a problem with my xenon washers on my GTI. They do work, however only if I pull the lever a bunch of times in short succession, as if there's not enough pressure or there's something stuck somewhere. Has anyone else experienced this? Could this be because of a bad pump, or maybe something else?

I have two used.

Do you want to install a sports exhaust on it in the future, or have you not thought about it yet? If you want to know how it sounds with an empty pipe, exactly the same engine as yours (that's why I have one too) watch the next video I made. WhatsApp Video 2025-04-19 at 15.02.34.mp4

I removed the catalytic converter from the car to delete the whole exhaust system, just to see how it would sound with an open pipe. I think it sounds really nice—I made a video and then put the muffler back on. What do you guys think? WhatsApp Video 2025-04-19 at 15.02.34.mp4

I like them unmolested and that’s a nice example. Any pics of your ball joints??

@Skezza knows how to do cluster mods if you ever want to swap it over to a miles based speedo...