stann01

hi, was changing rear pads on the car, done near side no problems at all. started doing off side (driver side) was undoing the bolt and it sheared off. where to go from here? looking on ebay for replacement but not a lot about. seen caliper pin set would this be any good?? is it still ok to drive as need car for work. sean.

boost pipe from intercooler to join by altenator? how much + postage please.

doing a search there is only 10 variants of key? was hoping to get lucky!! there is a local dealer but got up too late today to get there (work nights)

hi i know it might be a long shot but was wondering it any vrs owners in westbury or fabia's with alloy wheels could loan me a go of their alloy wheel key? lost mine, sure last time i seen it was when local challenge changed the tyres on the front, been there they was adament they put it in my hand after ?? they have never done this, have always put it back in car themselves. searched all over car no where to be seen ;-( help.

you could of got front pads and discs fitted them yourself? would of been 1/4 the price you paid.

is it a hard job to swap out the thermostat?

forgot to say on idle it sits at nearly 1k rpm? thoughts??

hi, just a quick question, my temp gauge hardly ever gets to '90' it sits just below. only a couple of times i have seen it be at '90'. also the heater does not really blow really hot? on full any way. does any one know whats going on with it? thanks in advance.

i bought a golf tdi at an auction couple of years ago on whim, was cheap as chips because it had this sort of problem, so took to a mates garage for them to do the head gasket ect. he called me back to say who ever put it in the auction had already done the head gasket and even renewed the head ect, he said there seems to be a problem with the block :-( surfice to say i got my money back on the resale to someone who was willing to go down the route of engine swap.

think the ones i got was £13 delivered from ebay, doing the job so far! see how long they last.....

hi all, yesterday changed the droplinks on the vrs because had a lot of knocking going on, was advised on here by some guys to change them. i can not believe it! its sorted lol, am surprised they cause all that misery !! thanks for the advice, its a great site. ;-) happy xmas and new year to all...

same, bought ebay ones when i had my beemer. one flickering, went back to standard. since having the vrs i have not had the chance to look at the bad lighted number plate bulbs yet. too many other problems to get sorted!!

oh and its a 2003 model

yes he told me he replaced the bushes, which would of envolved removing console bolt! can not prove anything like you said. gargage was flabbergasted how i made it to them! just got to swallow a lot of costs and get on with it i like the car, its got nice power and feels like a bigger car than it is which is good. since new consoles have been done i still get a knocking from bumps in the road/speedbumps ect, garage said roll bar bushes? it will soon be perfect

ok, what was going to be a cost saving exercise is turning into a money pit bought the fabia vrs because its cheaper to run than the bmw 325 i had and it is. it had a problem with the console on the wishbone as the previous owner decided to glue the console bolt in , it was coming out and lucky i got to a garage in time!! in turn it balded the front tyre so had to re-replace as only just replaced them :'( . had to replace the front speakers as passenger front was blown. ebay specials done the trick! so end of last week the radiator decided to start leaking, just got it replaced, could of done it myself but with the cold weather could not be bothered, got my pants pulled down a bit on the price but its done now and hope thats the end of my wallet taking a hammering. any one else have issues that seem to be never ending?