JamieH86

Yep brute force and lubrication is key. Now what was I talking about... Anyway the biggest bugger when removing the lights if you need to remove the whole unit is when the electrical connector will not shift from the socket.

The tape is directly over the light, behind the plastic screen - no examiner has ever mentioned it!

When I say blank, I mean the garage (rather than the owner) did what I said - - the airbag light on the dashboard has been blanked by a piece of black tape.

My car had an airbag warning light prior to my buying it. From what I can gather by weaving all the paperwork I inherited into a story, they eventually decided there was no issue, further exploration was too much work, and for seven or eight years the airbag light on the dashboard has been blanked by a piece of black tape!

Cheers all - managed to fix it by putting some tape around the little plastic drum on the spring that pushes the latch, just to give it a tad more contact, and that did the trick. Veeeeeeeeery basic fix though!

Morning all - issue in a nutshell, and advice please. Our boot won't open; the motor works and you can hear the release mechanism whirr when the press the button above the number plate, and if you look through the window you can see the little spring-loaded plastic drum move, but it doesn't seem to have enough 'oomph' to press the little release catch on the door itself. It's had this issue for years, but I've never got it looked at as after a week or so it has always resolved itself, and then been fine for another six months or so. But this time it seems to be stuck like it, though it will sometimes open if you push down on the door or pull slightly as you press the button. Last time it did this it seemed to work if you pressed the left hand-side of the release button, but not this time. Any ideas? Oh and it's a 2005 estate.

Staple, meet gun. Zero cost!

All I can say is mine has done this for years and years, on and off. As you say when the clutch is depressed, there are five or six faint clicks or ticks. Never had it looked at and doesn't seem an issue!

Could be the fan? That's the only sound I've ever heard after turning the engine off, if it was partway through DPF regeneration at the time.

Thanks all. Wanted to bung in some coolant leak stopper which was only a fiver on Amazon but has worked a treat!

My first thought reading that was... is 450 miles from a tank generally considered a good starting point? I get disappointed if the fuel light comes on before 600 (depends on conditions etc!)

Well bugger me. Thanks though!

Never needed to know this before in five years of - stop laughing at the back - owning the car. But where is it? Google seems to think the coolant resevoir cap is the radiator cap but that can't be right. No manuals, engine bay diagrams or other places seem to be much more help. So... this is a 1.9 TDI mk2, where is the radiator cap?

I had some similar weirdness once, after pressure washing the car. It was fine the day after after drying but something was shorting.

That's what you call "driving like granny" if you've ever gone across Germany on an autobahn.