The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

Fair play, the best of luck with it

tossy wrote: »

you're on the right track i'd say Only have it less than a week.

Did Neil do ya a good deal?

Cheers Mal, yeah it has the sphorty bits stuck on

JoeA3 wrote: »

Did Neil do ya a good deal?

It was the only one to buy really.

I had an idea it was that car too. Got a spin with Neil once in it. Some boo outta her lad:D

hooch-85 wrote: »

I had an idea it was that car too. Got a spin with Neil once in it. Some boo outta her lad:D

That was you not the car

TheBazman wrote: »

Same here - radio starting acting up - taking on a life of its' own, changing stations, volume etc. Software update didnt work, radio replaced under warranty.

That can be caused by using dash cleaner/products that get on the screen.
Clean the screen with an alcohol wipe fixes it.

Neilw wrote: »

That was you not the car

JoeA3 wrote: »

Not even Daz could save his underpants after it.

Neilw wrote: »

I had to change the pollen filter after him

It was nearly a brown trouser moment alright:D

GTi TCR next then neilo is it?

hooch-85 wrote: »

The earlier cars are getting on in the years now so it's inevitable they would start showing a few issues. I've been lucky with mine so far. Has anyone heard about cars with climate control having problems with their heater matrix? There's a bag of silica gel in the coolant expansion tank which can burst and block the heater matrix. Apparently it's a £1,500 fix in the UK. It comes up very often on the GTD owners forum on Facebook, I'm not sure if it is a GTD specific problem or if it affects all mk7s. The preventative solution it seems is just to remove the silica gel from the tank, I'm not sure what purpose it serves in the first place though. My car is going in for a service in two weeks so I'm tempted to ask them to remove it altogether.

Any one else come across this issue?

The coolant itself contains silica, the coolant in most new VAG stuff has no service interval, it's "for life" stuff. The silica is there to slow down the corrosion of the aluminium components in the system and the block itself. The problem that VW see is that the silica in the coolant can deteriorate and loose it's effectiveness thus allowing corrosion to happen in the system, which isn't ideal in a sealed for life system. The solution was to add an additional pouch of silica in the expansion tank that the coolant can "feed" from over the systems lifetime.

The problem is, the pouch is **** and breaks down, the silica gets out, gets all mushed up in the system and turns the coolant to sludge.

You can remove the silica bag yourself with a long nose pliers, you can see it as soon as you take the cap off. What's better (and easier) is to buy a new expansion tank and remove the dry bag, then swap it out for your old tank because if the bag in your system is brittle and you burst it on the way out, then you're ****ed anyway. No issue taking the bag out once you commit to a coolant change once every 5 years/ 100k kms like the older models.

Some some photos of the Mk8 have surfaced:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsv2RYjHBhk/?utm_source=ig_embed

bazz26 wrote: »

Some some photos of the Mk8 have surfaced:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsv2RYjHBhk/?utm_source=ig_embed

My impression at first glance was a similarity to the Renault Clio. I like it though. Rear light shapes are an improvement on the current ones.

Those alloys are mint! Not a fan of the side decal though.

JoeA3 wrote: »

The big decal makes it look like an Adidas trainer.

It's like the logo you'd get on a tracksuit from Champion Sports

Anyone know the cheapest way to get a replacement navigation sd card?

I'll give that a try and see what happens....at the moment when I hit nav it just says media missing please insert sd card.

No there's no SD card in the car, I picked the option without the VW SD card, it's downloading there now, only 6.1gb might be more when I extract it to the SD card. I'll know in an hour if it works.