barrowfordred

Just in case anyone else has similar symptoms, a couple of the cam belt tensioners are goosed.

Thanks for that.... Booked into Dubsport tomorrow.

following on from my heatsheild post. I've checked the heatshields and although 1 was a little loose and now tight, we have a mechanical rattle from the left hand side (loking under bonnet) of the engine, around the pulleys area. When the engine is revved it disappears only to return as the revs die. It seems to resonate if the revs drop quickly. This isn't my car, I hardly ever drive it, so I don't know if it's just started or not. Sounds almost like a tappety ticking but further down than the tappets. Any ideas/similar experiences before I book it into Dubsport????

Sorry, meant to say - 16v Sport.

Our Lupo has developed a rattle at low revs. Sounds very much to me like a rattling exhaust heatshield. I've yet to jack the car up to have a look, but, has anyone else had a problem???

I've changed the fog light and so people get an idea , this is what I did. There is only an access flap in front of the offside (drivers). On the nearside there isn't a panel. My nearside foglight needed replacing. I jacked up the car but access to the 2 screws was difficult so I removed the wheel arch cover and was able to replace the light. The 2 screws are phillips head and not torx screws. Hope this is of value to anyone else.

The clutch on our 16v Sport Lupo has become very stiff to operate. The clutch still operates, just a stiff action. The sympton seems to me to relate to a clutch cable (simlar problem on a Golf GTI). Any other ideas. Thanks.

Thanks for that, I'll take another look tonight. I bought a pair of VAG fogs off `E-Bay` for £40 inc postage from Hong Kong. Don't know how much they are at VAG UK but I bet they're more than £40.

I have a cracked lens on one of my Lupo front fog lights. How the hell do I get the old one off to replace it??? style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> I know there are 2 screws on the top holding it on but these are inaccessable. Does the bumper have to come off? Or is there an easier way?