j.braderz

The ballasts were built into the backing plates on original ones (clipped onto back)

Facelift was late 45 Eirly 05 I think not 209% sure but the was a slow crossover period to compleatle facelift

The facelift don't have one

yeah the ARL head bolts are slightly stronger not heard of head-lift before always thought the con rods would bend first

its a vrs engine in his car i believe

I had the map done I knew it was fairly close the the torque limit on the car but I struggled to drive it softly I was advised to not gun it at the lower revs

Dominorising That's so you're I work next door to a main dealers now and there "feck" up do many cars from sillyings like other day the mechanic fitted a dog gauge in a brand new yeti and rupee the headliner And I'm always hearing of them putting in wrong oil and "forgetting" to change the odd filter here and there I also don't believe my car is a Lemon as I've had the car up on ramps and checked all over and done all servicing on it soon as I had but but was wating for time to do cam belt but had to do clutch because started to slip from my aggressive map so I did that first. End of the day could happen to any car for many reasons such as funny batch of parts or not serviced correctly or not fitted correctly. I have heard a lot of storys if people I know of pumps failing and starting to wear such as my managers r32 his water pump failed 15k after fitting but lucky his pumps on a aux belt

I would do have roof bars but need to see if iv bent my valves first :(

Yes the drive shaft bolts need replaceing and also the gear box mount bolts need replaceing You can do it just by taking of the two bolts rather then all 5 But drive shaft bolts also need replacing I would buy some lock tight also if I was you and do all bolts while refitting

Iv got a can belt and watter pump Genuine parts to go on ass was going to do this this weekend Just wanted some advice of what experiences people might of had to find the cause before I could probley look at it Defiantly watter pump failure major failure I had all the tools to do it I am confident in doin the work I have a fairly mechanical background in my family and personal experience Use to work for westfeild sports cars briefly but they are simple car and hardest bit to do is aftermarket ecu Just I am fairly new to these vw tdi lumps and just wanted some friendly pointers of what sort of direction to take and thanks for those that have tryed to help but some of the comments I find almost offence but I know all you can see here is what you read off this page and it might sound like I don't know a lot as I find It hard to put down stuff in paper as I'm dislexic but that's something else I will keep the page updated with my findings this weekend to let you all know Will also probley take a photo of watter pump or what's left of it Also at the end of the day all be it a coinsanceadance that I happend after fitting my clutch the two items have nothing to do with each other so the failure is nothing to do with me fitting a clutch just a coinsanceadance Was just kind of a ticking time bomb Almost makes me question the ture history of my car although I have the book fully filled its easy to forge that

Gutting thing I I was going to change it next weekend Not even due for a change yet by nearly 5k

I do know what a earth strap is and for but was stugglIng to find it with everything in the engine bay

defiantly a watter pump failure That's why engine cut out it was out of time And that's why I lost coolant also Thanks for all your help I'll let you know how I get on Just hope my valves are ok

I am conifident that I can do the jobs All the problems seem to come at once Car was fine until it cut out Drove like a dream

Also if my engines all of of time any one got a guide of how to retime it all back in? And how hard are valves to replace?

Ok that's we're I think I put it is the just the clip with a wire on it on the starter because I have a clip in wire an then I also have quite a heavy gauge wire also on the starter just the two Is the heavy gauge wire my earth strap?

The eath cable that goes on box were does it connect to because the isn't a earth cable in the box it's by the starter miter where it connects to the box but I can't find the cable Thanks alot

Ha a quick look today before work Cambelt seems loose but not snapped but lose enought to come off the teeth Gona look at fault codes tonight I'll post the results up here

Why did my engine cut out in the first place allows like a had a flat battery perhaps my alternator wasn't working correctly hmmm And once battery was low engine cut off?? (still had two hours of lights before it completely went flat tho side lights and hazzords) When I got spare battery across jump leads (to shy windows) I turned over the car and it would turn over but not start could the ecu block the engine from starting Might check my cambelt hope that has not snapped Any other ideas anyone?? First things first is for me to fix the watter leak