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it circulates. the pump will empty the reservoir in around 3 or 4 seconds

Looking to sell my mk1 05 vrs. This is not an advert. Just wondering how other managed to advertise and sell a relatively old car which is desirable to some. Also any idea of values? Black, 123k, reasonable condition, had most major items serviced/replaced in last few years.

yup, you need the green vw spec fluid, and 1 litre is more than enough for a change. make sure you go lock to lock with the wheel after the change to fully flush out any air before checking final level

it constantly reciculates. better way to replace it is disconnect the return into an old bottle. Run engine for 4 seconds then switch off. Top up reservoir and repeat until return feed runs clean. Reconnect and then fill to level

your vw specialist should be able to get you a boot seal from TPS - not expensive, easy enough to change yourself if you want to diy it rear brakes easy to do, you will need a caliper rewind tool. If you need new calipers look on ebay for green painted trw ones which are basically oe but will fit in with the look of the car

AFAIW it is one piece OEM from factory from cat back the replacement two piece could be more difficult - ring round breakers for a stainless retrofit???

I really wouldn't worry about it just drive and keep an eye on levels and for leaks, it's not like you can do anything more than that about it now...

on a mk1 vrs they are sided - if you fit them upsiode down there is a chance the drivers side one will hole the turbo "pancake" pipe they will "fit" though, just the extra thread protruding presents an issue

the "which question" was for what towbar to get - he already has the car tbh any towbar will do - I got the swanneck westfalia one to minimise cutting of the bumper, also think they look better than a flange one but that's just imho

the golf one uses the same connectors - as for swapping the wires round - sorry can't remember, it wasn't too hard to figure out though

a witter golf mk4 wiring adaptor simply plugs in and piggy backs off the tail light clusters a wee bit of fettling with a wiring loom pick lets you swap the connections around to what they are on an octavia - mine was around £30 save having to cut into the loom

I tow a 16ft boat with mine, power wise it is fine, make sure your rear springs and shocks are up to it though, if they are original they are likely to be knackered or quickly will be once you start towing. As for pulling things, you'll be fine for a journey like that, the car will do it, but does get shoved around a bit due to it not being the largest in the world. For towbars I got a westfalia swanneck one that did A3, golf and octavia, it was many £££ less than the sole octavia one. I'll try and find you a part number - think this is it westfalia 305222 check online for fitting instructions, it really is simple also if you are handy with electrics you can get a golf towbar wiring adaptor and swap pins round to get an oe fit octavia one

do it all while you are in there, including full coolant change and thermostat, if skipped you know it will go a year or so after

it will be the tensioner gates do a kit for around 100 with it - water pump is around £40 at most, you can get a better quote than that for a cambelt replacment...

think they are a popular upgrade for other mk4/fabia based cars sell them on for someone to refurb

from the pic they look like 17s probably are too, only seen estates with 16s easy to tell when you collect from tyre

gates kit is good I fitted it to my car make sure you get the hydraulic tensioner as well as the belt and pulleys + do the waterpump and thermostat at the same time

go for it, you can always punt it on for more than that

kyb rears are pretty cheap as is, doubt you'd get better for the money I have uprated ones if you have the estate and want to gain ride height and stiffness

mine was a 55mm on vrs - around £5 from gsf in one of their sales

spares and parts are generally very cheap If you were to get one I'd recommend get one in as decent mechanical nick as you can - service is cheap and easy on them Mechanical bodywork should be good but closely check tailgate. Other than that I'd get one with a nice interior at the spec level you want. Only other thing is check central locking system very carefully Very good, cheap to run cars, and lots of guides up on here for any common problems

no, rear sag will be too much, you need estate springs

not at the rear you can pretty decent decent oe shocks for much less than that, unless your springs have sagged. I bought uprated ones for mine, but have swapped them back if you fancy them?

bleed master cylinder

could be the actual tie rods too - known as the drumstick on the MOT test