Hi people, been checking out the forum for 3 days now and thought I'd join in! Cracking site with loads of useful info.
I was fed up with spending out every month maintaining my previous car due to it's age (1992 Vento VR6 2.9) and thought I'd go for something a bit newer and hopefully have less problems.
I picked up my 2000 model Golf 4motion with 79k on friday and was very pleased with it until christmas eve (2nd day of ownership!)
The car drives lovely, looks nice and it's nice and comfortable but problems have started already!
Firstly the exhaust emissions light came on whilst under normal driving conditions with no affects to the feel of the car. I stopped approx 20 miles later on the way home to get some shopping. Upon returning to the car I noticed a slight burning smell on startup but blamed it on the cortina parked next to me!
As I pulled up at home about 5 miles later steam poured from under the bonnet and the temp went way up near the red!
A small amount of coolant was lost from the overflow of the header tank but the level is still above the min. mark. Upon inspection it seems the header cap may not have been tightened fully.
I've not seen the fan kick in as yet but will investigate further tomorrow if I get a chance with aircon on looking for low speed etc.
Just checked the receipt for the last dealer service which was 500 miles ago, attention note says; engine noisy, fuse for cooling fans has blown new fans required. Engine does not seem too noisy to me but things start to make sense with regards to the overheating now!
Really pi**ed off already and obviously looking to sort it out asap.
I'm located in Northants and would be very grateful if anyone would be willing to check my car for faults using vag-com.
I will be checking out the fan fuse & operation asap and posting results.
The fan resistor mod looks interesting and I thnik I may try this along with a new fuse.
Any thoughts much appreciated
Thanks people!
Cheers Brad
I was fed up with spending out every month maintaining my previous car due to it's age (1992 Vento VR6 2.9) and thought I'd go for something a bit newer and hopefully have less problems.
I picked up my 2000 model Golf 4motion with 79k on friday and was very pleased with it until christmas eve (2nd day of ownership!)
The car drives lovely, looks nice and it's nice and comfortable but problems have started already!
Firstly the exhaust emissions light came on whilst under normal driving conditions with no affects to the feel of the car. I stopped approx 20 miles later on the way home to get some shopping. Upon returning to the car I noticed a slight burning smell on startup but blamed it on the cortina parked next to me!
As I pulled up at home about 5 miles later steam poured from under the bonnet and the temp went way up near the red!
A small amount of coolant was lost from the overflow of the header tank but the level is still above the min. mark. Upon inspection it seems the header cap may not have been tightened fully.
I've not seen the fan kick in as yet but will investigate further tomorrow if I get a chance with aircon on looking for low speed etc.
Just checked the receipt for the last dealer service which was 500 miles ago, attention note says; engine noisy, fuse for cooling fans has blown new fans required. Engine does not seem too noisy to me but things start to make sense with regards to the overheating now!
Really pi**ed off already and obviously looking to sort it out asap.
I'm located in Northants and would be very grateful if anyone would be willing to check my car for faults using vag-com.
I will be checking out the fan fuse & operation asap and posting results.
The fan resistor mod looks interesting and I thnik I may try this along with a new fuse.
Any thoughts much appreciated
Thanks people!
Cheers Brad