2 hours ago, imart143 said:

i ordered one from aliexpress 😆

say should i order one more?

Wait and see what quality the first one is. I'd definitely have two (for each wheel being swapped if rotating a set of four wheels and tyres on the car. I was bought one by a friend and ordered a second that had rough knurling that could scratch the bolt holes on the wheels and then a set of two much better quality (and heavier) set of two (in second photo). Toi save the hassle and knock-on effects of having the back problem I'd have bought a set of 20 if required! I disliked (to be polite) VW before this issue and after it (and VWŠkoda UK cambelt con) cemented my dislike. ☹️

Edited 24 April, 20251 yr by nta16

I ordered steel one, silver. Will buy one plus too. Thaks.

2 hours ago, imart143 said:

I ordered steel one, silver. Will buy one plus too. Thaks.

There's "steel", steel and then steel. TBH with using two (or even one) with the occasion use and size/weight (even oversized modern fashion wheels) they'd have to be pretty poor quality to break in use, it's things like accuracy and quality of thread going into hub/disc and knurled end as I put that may vary, I was happier with my third one (set of two) than the previous two individual ones I got but all do the job reasonable well.

Good luck. (German engineering . . . 😆 ☹️ 0

i dont know. i was first prepair to made this tools with high quality steel M18 threaded rod. maybe i still do it. just cut 25 cm of rod and I remove 20+ cm of thread by machine. it will leave 3 cm of thread and 20+ 17 mm rod which i shall polish. 😉most simple is buy this bolt and just cut it on 2 places :

M18? The ones I have are M14 x 1.5 thread, 25mm threaded, 150mm long overall, you might want longer for your road tractor, knurled and slotted finger end.

HTH.

Right. My mistake.

A couple of comments, first, make sure that any nuts, bolts or threaded bar you buy that is going to be connected to your car, has the correct thread pitch, in this case that is not a problem, but in some other areas it will be.

VW Group supplies hollow plastic wheel locating threaded dowels in the tool kit of some models, and a solid aluminium longer version - with a smooth but tapered end, both versions have a cross drilled hole - that will be to put a bar through it to make removing it easier, in the tool kits of the biggest/heaviest models.

The first VW Group car that I bought new that had a plastic one in its tool kit was a 2000 VW Passat 4Motion, for some maybe strange reason, that car did not have a disc securing screw on the front hubs - or even a hole in the disc for a screw, so that plastic threaded dowel was more or less essential to keep "things lined up" when changing wheels. I'd rather not want to think about needing to change a front wheel at the side of the road and needing to fight with lining the disc with the holes in the hub and the wheel up before I could get a bolt in without having a threaded locating dowel in place.

Edit:- what I missed saying was, the quality/strength of the steel is not very important, I've been using hollow plastic and aluminium wheel locating threaded dowels for almost 25 years - the same ones kept as "tools/aids" in my garage, and they are still fit for use.

Edited 27 April, 20251 yr by rum4mo

For a good number of years now when buying boxed or loose nuts, bolts, setscrews, threaded bars, I always test the threads before putting into store or use, I run three of opposite items both ways of item and length of thread (so six tests) by fingers any that are sticky or go tight I either throw away or perhaps save them for easy to get at locations where there won't be too much moisture or debris making them more difficult to use or remove.

44 minutes ago, rum4mo said:

that car did not have a disc securing screw on the front hubs - or even a hole in the disc for a screw

German engineering quality !?!

46 minutes ago, rum4mo said:

The first VW Group car that I bought new that had a plastic one in its tool kit was a 2000 VW Passat 4Motion,

More German engineering quality and love of (cheaper) fantastic-plastic instead of metal, not only on, around but also in the engine. Around the end of the last century and beginning of this is when I remember the famed "German engineering quality" really fading away. Around that time I had mates with big Mercs and BMWs and unfortunately I had to deal with Merc Dealerships because my wife wanted her (imported LHD) smart serviced with them and looked to buy the then new upcoming roadster model, Merc were not good at simple work on the smart or even selling the new model and they were the same people that dealt with the cars that were what about 20 times the cost. Thankfully they had different paint to the Mercs so it didn't need redoing after a few months or years. Personally I always found the Japanese cars were better quality. Merc did manage to balls-up the new Roadsters which became known as Leaksters, having had a brief dealing with smart UK when they set up in HQ in Milton Keynes I'm not surprised.

Yup, not so clever German engineering - but then what did BMC and later named company ever get slightly right, they were used only because there was not much else to pick from other than Civil Service Car Company.

I'm lucky, I managed to avoid that rubbish, even Fix Or Replace Daily cars/vans, before they rusted away, were more "suitable".

I suppose if UK had been able to claim the big 3 German car makers after the war as reparations, we would have destroyed them - maybe just as well they escaped that fate or our choices would have been a lot narrower than they are.

The difference to BL was no one was believed their marketing, the German marques trade(d) on long lost quality and reliability. Then of course you had BMW "buy" Rover, a mate has only recently got rid of a BMW Rover 75, the bits that caused issue (when he first bought it s/h) were mainly BMW bits, like when they forced their engines into the Range Rover and issues that caused.

I'm old enough to remember the flag saluting British buyers turning their noses up at the Japanese cars, mainly Datsun then, for the crappy BL products, I'm all for buying British where appropriate and possible, I've kept the UK economy going with my purchases and ownership of English made cars (old and new).

Yeah I'm sure our British snobbery, class system and poor quality managers and management would have done for the German brands (bearing in mind it was a low ranking British military man that kept VW going after WW2). 😄

VW aren't bad cars, generally they're quite good but not as good, or perhaps anywhere near, as some VW fans believe, just a question of balance (anyone for Moody Blues).

Moody Blues, yes they are okay, wife probably still worships them or their past output.

A brief return on the leak,

After straightening the fixing legs of the injection ramp, I put with screws in class 10.9 and seal and cups were changed by original parts (80 euros for 4 kits☹️).

I erased the error with OBD11 and everything works perfectly.

For information, there are 2 types of injectors for our 1.2 tsi 110, so it is essential to take original kits.

Quote:- For information, there are 2 types of injectors for our 1.2 tsi 110, so it is essential to take original kits.

Yes, I've just checked the parts listing cat, there have been a few changes for parts being superseded as well as a choice of 2 "repair kits" depending on which of the 3 versions of injectors fitted to the car's part numbers - and then now a later part number of injector that might not even have any "repair kits" listed for use with that latest version of injector, a bit of mess. I'm sure that the parts cat will get sorted out some time!

36 minutes ago, rum4mo said:

Quote:- For information, there are 2 types of injectors for our 1.2 tsi 110, so it is essential to take original kits.

Yes, I've just checked the parts listing cat, there have been a few changes for parts being superseded as well as a choice of 2 "repair kits" depending on which of the 3 versions of injectors fitted to the car's part numbers - and then now a later part number of injector that might not even have any "repair kits" listed for use with that latest version of injector, a bit of mess. I'm sure that the parts cat will get sorted out some time!

Yes it is a bit messy,

I found my spare parts at volkswagen because at skoda, he had only the other reference in stock !

2 hours ago, rum4mo said:

I'm sure that the parts cat will get sorted out some time!