tim_evans1

the thing that was confusing me is the epc light being on/off every now and again. probably on 1% of the time. will look into replacing the switch then. cheers. also have new fuses to change for the lights, central lockiing, windows. might be easier to buy a new car haha

Hi guys, I had my epc light come on about a mmonth ago after pedal box change and. after having the brake switch fiddled about with it dissapeared. its come back now though. basically first time roudn id pull up, park but the brake lights would stay on, one bulb from the top strip seemed to have gone. this time the back left brake light and a couple from the top seem to have blown and the lights stay on after i park (until i tap on the brake pedal a few times) is the lights staying on a warning light system to aware of the blown bulbs? or is this a problem in itself? i'll have a look at the bulb replacement faq now if there is one but if anyone has any pointers that would be great. thanks a lot

Hey ys. Just picked up my car from a full service. They've written me up a long list of things that need changing. The 2 I'm worried about are the cambelt which is 'red' status and the timing/fan belt I think. They've quoted 303 quid for the cambelt change and about 100 for the other. The cambelt I feel needs dong, I'm sure it's causing a whining sound when I drive to start with on journeys or could this be something else. But 300 quid seems like a lot. Shouldn't I be looking at more like 150? They said both had signs of wear and were starting to crack. The other things were minor like spark plugs, anti freeze and stuff which is fine.

Where is this spare spot? I could do with having both in if this Is a legit option as they both seem to be temperamental.

Ok I definitely did this the wrong way round. Took out the who,e thing before disconnecting. I mean its back in but I could have done it a lot easier. If anyone else is reading this wandering how to do it I found this which I wish I'd watched before.... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W0OxA11P_vk

Right. I've replaced the original. Lost some fluid but that's been topped up. I've replaced it but I'm not sure the new one has gone far enough in. It's not working anyway so I'm assuming that it needs to go further. Going to wait for the engine to cool then see if I can push it in further. Is there any way to check its in far enough/that its working? Would it work and send the temp straight away after replacement or does anything need to be reset? Thanks for all help

Tying to change over my temp sensor today Is this the temp sensor. The one to the left plugging in or is it one of the bunch to the right of that? photobucket.com/user/tim_evans/media/49e11e3d-7eaf-47d8-b397-b109096b87f0.jpg.html] And is this the right sensor to replace it? Do I need to disconnect the battery to change this? Thanks

just as a general info request. the peddle box goes because of the crap welding and general wear. but i dont understand why it seems to get worse by the end of my journey and why sometimes it feels worse than others. if its broken surely its broken?! but it doesnt seem to be always the same haha

ahhh quality. thats not too bad i spose. always gutting the face labour is 3 times the price of the bits! the bigger autocentres near me tend to get stuff sorted within the day. i normally tell them they have to! thanks a lot skezza. always helpful!

just my luck! i'll see if i can get it booked in for saturday, i hate how awkward it is trying to fit it around work! i'll try and get a few quotes sorted today, what's a good price for them to fix/replace? about 2-300?? there goes my food money for a few weeks!

when i had the clutch and cable done a while back. november ish they said it looked like someone had replaced the pedal box. arghhhhhh. never ending problems for me! - how bad is it driving it on the dodgy one? would it be worth getting a second hand pedal box and paying for fitting? im selling th car in 4 months so just need to keep costs down as much as poss. i swear my lupo hates me. everything that can go wrong has done! thanks again guys.

Hi guys, every few weeks i seem to have more probleems. people on here always offer great advice and thanks for that. But yet again i feel somethings not right with the little lupo! Overview. - In last 3 months had - new clutch, clutch cable, gearbox fixed - I drive about 20 miles to work. The morning everything seems fine, normal clutch feel, slightly stiff sometimes but then again the cars 12 years old - Towards the end of the journey, especially one the way back home (into city - lower gears) clutch gets stiffer and biting point moves right down to the floor almost - then 1st and reverse, sometimes second become clunky and harder to select. - Any ideas what could be causing this? i dont want the strain to snap the clutch cable again or something, had a right disaster with this car! again, thanks in advance

is there any way to test? from the looks of that id be ok to try any of these. so whichever easiest to get. thanks for your help skezza

Hi there, Changing my engine coolant sensor over that the weekend because its faulty. How much fluid can i expect to lose when i take the existing one out, is there any way to not lose any? and can i just top this up somehow or does it have to be fully drained and re-filled? I'm unsure on what to buy to fill up with, there seems to be millions of different options thanks guys

Ive been struggling with this too! wasnt sure which bit was gonna pop off! when you took it out did you lose much coolant? I need to change mine over but I dont have any coolant to top up with at the moment.

Just picked my car up this morning, and driven to work. feel so much better and smoother, and i have 5th gear back which is nice! The only thing worrying me is a strange tapping which sounds like its coming from below my door card??? is there anything that runs under the drivers side? or is it just something rattling about in the doorcard (its been loose for a while) also, are there any checks i can do while driving to check alls well with the new box? thanks, Tim

Was working fine before the change until the clutch cable snapped due to the clutch going, but it was also working fine for a month or 2 afterwards so not sure whats going on to be honest! got it booked in at a transmissions place for saturday so hopefully they will be able to tell me, and hopefully it will not be too horriffic money-wise!

hey everyone, yet again im posting to question whats wrong with my lupo! Overview - car slipped out fo 5th - wont find 5th, just revs as if in neutral - all other gears fine - any ideas? gearbox, linkage, clutch adjustment needed? I was driving down to birmingham on friday and along the motorway the car slipped out of 5th gear. I put it back into 5th and about a mile later it slipped out again and this time it wouldn't find 5th. now, it moves into position, but it's as if it still thinks the car is in neutral. So it's obviously not engaging right. All other gears are fine and it's driving ok. I had the clutch and clutch cable changed about a month and a half/2 months ago and have had the clutch adjusted sligthly a week after that. Could it be a case of it just needing adjusting again? Or is this going to be a hefty gearbox problem? Thanks a lot guys, always really appreciate your help. p.s. I have looked around on forums and a lot have had similar problems but most of them seem to not be able to get gears or sounded more severe so i was hoping that meant mine wouldnt be so bad!

well then thats made me feel sufficiently stupid! thanks a lot you guys for the replies, i'll have to get on to buying a coolant temperature sensor asap. would this have been causing lower fuel economy? I havnt noticed it drop but then again Its been on for quite some time! so list of things, source a engine coolant sensor http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volkswagen-Lupo-All-Engines-1999-2003-Temperature-Coolant-Water-Sensor-TS4-/171147843224?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27d934d698 is this the right thing? only a fiver? or is this more like what i need? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Variant2-Intermotor-Coolant-Temperature-Sender-Unit-Genuine-OEM-Quality-Engine-/191006614764?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&fits=Model%3ALupo&hash=item2c78e1a4ec apologies for ebay links but thats the best i could find thanks again

forgot to say. The reason for the thinkihng behind it being an oil temp sensor fault is because say 1 in 10 times I get in the car the temperature gauge will read 0 (not even on the scale) which obviously isn't correct otherwise the car wouldn't run. so I figured it must be the sensor.

Hey guys, My engine management lights been on for quite some time (I know that sounds stupid but its been fine) I'm 99% sure the problem is just the oil temperature sensor, and i'm not sure if this is a big issue or not to be honest. I've put out a request for used parts for the sensor and/or whatever it needs. Is it a big thing to get fitted. im not sure at all what the parts i need/have gone wrong are. sorry if this sounds ridiculously stupid!

After reading other people's problems could it be as simple as the garage which did it forgot to mount the gearbox back in correctly and it's dropped slightly?

Hey guys. Last week I paid a lot of money to have the clutch cable replaced and also got a brand new clutch fitted as it was gone. Since this my klupos been running much better. However first gear is sometimes veryyyyy hard to get into and sometimes it won't go in atall. There's also a huge clunk into reverse sometimes. Selecting gears is fine engine off so when it won't select 1st (literally feels like the gear stick could snap off) I can engine off. Clutch down. Start in first. But obviously this isn't practical. Amy ideas what the problem. Please say its not something expensive. Thanks in advance

Yehhh. I've had a look around but I can't seem to find the matched parts they were suggesting which was Vk9151 cat. £429.00 Vk397 £93.20 and vk398 £112.70 I assumed the noise was the blowing exhaust because of a hole or something in the back box. The bracket thing I think is broken as the exhaust is swung to one side and is definitely moving about and banging around which is scaring me a bit. I also had a look. Could get a mild steel full exhaust system from venom Motorsport for 230 quid. Would it even be an idea to get an aftermarket system like this and just get a garage to fit it? Thanks for your replies so far

Cheers man. Yeh I had a look on eBay too but wasn't sure of what exactly I was looking at. Are you allowed to link the eBay item? I was worried about the cat not being the right one for the 16v because it will be different to the other engine types am I right?