Replacing the factory pos cable from the alt to the bat in the rear yet? if you have what is the path and was it a pain to do? I have not had the chance to get the car on a lift yet to check and don't know even if it needs to be on a lift to do.
View 8 RepliesI just got the car back together after doing my chains, and I had a miss when it started. Now, the car runs fine only under light throttle but at idle and under heavier loads it has the miss. I drove it around my neighborhood and the check engine light started flashing, but stopped and went out as I was turning into my driveway. The only reason I ask about possible spark miss is because when I removed my plug wires, 2 of them left some of that rubber insulator on the plugs. Plus the car seems to have pretty decent power despite the misfire.
View 1 RepliesHaving clutch issues? I have just put 10k miles on my JSW and the clutch feels like it slipping in 1st gear when heavier load(uphill ETC) is present its even worse. We have never drove it hard pretty much cream puff.
View 9 RepliesAnyway to make the steering heavier?
View 9 RepliesRemoving the negative battery cable piece that connects the cable to the terminal. Where I can get the screw that tightens the connector around the terminal.
View 4 RepliesOk so I was putting a drill bit into the home slot under the shifter boot. I didn't realize it was so deep and the piece dropped all the way down the hole. Is this bad? If so, what can I do to get in there and get it?
View 5 RepliesMy R is an earlier model with the Aux-in in the glovebox. I cannot think of a more inconvenient place to put an aux in cable which is why they change it I am sure. I would like to reroute the existing one or at least add an extender cable from the glove box to one of the unused buttons near the ash tray.
View 2 RepliesAfter driving in heavy snow I noticed a cable hanging loose in a loop under the car in the mid section. What could this be ?
View 24 RepliesMy R has the aux input in the glove box. Connecting to my iPod works, but the cable I have is too fat/thick to let me close the door. Any nice, thin/flat audio connector that would work so I can close the glove box and leave the iPod out where I can control it? If I can find one I'd get a portable nav and connect it via its headphone jack for Bluetooth phone use.
View 9 RepliesThe MDI cable that came with my car is way too short.. What is the part number or where I can get a longer version of this cable?
View 4 RepliesI have iPhone, how to connect to the stereo with AUX. Plus, I don't know where and what kind of AUX cable I should buy?
View 10 RepliesI bought a 2011 golf 6 2.5 litre 5 door. The second day driving it I discovered a noise coming from under the middle vents in the dash. I took it back to the dealer and they said it was a noise coming because the cable shift was missing some clips and it was rattling in the undercarriage. They replaced the entire cable and I'm finding the same problem only not as loud as before (however it is still there). I'm finding it is making noise around 1200 rpm when going up or down a hill (especially when he car has back passengers in the back or any form of weight in the trunk). The moment I accelerate the noise goes away. Noise is also more pronounced when I have the summer rims and tires on (18s oem). At this point the sound is intermediate however it's something i want to get out of the way. What it could be.?
View 2 RepliesI own a 2002 Jetta 1.8T now here is my story.
A week ago whiles driving lost power when accelerating, EPC light illuminates so I turned on my hazard light and limped home since I was far away from home. As I limped home, all the lights on the dash went off. I got home, shut engine off, restarted the car but car wont accelerate.
I popped the hood and saw the dreaded melted fuse box on top of battery with charred alternator cable. I ordered the fuse box and alternator cable and prepared to replace them.
I realized that with the driver side door open with no key in ignition, I could hear a clicking sound with inside lights blinking. Didn't worry because I believed it had to do with the melted fuse box and charred alternator cable. I noticed that the clock was off too.
I replaced.the fuse box and alternator cable. My battery is just a year old so when I tried starting the car and it won't crank, I tried to jump start it but no sound. Car won't start. Dead silence,no click nothing.
As the title states, I've noticed that the music on my iPhone starts playing automatically when I plug it in to my MDI cable. Is there any way to stop this? I've looked through the settings in the head unit and in my phone and cannot find anything to shut it off.
View 3 RepliesMy car has been having an issue with battery draw. when I don't drive it for 2-3 days the battery is drained enough for me to need my jump pack to start it. I have done a wire tuck on the motor and also have air ride. I hooked a wire up between the battery and the negative cable with a light connected and it lights up with the car off. What I have done so far is to pull each fuse in the door fuse panel individually and the light stayed on the entire time. Next I pulled the power feed to my air ride system out and the light flashes and I can hear what sounds like a relay clicking. If the issue were the air ride I would think disconnecting it would make the light go out.
I need to pull the fuse panel that was on top of the battery and pull those fuses out too. Should I try pulling the relays as well?
I just installed a New South Performance boost gauge in my MK6 GTI. I followed the instructions to the letter but am experiencing some weird behavior. [URL].............
I replaced the intake manifold hose with the one that I purchased from the kit that has the outlet for the vacuum hose. Connected the vacuum line to the outlet, ran the line along hoses away from parts of the engine that would get hot and went through the firewall on the drivers side. The battery was disconnected for a couple of hours which I heard will cause some warning lights to come on once the car is started but go away after you drive for about 20 ft. I then used the provided wire taps to connect the ground, light, and dimmer to the stock headlight switch.
Ground black gauge wire to brown headlight wire (position 6 on harness connector)
Switched 12V red gauge wire to black/purple headlight wire (position 4 on harness connector)
Dimmer yellow gauge wire to gray headlight wire (position 10 on harness connector)
The issue I am seeing mainly is when the car is idle and not under load, the gauge is reading around -10 hg where everything I have been reading states that the vacuum should be around 20 hg (+ - 3). I also notice that when I rev the engine the gauge will only go up to 0. When I drive in sport mode and get on the gas, I will see a spike up to 11 lbs. I just finished the install about 30 min. ago and it is pretty dark out so I haven't had a chance to check for boost leaks. I am not tuned but the car was tuned at one point before I purchased the car according to the VIN scan when I go to the dealership for service. I am assuming that I am not tuned because from what I read, a tune will disable the rev limiter.
i was on my way to work today -10-degree weather and i noticed my temp. the gauge was slightly above 190, and it steadily climbed into the red approx. 10 mins while going down the highway, all the while my heat was blowing extremely hot so i pulled over to let it cool down. I was able to get back home without it overheating too much (not in the red).
So i let it cool and refilled coolant 50/50 g12 due to loss from evaporation, now its just blowing cold air from vents prior to this (last couple months) it wouldn't reach 190 it was slightly below my question is does this sound like the thermostat or something worse its almost like its been sticking open and then all of a sudden it was stuck shut I'm not sure but I'm gonna change thermostat tomorrow .
Problems with gas gauge just randomly shutting off? I was driving home from Tennessee yesterday, and was closely monitoring my MPG on the MFD and my gas gauge... I look down to see the MFD read ----- MPG and the gas gauge was completely shut off.
View 17 RepliesI've been running the Podi Gauge for almost a year now, and it has been great. As of the last two months or so, I have been noticing a noise coming from the gauge when it is sitting around 0-5psi. If I sit below that or above it, there is no noise. I don't know how to describe the noise - other than maybe dragging fingernails across plastic grill?
Could it be trapped moisture? Loose hose? It is not 100% of the time, but very frequent.
So my temperature gauge started fluctuating from low to mid-gauge reading and it does not matter if at idle or driving. It never goes above mid-range or reads hot. I have had my diagnostic tool connected while monitoring the ECT in real time and my temp reads 180-195. Also there are no codes and everything else is running normal.
I have searched other threads and the only thing that was mentioned was changing the temp sensor but they also had the issue where the diagnostic tool also showed the temp fluctuating.
So popped my plastic shroud off to change my oil and thought it was strange the the hose for the boost gauge was really oily. Is it normal?
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