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RobinA3

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  5. Car pulls to left

    in Volkswagen Lupo

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    try putting ur foot more central on the break pedal wen pressing, sounds like ur putting to much force on one side.....

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    that doesn't make a difference, the brake pedal does not work like that, the pressure gets distrubuted to the calipers via the master cylinder and servo

  8. Lowering Job

    in Tuning

    Posted

    i'd go for a matched set of dampers and springs

    the way you are doing it won't give the best performance as the springs are not matched to the dampers

    for best results you should use the same make of damper and springs or a shock and spring set up like spax or gmax for example as they have been designed to work together to give the best ride and stiffness

    might be worth changing the top mounts if you feel like it

  16. Pedal Box Going!!

    in Car Care, Maintenance and Mechanical

    Posted

    i have had this problem

    i had it replaced under warranty by Dane Motors VW in Chester

    they gave me a courtesy car straight away, i went in, saw the service manager and he said it was a very common problem therefore he would take the car in and give me a courtesy car.

    first he quoted me a few days but then rang me and told me that there were no pedal boxes in the country as so many ppl had the same problem

    so it was on back order in germany

    then a week after he rang me again and told me that they had no pedal boxes in germany and were not being produced at the time and meaning that i had to wait till they started to manufacture them again

    so a few days became a total of 8 wks

    yes 8 wks, my car was stood in their carpark during all that time

    i didn't mind one bit though as they kept me posted via phone calls and also they told me that i could keep the courtesy car until my car was fixed and VW would pay the bill for the car.

    so 8 weeks later i got a phone call to tell me that the pedal box had arrived and that the car would be ready for me to collect

    they also asked me if i wanted the clutch to be changed as they said that the release bearing was worn and was under warranty so they would change the release bearing under warranty and then i could pay for the clutch plates and they would fit it for me without having to pay for the labour as they had to change the release bearing anyway

    so when i got it back everything was fine on it

    they were a really good dealers, although a week later my steering column became loose as something wasn't tightened up properly as the steering column had to be removed to change the pedal box

    the steering column was then replaced under warranty again and i have had no problems since

    i have taken my custom to the same dealers due to their excellent customer service.

    its a shame they are far and few between.

    they all act nice when you buy the car and then sod you off when you have a problem.

  18. buggerd throttle body 1.4 16v

    in Car Care, Maintenance and Mechanical

    Posted

    if TIGZ's throttle body doesn't do the trick i have a spare one you can borrow which you can try out

    also you need to have VW to program the new throttle body into the ECU when you fit it

    when i fitted a new one on mine i had to take it to a garage for them to sort it out with VAG-COM as the throttle body would stick open when i hit 4000rpm which wasn't fun

    i would try the temp sender first though as its only £20

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