The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

Fair play, the best of luck with it

tossy

hooch-85 wrote: »

Fair play, the best of luck with it

Thanks , we can discuss bags of Silica at the next get together

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?

Truckermal

Well wear Tossy! Is she a 1.6 with sphorty bits on it?:p

tossy

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.

tossy wrote: »

Cheers Mal, yeah it has the sphorty bits stuck on

It was the only one to buy really.

My spidey senses reckoned it had to be that car. Well wear!

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

vintagevrs

Nice one, congrats tossy

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

Neilw wrote: »

That was you not the car

Not even Daz could save his underpants after it.

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.

JoeA3 wrote: »

Not even Daz could save his underpants after it.

I had to change the pollen filter after him

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: »

It was nearly a brown trouser moment alright:D

GTi TCR next then neilo is it?

Depends on the price, if it's more expensive than a new R I won't be buying.

Toyotafanboi

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgO9gTVecKw

Could you take the bottle off and remove it then, that way if it bursts at least it can't get into the system?

bazz26

Some some photos of the Mk8 have surfaced:

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

SaintsYB

Not massively different to the 7.5 though it was never going to be. I imagine we'll see something at Geneva?

Comhrá

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.

bazz26

In depth review of the GTi TCR:

SaintsYB

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

SaintsYB wrote: »

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

Yeah, I’d expect that decal to be an option - or an option to not have it! The small “TCR” Logo down low by the sill is enough. The big decal makes it look like an Adidas trainer.

SaintsYB

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

How does it compare to an APR stage 1 tune?

Anyone had it done...thoughts on it?

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

Toyotafanboi

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057948019

Here, for free. Just buy a blank card and download onto it.

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.

Toyotafanboi

Is there any SD cards in the control unit? I think the Nav SD only works in slot 2 and sometimes if people have been fiddling with it they put it back into slot 1 and it doesn't work.

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.