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The pulley is designed to fail if the compressor seizes so this isn't as simple as you suggest!

Just clean it up before going for MOT, no need to make a mountain out of a molehill. You may just have overfilled the joint with grease, also you need a special tool for OE clips which is expensive to buy.

Are you sure the bulb doesn't just pull out of the plastic holder?

I thought projector lamps used a shutter to alter the beam pattern so they only have one bulb fitted. It's possible that the solenoid that operates the shutter has packed up.

I don't really see a proper question. Therefore: Is the horrible noise the camchain? Yes. Have I bought the correct parts? Yes. My mates dad is gonna fit it for £300. Ok.

My advice to you is replace the MAF, clear all the codes and see what comes back after a test drive.

Changing gearbox oil is completely unnecessary. However since you seem 'emotionally' determined there is a threaded plug on the side of the gearbox which serves both as a filling point as well as a level guide, basically you put oil in until it comes back out, then replace the plug. Topping up is all you need to do since the oil that is already in it will be perfectly usable. It's been mentioned on here so many times it's tedious but gearbox oil does not 'age' and 'go off' because it's in a sealed environment inside the gearbox, it doesn't get pumped, hot or contaminated, it just splashes about a bit, any fine metallic particles simply sink to the bottom where they remain undisturbed in perpetuity. Old gearbox oil is just as effective a lubricant as new gearbox oil.

Coolant temperature sensor. It's how the ECU knows whether the engine is cold or not.

To test the glowplugs you need to set your meter to Ohms and measure the resistance across the plug with its lead disconnected. It should read a few ohms and not be open circuit. You should replace the CTS if it hasn't already been done.

The switches are known to give trouble after ten years or so.

Yeah, it's a silly washable air filter, luckily you can refit a standard paper one which saves buggering about getting dirty cleaning and oiling that one! Jetex exhausts are ok, so as long as it's not too loud then you'll be fine.

I used to have this problem with my 1.4, it was caused by the ECU not waking up from its slumber unless it was actually started, whereupon I could switch the ignition off and back on again and then connect the scanner.

Yes, always, piston rings don't seal well until they've some pressure behind them or some oil to stop the air getting by even in a brand new engine. The fact that all three cylinders reacted exactly the same, picking up 50 psi proves the bottom end is healthy.

Yes, those pressures are much too low, the head needs refurbishment. I may have told you this a while ago...

Dry spell 😂

Obviously it's your decision but I wouldn't do anything with it at the moment, just get a mate to help you tow it away from the garage back to your place for now. The gearbox that's in it may be repairable if you talk to the guys on this forum nicely.

You can forget all about that right now, the cambelt would have to snap or strip teeth and that's completely unheard of! Stick it in gear with the handbrake off.

If it's stuck in neutral what's to stop you towing it home?

That's because a grand is cheap for a working DSG gearbox!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276235350847?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=daBZgF-uQCS&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=_BlMq7ebT3O&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY You're really not trying very hard are you!

http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/18447/P2015/008213

A good long run will charge the battery if it's not knackered which should cure all the cars ills.

Do both, then try tightening them slightly before loosening to break adhesion in the thread, if it's stiff, work it back and forth with some more WD. You can test the glowplugs using a multimeter set to the Ohms scale, that way you'll only replace the ones that don't work.

Suit yourself.

I didn't say it wasn't possible, I said it was very EXPENSIVE, such an engine could cost 10,000 euro quite easily. Group A rules are very strict but the engine internals are all forged, special clutches and flywheels and gearboxes with LSD are allowed and such an engine would turn at least 8000 RPM to make 160 bhp. Chucking a pair of fast road cams in a standard engine with a silly air filter and a remap will NOT give you a 40% increase, so no, I don't believe the ABT figure. @fabdavravclaimed a 20% increase from a silly air filter and some magic plugs and leads! Crazy.