Johnno92

Yes, that was the first thing I checked.

Cheers! I think its the front passenger side given the noise gets louder when that wheel is loaded up, driver side seems fine, I shall see if there is any play in the shaft, If not I cannot think of any other cause.

Cheers man, were there any other symptoms before you changed it? Any play in the driveshaft etc? How easy is it fitting the kit? Did you have to remove the driveshaft completely or just disconnect from the hub?

Couple weeks ago my car started developing a repetitive knocking sound, it only becomes noticeable above 15mph and the knocking becomes quicker the faster you go, at motorway speeds there's a very noticeable vibration. Also when turning right at slower speeds the knocking sound becomes more noticeable and less so when turning left. This leads me to believe one of the CV joints is at fault, but I don't want to spend a load of money changing a driveshaft only for something else to be at fault, is there a way for me to test to find out for sure? Thoughts?

Still enough to inundate the KFC drive-thru.. Haha

Mini meet Friday afternoon in Elgin..? Last one before I go.. Haha

Then decided on a colour change so out came the rattle cans.. This time Rallye green.. Brakes were colour coded too.. Standard clutch was starting to slip so last friday it went back to BroTek to get a CG motorsports custom sintered clutch kit, DMF and a new slave cylinder fitted.. Not a moment too soon aswell as the stardard DMF had about 4 times the movement that it should have, so good job it was replaced now.. Didn't get any pics unfortunatly.. Just waiting for the clutch to bed in now and I can finally start giving it the beans..

Just realised how long it had been since I updated this.. So here we go.. Changed the brake fluid not long after it was serviced.. Handbrake was feeling abit naff so fitted some helper springs, suprised at the difference they made handbrake was much better afterwards.. Then with the help of a mate fitted some new disks and pads.. Disks were from brake depot, pads are EBC ultimax.. Paint in the arse to do as dont think they've been touched in years, a few seized bolts didn't want to move, blowtorch did the trick though..

Right.. Been busy so only just got round to updating this.. Took of ASV, EGR valve and EGR cooler to get access to the top of the turbo to check the operation of the VNT, lever moved easy enough and sprung back so the problem was not there although you can probably see the area is covered in oil and carbon.. While removing the EGR valve was concerned to find one of the bolts on the underside was in finger tight, if you look below you can see on the valve which one was loose. And thus where it was leaking past the seal and covering everything underneath with carbon and oil fro the CCV and EGR system.. First time I've had the EGR valve off so god knows how long its been leaking for, but started the noise about 6 months ago.. Anyway, refitted it all properly and now noise has stopped.. Happy days..!

Best way to check..? I thought if the vanes were sticking it would lead to it overboosting under hard acceleration and going into limp mode..? On mine it all works fine under hard acceleration.. :EDIT: Unless its possible that the mechanism is not fully closing as it should whe coming off boost..?

I'm thinking with it being intermittant I may be a joint that is not fully sealing until it gets a significant amount of pressure on it.. Sounds like mine is originating somewhere near the firewall so ill have to have a scout around at some point..

Recently Ive noiced a quite audible gushing sound under partial throttle as the turbo is spooling up usually between 1800-2200rpm.. Strangly when throttle/boost increases the noise stops and there is a noticeble jump in power as soon as it stops.. To me this suggests a leak from somewhere, and normally I wouldn't have bothered posting about it.. However I would have thought a leak would get worse the more boost pressure increased..? but in this case the phenomenon only occurs at low pressure and increasing it appears to resolve the issue.. Has anyone else experienced this..? or can point me towards a potential culprit..?

Putting politics aside for the moment, having a UK wide system would be far better and much more logical.. Would've saved me having to explain to my high schools' senior management what my GCSEs are actually worth.. (Imagine doing your weekly shop and handing the cashier a fistful of Japanese Yen) They couldn't even work out what year I should be in, fortunately I was more familiar with the Scottish system then they were of the one I'd come from.. Although I did still end up doing a week of Intermediate 2 classes until I "reiterated" that I had already covered it and was moved up to Highers.. Can't say either system has any noticeable advantages over the other from a pupil perspective, just a different awarding body and different books.. Although I seem to remember doing more coursework for my GCSEs, than the Highers I did later although GCSEs have probably changed since then.. Now In employment I've recently had the pleasure of resitting a module of my NVQ that I was previously exempt from, all because the awarding body changed it's mind and decided my Higher had not covered all the necessary basis..

Moray council is terrible for this, they also have a bad habit of doing it the day before its due to rain so the road just becomes loose gravel until enough cars have flung enough rocks to unvail the underlying road surface.. Thus making the whole practice pointless.. I parked up on a street in Lossiemouth for 5 mins after it had recently been resurfaced, set off again and it felt like the wheel was falling off so I pulled over to find a hand sized clump of tar and stones stuck to my tyre, hardly a safe practice in my mind..

Cheers dude..! Its abit of a marmite colour I think, I love it but it ain't for everyone.. Car was due a service, thought Id have a crack at it myself this time, so got 5l of Castrol Edge from opie oils, oil, fuel and pollen filters from Euro Car Parts and a new sump plug from ebay. Cost me about £60 in total including delivery to the top of Scotland, and got it all done in about 2 hours.. Happy days..!

Did mine myself on monday.. got oil, fuel and pollen filters from euro car parts, Sump plug from ebay.. Then opie oils for 5l of castrol edge.. Cost me bout £50ish all in , could have done it for less but decided to splash out on the oil.. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

Did ebc ever get back to you about that..? Ive heard it happen a couple of times now and theyve replaced the pads and asked for the failed ones back.. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

I think I was quite lucky in that I caught it side on, think if I'd got it square on in the middle it might have done more damage.. Amen to that.. Had a dear jump out in-front of me one night a few weeks back managed to avoid that one fortunately that would have been very ugly.. Cheers..! Very pleased with them.. I wasn't particularly looking for them, I was more looking for some Pro Race 3's, but my mate decided to sell his TT an offered me the wheels so I though why not.. Hoping to get them refurbed in different colour at some point soon, the lacquer's abit tatty in some places and I'm not overly keen on the gloss black.. And yes they really do fill the arches haha..! The offset is smaller and they're wider than the standard wheels plus I'm still running the same spacers as I was before so If I get really exuberant on a bumpy road they do rub abit now, love how wide they are though so don't wanna go for smaller spacers, may look into rolling the arches abit or something at some point..

Count me as one of them, still yet to receive an item I ordered, now 6 weeks after they took payment from my account.. Still attempting to communicate with them but may aswell just be emailing myself at this point.. Will not be using ever again, I'll be lucky to even get my money refunded at this rate..

I like my car.. I may buy something from the VW group stable again in the future.. And thus the universe has now been returned to its state of balance..

Bad news, driving home from work midnight the other day heard a rather substantial thud.. Judging by the fur on the side of the car looks like I'd hit a hare which somehow managed to dislodge the foglight trim which completely dissapeared, which I'm abit fed up about as its cost me £16 to replace them before painting.. N/S foglight is no longer working either but the unit and connector plug look undamaged so hopefully the shock has just damaged the bulb, which would be a nice cheap fix, Impressed the splitter survived though..

I took mine for a service at a VAG specialist In Inverness.. Dropped it off and went into Inverness then 4 hours later, I'm walking down the street, when my car came tanking it down the road right past me.. Absolutely raging, never been back, servicing it myself this time.. As far as the OP you don't even need to start the engine to test the window mechanism, let alone drive it 27 miles.. Given how particular I am about driving my car, the thought of some monkey jumping in a ragging it from cold terrifies me..

Midnight at a jet wash, with a bucket & mitt.. Either dedicated or sad..

Realized I hadn't put up any pics since fitting the new skirts and rub strips so took a few after the show..

Been a busy couple of weeks.. Finally got round to updating this.. First thing, managed to get the catch can fitted.. Ran the CCV back into the intake, can didn't have a baffle or filter so I stuffed it with some stainless steel scourers to give it a helping hand.. Runs much better now and no nasty smells or vapor clouds from under the car anymore, would recommend trying it to anyone currently running the elephant hose mod.. Cost me about £50 all in for the can, connectors and hoses so pretty happy with that.. Also got some new style Skoda badges and some matt black wrap.. Went about replacing the all the carbon wrap to Matt black for a cleaner look, then fiited the new badges in preparation for Elgin Show & Shine.. Representing at Elgin S&S.. Cheers guys..