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Hi OMS Where did you fly power and glidders ? I finally completed my Gold Badge this winter with a Gold Height claim off the winch at my home club (in scotland) - only 50 years since I first went solo LOL I am also ex PPL but gliders are more fun. cheers baz

Hi all Sorry not been around since may - but we have had a strange year LOL for a variety of reasons and am just catching up on internet stuff. I had to change cars because of a creaky L knee,we now have 2 Autos in the family - a Suzuki G Vitara 1600 3dr for fun and a Kia Sortage 2.0 crdi for daily and towing if reqd. I returned to gliding exactly a year ago and fly whenever our weather allows (been a cr@p summer up here ),hence the possible need for a tow car. Anyway thanks for all the help on here - it is a friendly forum - I may pop in from time to time to have a look round. cheers and rgds baz

It would be nice to get the intake air a little colder though I think - maybe circa 20 deg c would be good? I doubt that would be cold enough to give any atomisation problems - but we would soon see LOL

Hey Don't thank me - thank my Torque app (great little toy) I think slightly cooler air for the intake certainly aint a bad thing for the warmish months anyway,I was surprised how quickly the inlet temp came up even at 9 deg ambient.

Funny you should say that I was also thinking maybe of an external blank for the Hot Air Inlet underneath the Engine Cover assy.

That would be useful

It would indeed sir

I agree @Wino it does depend where the intake temp sensor is. My engine bay is exactly like your pic . I was going to have a look at where the temp sensor is mounted this afternoon.

Tried out my new 'Torque' app/OBD dongle thingy today and we went for a short (14 mile) drive to get some real time engine parameters - Engine Intake Temp started off at +9 deg c (agreeing with ambient) but was up to + 35 deg c at the halfway point - by the time we got back into town it was reading +42 deg c - so even with the Intake Flap closed - the engine is still getting hot air LOL.

Ditto - our Polo 9n does this sometimes at random - works ok 98% of the time and then all of a sudden the wrong window moves LOL,usually sorts itself out fairly quickly so far. Until it happened to me I used to take the pi55 out of my better half for using the wrong switch

@Wino Just to finish off on this earlier conversation I did the oil and filter yesterday for the spring service,I put the old/drained oil in an empty graduated oil can and the drained amount was 3.2 Ltr,so as expected the hot engine and wait 5 mins before checking oil level technique obviously works fine,on this particular engine if I checked the oil with a cold engine then the oil level would be down a bit. I had a look inside the new Mann filter and it has a 'proper' coil spring valve - so (shouldn't) drain back - so still a puzzle LOL - it is the only engine I have ever noticed much difference between hot/cold oil levels.

The trouble with any 'service history' is that it is only as good as the guy with the stamp. A possible temptation for a garage presented with an ultra low 'inter service' mileage car is for them to do a visual safety check/valet car/top up fluids and stamp up any minor service requirements,especially if the same garage is used for all services. I would definitely say to get an oil and filter change done by somebody trustworthy/local vw specialist (or diy it) - as with an ultra low mileage car 500 miles might equate to the car sitting for months with the oil absorbing moisture etc and internal parts potentially lightly corroding.

I will do that but tbh I have never bothered too much with the polo mpg,I do know the 'safe' range on a tankful so I can roughly compare with that rgds baz

All went OK yesterday- the overnight forecast was +6c but as usual it was colder than forecast (the local weather station where they get the readings from is Strathallan Airfield - 6 miles away) and we set off for the Gliding Club at 0730 with the ambient temperature 0 deg c.On the 35 mile drive the ambient was varying from -1.0c to +4.0c - the engine never missed a beat - the Humidity was approx 90%. So - OK so far.

OK - the intake Flap thermo thingy is sorted LOL - I bunged a woodscrew into it as you suggested - so it is now locked into cold air. Many Thanks - baz