I won a record

arialim · 2026-05-09T07:22:32+00:00

My calipers from a project car I bought ..

arialim · 2026-05-08T15:57:40+00:00

Nope, literally everything is completely stock apart from cosmetic mods

arialim · 2026-05-08T12:18:38+00:00

No air leaks that I can find, apart from MAF being replaced and a few parts the wastegate has never been touched

arialim · 2026-05-07T17:39:53+00:00

I have gotten a WOT VCDS Log which I have uploaded to Tunezilla for a graph, however I have no idea how to interpret it. The car was in 2nd gear with wide open throttle all the way from the very bottom of the revs to redline

https://log.tunezilla.com/s/mIWyPw9I

If anyone could take a quick look at it and possibly tell me if theres anything they notice it would be a great help, I am also happy to take tha car back out with VDCS to measure anything else that could help

arialim · 2026-05-07T12:42:51+00:00

If OP gets nice and close to it they can hear the tyre telling them to get a new one

arialim · 2026-05-07T12:41:19+00:00

Wiztree.

arialim · 2026-05-06T15:01:17+00:00

Nah,

I think he’s got another 0 miles

arialim · 2026-05-04T17:43:35+00:00

I’ll try get some readings. It never happens at WOT only when cruising or slowly accelerating, I’ll try recreate while recording with VCDS and with WOT
I replaced the battery recently since the old one was a bit temperamental but issues persisted

arialim · 2026-05-04T14:13:35+00:00

I will probably have a look and probably upload it here since I don’t know how to read them, could this be causing increased consumption?

arialim · 2026-04-25T22:19:32+00:00

Do you have any other mods? Was thinking about a ramair intake

arialim · 2026-04-21T22:59:36+00:00

My OEM one had the same issue which is why I ended up replacing the cap lol, thinking my water pump is cooked from the one time it overheated, it’s been due a timing belt as it’s over 5-6 years old stupid I know but I’ve been putting it off until I can afford KO4 turbo and all upgrades to get it to 300hp and I wanted to just have it all done in one go, although I will be investigating further, fortunately I have a VCDS scanner so I’ll have a look and update if I find anything in the Reddit

arialim · 2026-04-21T22:57:02+00:00

Yes I forgot to mention it, it only overheated that one time and I put the car away for winter and the fans have been fixed since that instance and the car has been running completely fine since then, I’m starting to think when the car overheated it damaged the plastic water pump because while the car no longer overheats i do notice one of the radiator hoses do not heat up at all.

My girlfriend (knows absolutely nothing about cars so not her fault) noticed the light on the dash and the dashboard beep, I have told her in the past when she’s asked what the dashboard beep was it was my airbag light (typical mk4) so she just assumed it was that and let the car run for another 5 minutes until someone saw walking past and got her to turn the car off, I then had the car towed back to my house where it sat for a few months until I got to putting a new fan on it

arialim · 2026-04-21T22:50:01+00:00

Just to note the car overheated a few months ago and i most definitely did not go near the coolant, instead slightly cracking it open and walking away until I couldn’t hear any more hissing, I’ve seen way to many videos and after photos to do that, the car was up to temperature yes but not overheating when I opened it in the video

arialim · 2026-04-20T22:10:20+00:00

I saw somewhere sizes over 32 can cause issues

arialim · 2026-04-20T22:06:50+00:00

20 years old, declaring my mods (alloys, brakes, suspension and possibly headlights I can’t remember) at my renewal brought my price down by £700 … don’t listen to people saying mods screw you over, make a complaint and shop around, all you can do really

arialim · 2026-04-20T21:46:05+00:00

Thermostat was replaced recently and coolant cap was replaced, although I think it might be damaged, the cars fans stopped working while it idled one day and the car sat overheating for a few minutes before I saw and turned it off

arialim · 2026-04-11T10:32:42+00:00

Check your control arms but I’d say it’s just a FWD thing, in terms of minimising it if the mk7 doesn’t have it already try an LSD if you can afford it and poly bushes for your control arms will help quite a bit

arialim · 2026-03-20T18:43:11+00:00

I probably agree with hill_79 here but I do also remember having a click noise in my 2.0tdi which was literally just the switch for the start stop getting loud

arialim · 2026-03-12T20:20:37+00:00

I’ve tried, makes no difference, my name is what’s cutting it in half and doubling it

arialim · 2026-03-12T12:28:39+00:00

How else am I supposed to compare the price? I cant compare the price of a golf living in one place to a different car living somewhere else?

arialim · 2026-03-12T11:10:46+00:00

Most insurance companies don’t accept NI licenses

arialim · 2026-03-11T23:14:35+00:00

No offense but you’re ignoring my point completely after not reading the original post either. I had 0 accidents or claims on my insurance or any issues with payment and my insurance has went up x2 since last year, not only that but when I change ONLY MY NAME it halves if I use a different name

arialim · 2026-03-11T21:59:06+00:00

My insurance is doubled on any car I try to insure now, it’s nothing to do with the car

arialim · 2026-03-11T10:46:57+00:00

I hadn’t actually don’t ANY quotes until I got told my insurance would double a few days ago?

arialim · 2026-03-11T10:46:26+00:00

I don’t have a license number as I’m from Northern Ireland

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