weslangdon
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I disconnected the battery, waited a couple of minute then re connected it, this cleared both faults...brake light came on with the handbrake up as it should.Sadly only a temporary fix, fault with flashing faint brake light has now returned, but so far the rev counter has returned to normal, booked to see an auto electrician on Friday
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just passed an MOT, with my sons 1.4 75 bhp car, brakes good all round, no leaks or fluid loss, but a faint flashing red brake light on the dash, on the other dial the rev counter is going nuts, could these be connected
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some good numbers there folks
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The earliest Lupo's are now 15 years old, what sort of mileages are these cars achieving, my Arosa Sport is up to 122k, is 13 years old and flew through both MOT and emissions test the week before last. Last week my sons 1.4, Lupo 75 bhp also passed both MOT and emissions test though its gases figures weren't as good, it has just short of 80k on the clock. Has anyone hit 200k yet, I don't see why not with a galvanised carcass, brakes and suspensions and even interiors that are easily swapped the only limitations are engines and g/boxes
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same happened here g/box popping out of 5th just an issue of filling it up it only had about 200ml of g/box oil in it
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more likely dirty micro switch. It's the one that detects the door being closed. I assume your internal light doesn't switch on when you open the door either?
no the light works fine
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so your both saying there should be one, I thought they didn't have them fitted, thanks both I can get it fixed now
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yes, central locking, I've also got a 20 year old Merc with an alarm on the lights and even my wife's Focus has this feature
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I've left my side lights on twice in the last couple of months with a resultant flat battery, anyone got a way of fixing a warning alarm
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I would have fitted nothing till I'd run the cat cleaner through the system, having done that I'd have tested each addition in turn
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when the car is half full of petrol add the cat cleaner and then go for a long run, if you are over fuelling, the problem might be insufficient air so check that your air filter is clean, does that make sense?
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Anyone got any thoughts/advice on this, I've bought a set complete with seals and interior cover but it doesn't look as if I can fit this to my Sport as it doesn't seem to have the holes in the interior metal work, there are holes on the B pillar but these don't have captive nuts so they would need the rivet type. Is this an impossible task?
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What's the fix when the check strap has torn itself from its door mounting bolts, it looks like a door off job 2 me, any one recommend a fix?
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Lots of cash for a VAG diagnostic, I have an EPC light showing and briefly yesterday an emissions light also showing. A plug in by my local auto electrician shows no fault despite the EPC light. I have had emissions issues with a Focus ST170 in the past and my MOT tester recommended a dose of "cat cleaner" [from any motor factor.] I used this 2 years running and it really does work. This is, at under £20 a quick fix and if your car only does short runs the most likely issue rather than anything major, its certainly something I will use in the week before my next MOT. The other thing to look at if there is an air/fuel mismatch is the air filter
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what I have learned since is that its the plastic tensioners that do break rather than the belt itself
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have a little respect for your wheel bearings too they don't like oversized wheels
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they do fit I had some on a Mk 1 Golf GTI many moons ago
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The Lupo or the Arosa, I tend towards the Mk2 Arosa as it doesn't look like a flat fish but that look was fairly widespread in German cars of its era, Porsche 911, Mercedes w210, Ford Scorpio, even the BMW Mini
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yes, they're fine, the ERG was showing up as faulty too but with a clean this code disappeared too
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I'd like a front indicator panel in "taft grun" thats the darkish green metalic colour if anyone has one
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brake light switch replaced as it was the only fault showing up on the plug in, now showing no faults but still has the EPC light on, switching it off lasts about a mile
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rather than make an A frame why not change the exit rout of the exhast
Sport, running issues.
in Volkswagen Lupo
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check you battery connections too sometimes it can be as simple as poor earth