It is no more than zero out there, but there is no frost - great. So why did the idiot in a Clio try to wash his windscreen with his washers and wipers?

He could not see as his car was not warm enought to thaw the slushy icy goo on his screen as he drove along, so he drove down the A56 looking out of a one inch patch of clear screen, weaving all over the road and generally being a danger to other traffic. I pulled off and went an alternative route after he slammed his brakes on for a shadow.

ARRRGGGHHHH
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Help!!!!!
This is a very big cry for help to all those Dubbers who know!
I have recently acquired a 87mk2 gti that has had a corrado VR6 transplant. thats the easy bit!
The project i feel is far from complete but the majority of the work is complete.the engine/gearbox has been fitted and i must say looks awesome BUT the inlet manifold is in dire need of replacement because it has a crack in it and the manifold flange has been broken.. can replace ? how much .. will find out .. no worrys there.£60 got one i think!
NOW the wiring loom is well at the moment none existant, i have to try and find out who has this and obviously get it back but if i cant what would the best route be to get this vw back on the road and can the loom be moded to from gti 8v to the likes of a VR6?are there people out there that can make a new one ?or what would the obvious answer be ? I would really like to get this beast moving
Please help ! it should be worth it in the end ??????
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With the recent weather and the salting of the motorways I am aware that my previously gleaming, blemish free discs are looking quite pitted with rust. The car like others is absolutely covered in salt and the like, and despite washing it all, and trying to keep the car clean the discs seem to be suffering - I notice when reversing that they now feel gritty when brakes are gently applied.

Is there anything I can do? Would pressure washing get rid of minute elements of salt that would otherwise not shift and continue to corrode, or does adding water to the equation make the rusting proces speed-up?

The car is garaged overnight, but is in the open for the whole of the day and exposed to all the elements.

Thanks in anticipation.

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I have the Golf MKV, 2.0TDI and I went to a VW garage to reset the interval alarm, as it has popped in the trip computer to early (15000Km).
Coincidently or not and after visiting the VW garage my temperature gauge does not work any longer, is dead! No reading at all. Additionally, I noticed that the engine when starts is rotating at higher RPMs that it used (+- 1100RPM, previously 900 RPM). Can this be any how related?

How can I realise what is faulty, the coolant temperature sensor? The gauge?
I heard that the sensor on MK IV has some faulty connection and gets easily loose. I would like to check this on my car as well. Anyone knows where is this sensor placed, colour, size, etc?

At the VW garage they said (after looking to the car for 2 minutues, without pluging the service tool in) that they need to take the dashboard out and place in a new panel (that they think is faulty?)?

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I've recently taken on a 20+ year old Honda Prelude 1.8 EX as my project car. The first thing to go was the water pump which took the head gasket out with it. Having now replaced both plus the timing belt, I find the ignition timing is very erratic. The rev counter has a phantom reading about 4 times higher than it is and is erratic. My friendly local garage, who seem to suffer me gladly, put their digital timing light on it which also showed a high, erratic rev count. It seems the ignition coil is on rapid fire!

I seem to remember that the rev counter was erratic, but not noticeably high, before the rebuild. I think that I may have exacerbated an existing problem.

Does anyone have an idea where the fault may be? My current thinking is that it's something inside the distributor.
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