Car Servicing/Maintaince

[theskull1]

Will it be a genuine VW belt Rois? And will the water pump be replaced as well...... which is recommended for a lot of timing belt changes such is the work involved?

[Rois]

Will it be a genuine VW belt Rois? And will the water pump be replaced as well...... which is recommended for a lot of timing belt changes such is the work involved?

Water pump will definitely be replaced as he told me this, and it's a garage that says it specialises in VWs and Audis - though I don't know it from Adam to be honest so I'm not sure if it will be genuine VW. 

[GJL]

Will it be a genuine VW belt Rois? And will the water pump be replaced as well...... which is recommended for a lot of timing belt changes such is the work involved?

At that price I suspect it is just the belt. Non genuine belts are fine as long as they are a good make like Gates or the like. We change the water pump and timing pullys etc with every second belt. I don't think it is required with every belt.

[offtheground]

What is the mileage interval between timing belts on a VW diesel?

[GJL]

Some 60000 and some 80000. I recommend 60000 every time and give it a full kit at the second belt.

[omagh_gael]

Got my MOT coming up in a few days and the mechanic must have forgot to check the handbrake as it isn't (in my opinion) grabbing strong enough. Would this one issue be enough to fail the test or would a lot of the testers let it go as long as everything else ok?

[GJL]

Got my MOT coming up in a few days and the mechanic must have forgot to check the handbrake as it isn't (in my opinion) grabbing strong enough. Would this one issue be enough to fail the test or would a lot of the testers let it go as long as everything else ok?

If it is not holding to the required level it will def fail. Get it sorted.

[snoopdog]

Anyone know of a car that can take a Baby seat a booster and a child seat in the back. I fear i may have to get one of those 7 seater yokes but to be honest id prefer a big estate something like a Subaru Outback or a Skoda superb or an A6 maybe a Volvo, do these cars take 3 seats in the back, surely some car company has had the sense to cater for this market?
The Mazda 5 is prob the best in terms of looks of those 7 seaters but to be honest none of them look too sturdy

[Agent Orange]

Hard to beat the Volvo for this type of car, plenty of room, will take the three seats easily and still have a boot for prams, bags, etc. There are some really good deals available on the new XC60 as it is in the same sector as the Range Rover Evoque, which seems to have cornered the market. Wife has an XC60 and it has been faultless and returns over 40mpg.

[MacDanger]

I was in buying some carbon cleaning spray for cleaning the EGR valve on my Vectra and I noticed bottle a diesel particle filter cleaner - you add it to the diesel and apparently it helps clean the filter.

Are these any good? Or a waste of money (~ €15 I think)

Edit: Just realised I logged in with my old username - had to setup a new username (macdanger2) a couple of years ago after I forgot the password for this one!!

[snoopdog]

Hard to beat the Volvo for this type of car, plenty of room, will take the three seats easily and still have a boot for prams, bags, etc. There are some really good deals available on the new XC60 as it is in the same sector as the Range Rover Evoque, which seems to have cornered the market. Wife has an XC60 and it has been faultless and returns over 40mpg.

cheers I will take a look at Volvos

[macdanger2]

Hard to beat the Volvo for this type of car, plenty of room, will take the three seats easily and still have a boot for prams, bags, etc. There are some really good deals available on the new XC60 as it is in the same sector as the Range Rover Evoque, which seems to have cornered the market. Wife has an XC60 and it has been faultless and returns over 40mpg.

cheers I will take a look at Volvos

Apparently the Volvo S40 / V40 is awful for boot space although that's only from reading up on cars when I was buying. My sister has a BMW 320 and the boot in it is extremely poor

[andoireabu]

A light came up on the dash the other day saying the bonnet is open even though it isn't and the electric windows stopped working on the same day.  Any ideas?  Could the same thing have caused both to happen?  I'm guessing it's a sensor or something in the bonnet but not a clue why the windows stopped working.

The fact that both happened on the same day would make me think it is related but with electrics you never know. Do the simple things first like check all fuses.

turns out it was a loose plug in the back of the fuse box. Touch wood its been working grand since. Nct in a week so i hope it goes through!!

[Apparently so]

Right, so my car started making this awful snapping bang.kindl of noise when I turn the steering whee. Its especially bad when I turn left. Sounds if something is trying to snap apart in the front.left . Any ideas? Inside of the left tyre is worn away to.nothing but the car ia still driving ok

[cornerback]

Anyone know of a car that can take a Baby seat a booster and a child seat in the back. I fear i may have to get one of those 7 seater yokes but to be honest id prefer a big estate something like a Subaru Outback or a Skoda superb or an A6 maybe a Volvo, do these cars take 3 seats in the back, surely some car company has had the sense to cater for this market?
The Mazda 5 is prob the best in terms of looks of those 7 seaters but to be honest none of them look too sturdy

Snoop check out this thread:
http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=23195.msg1289356#msg1289356