agilecanonbal

As always thanks for the help mate , your knowelledge is proving very helpful . I'll be seeing my mechanic tomorrow, I'll point out the error of his ways!! Some people hey :/

Cheers skezza,reassuring to know it's easy to take apart and fix! Well It arrived today and clears the codes just fine (in case anyone else is thinking of getting one), it says on the scan for airbag "resistance too great" anyone able to shed any light on what the cause would be?

Cheers skajme, I've ordered one yesterday, just waiting for it to arrive so I can do the job myself instead of relying on a mechanic, Which is one of the many muppets! Will check the clock spring on the weekend to assess any damage that may have been done by the Muppet.

Mr skezza, when you say there's other goodies to unlock on the lupo with vcds, like what exactly? Cheers

Cheers for that link wehey, after looking through reviews on that one, it seems I may have a problem using on my 1.7 SDI! It says in the reviews it doesn't work on diesel cars around the 03/04 era, also wouldn't erase the airbag light on my loop, but thanks for the help. Still going to order the one mobieus_UK put a link to, still would like to know what the CD that comes with it is for before I order it? If anyone can shed any light, as I just want plug and play as I do not have a laptop! Thanks again guys

Great lol. Well hopefully it isn't ruined, will invest in the code reader and give it a shot, if it doesn't work at least I have a code reader for the future still would like to know if its plug and play or if I need to use the CD that comes with it to download the files/programmes?

Sweet! So just plug it in, find code and erase? Why does The CD that comes with it?

Thanks for the replies, Möbius_UK is that not the same as one of the links I put up? Also what's the CD for? Do I need to down load anything or is everything on the device already? Sausage and skezza, as always thanks for the input, skezza when you say centred it properly, what should I look out for? The mechanic in question who fitted it is a numpty! Is my new one still good and just needs centering or is it buggered also?

Thanks for the reply, Was looking at these too, but my laptop is no longer working unfortunately, hence these hand held devices, you or anyone tried these?

Hi all, had a rattley horn button/airbag module, mechanic fixed it and broke clock spring contact, ordered a new one from Germany, erased the airbag light, but keeps coming back on after a couple of days, so question is has anybody tried one of these? Any good, do they do what they say on the tin? Bout to order one but need your input first, thanks. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220840475960?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAG-Scan-Tool-CAN-BUS-K-Line-COM-OBD-OBD2-for-Jetta-Passat-Beetle-Golf-Touareg-/151039735160?hash=item232aab7578:m:mqMJnhfNcah6alO659rYKGA

Never thought you were Mr dblock,it's advice I shall remember for the future, just wanted a little style, but now choosing practicality over style lol

And once again, thanks guys until the next problem lol

I know dblock,you were right, one for the memory banks! As sausage says, lots of people have slammed their lupos and not reported this problem, although mine was 70mm, there was still quite an arch gap so thought it would be fine, but all lupos have their own ways I guess, anyways it sits a little higher now, but it still handles great so still happy.

Although to add, it didn't clunk when I first lowered the car, came on a while after, probably due to gradual wear of the inner CV joints....live and learn

I know, can't believe I didn't check that first, Always the obvious that's right in front of your face...won't be so stupid next time!

Hey guys, I did manage to sort the problem! After trying everything, it was my gf's dad who solved it. With the car being lowered 75mm all round, excess force was being placed on the inner CV joints, as you all may or may not know, the inner CV joints move in and out, and lowering the car pushed the inner CV joints in quite a bit, so when turning the steering wheel on full lock, the last bit of travel on the inner CV joints was being taken up and then some! So the excessive pressure was causing the clunking, we simply raised the front suspension by 20mm and the problem stopped!it was alright raising the suspension by 15mm, but still a slight clunking when I had a passenger in the car, so 20mm was the sweet spot. All you guys were a great help! Always ready to give advice, great forum! Once again thanks to everyone who gave their time and helped

Will do mate,cheers. Might not get the opportunity to test it out until next week as the car is at my mates garage and he's closed by the time I'm finished at work, will report back with outcome when I get it done.

Cool, we did have the car in the air letting the wheels turn whilst in gear, and no knocking/clunking even when on full lock, but the wheels were hanging with no weight on them,the mechanic did say it was probably not clonking as there's no resistance from vehicle weight, but as you've said there needs to be weight on them I'll try and do what you've suggested and keep one wheel on the ground in turn, and let the other spin with a little brake pressure on them whilst turning to full lock to see if there's any sound. As said everything else has been checked and changed, nothing is loose, no rubbing on springs from wheels and everything else is nice and tight, seems only 2 things left it can be! Wish I stuck to bikes lol

Right guys, have bought another car to keep me going whilst I try and sort this, hence delayed response. Things done so far.... New lower arms, New drop links, New CV joints, Mechanics rekon inner CV joints are alright(don't know how they check them) Now beleive it's the differential on it's way out! So gonna have to get a recon done on the gearbox, was considering just getting rid of the car but as I've come this far might as well carry on!has anyone had issues with their gearbox? Drives great in a straight line with no whining,and when turning,only on full lock does it clunk, so bad you feel it through the car,can't be suspension related as once full lock is reached the steering obviously is not turning any more, and also has been checked! Thinking I've just gotta bite the bullet and recon the diff!so much for vag reliability hey!?!... Also, as many people have lowered their cars more than mine and run around just fine, is it just pot luck that they don't get these kind of problems? Starting to lose faith lol, thanks again for the help so far guys.

Thanks for your input, inner cv seems to be alright, might be the dreaded chocolate gearbox heard they weren't the best, but thought I'd be one of the lucky ones, I've replaced everything else and don't think I'm going to fork out for a gearbox, will sell up I think whilst the car is still drivable and before it gets worse, shame really as I liked the lupo and it's cheap motoring,the only car I've ever owned with gearbox problems at just 92k on the clock,and so hard to get another sdi gearbox (thanks volkswgon lol) thanks again for your help mate.

Thanks for the reply sausage, I have done exactly that, had a mate of mine listen from inside and outside the car whilst I drive it on full lock in both directions , he thought it sounded like the clunking was coming from the front centre of the car, but as a precaution we changed all the mentioned parts but to no avail, we've had the car on the ramps and put it into gear, putting the full lock on both ways with the wheels turning, but there's no noise at all, it seems only while the car is under load that the car makes this horrible clunking noise, hence being able to replicate the clunking with the wheels dangling in mid air isn't happening, I can imagine that the only things left is the inner cv joints or gearbox, but really hoping someone knows otherwise, I've spent a fortune on the little lupo, but am running out of money really hoping this isn't going to cost me an arm and a leg! Changing these parts has made no difference at all to the clunking! Thanks again for help so far

Also to add, it doesn't clunk on full lock when in reverse for some reason.

Reply Like ThisagilecanonbalToday, 10:50 PM Hey guys, really hoping someone can help. My sdi lupo has a horrible clunking when on full steering lock, quite bad on full left lock, can feel it through the car, also happens on full right lock but not quite as bad, but still obvious. It's had new drop links, new outer cv joints, anti roll roll bar is nice and tight, just don't know what to do next! The car has been lowered on coilies approx 65 to 70 mm, some mechanics have said inner cv joints and some say the differential is on its way out, and some have said that due to the car being lower it's placing extra stress on inner cv joints, No one seems to know and I've spent a fair bit already, so hoping someone with actual knowledge/ experience of this can please help me, much appreciated.i have put this question in another section of club lupo, apologies if it's in the wrong section.

Hey guys, really hoping someone can help. My sdi lupo has a horrible clunking when on full steering lock, quite bad on full left lock, can feel it through the car, also happens on full right lock but not quite as bad, but still obvious. It's had new drop links, new outer cv joints, anti roll roll bar is nice and tight, just don't know what to do next! The car has been lowered on coilies approx 65 to 70 mm, some mechanics have said inner cv joints and some say the differential is on its way out, and some have said that due to the car being lower it's placing extra stress on inner cv joints, No one seems to know and I've spent a fair bit already, so hoping someone with actual knowledge/ experience of this can please help me, much appreciated.

Makes so much sense now! Hope you got it sorted too dude