B4Andra
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So I have decided to stick in a wee bit of a thread to discuss the work I'm doing on a recent A2 purchase.
Throwing this together as it's very cathartic to put your thoughts down and get some ideas!
Got a load of work to do on this car, a not exhaustive list....
1 - Petrol flap button - disintigrated
2 - Rear brakes - rotten looking and crap handbrake
3 - Weeping front shock
4 - Smashed rear bump stops
5 - Broken taillight
6 - Rear seats won't fold down
7 - Odd front wishbones (pressed steel and cast)
8 - Broken drop link cover
9 - Oil weep from back of engine (believe it's oil separator)
10 - Oil weep from front of engine (Oil filler cap)
11 - Rough running
12 - Coolant pipes running to throttle body not plumbed in? WTF?
13 - Full service - timing belt etc.
Car was bought for my partners father who had a bit of a rough time recently so we are sorting him out a motor.
Why an A2, well when we were looking for a car we thought "you can't go wrong with a Polo", Polo's are solid and awesome. The budget was tight, and there was a massive vacuum in the cars that were available between buttons and around 3k. I put that down to the scrappage scheme, cars that would have been available just now for the kind of money we were looking to spend on a good one simply don't exist anymore! So all the cars we saw for buttons were starting to rot, so how do you get a Polo without rust? My experience with my own D2 S8 answered that question!
So the one we found was local, and very cheap, £800. A 1.6 FSI. I bought it un-driven from eBay, I saw the car but didn't get to drive it before buying (the guy wasn't in his house when we went round to view, apparently a hospital thing, his story was a bit wooly). When I saw the car I noticed the oil weep, but no dripping so I wasn't too worried. Didn't notice the mis-matched wishbones at the time which I'm disappointed in myself for but what can you do?! Did notice that most of the underside of the car was very clean, even the steelwork so that, and it's immaculate MOT history (only a couple of minor advisories years and years ago) convinced me to just take the punt, so I did.
Picking the car up I noticed the steering was a little bit twitchy but not bad, the engine was a bit rough, but settled down at higher revs - not an ignition coil then. Got her home, into the garage and stuck my head amongst the car, was very happy after that, car doesn't look like it's had any hits ever, the thing is straight everywhere I look.
So straight up onto axle-stands and start ripping bits off!
Picture of the car from eBay ad -
Throwing this together as it's very cathartic to put your thoughts down and get some ideas!
Got a load of work to do on this car, a not exhaustive list....
1 - Petrol flap button - disintigrated
2 - Rear brakes - rotten looking and crap handbrake
3 - Weeping front shock
4 - Smashed rear bump stops
5 - Broken taillight
6 - Rear seats won't fold down
7 - Odd front wishbones (pressed steel and cast)
8 - Broken drop link cover
9 - Oil weep from back of engine (believe it's oil separator)
10 - Oil weep from front of engine (Oil filler cap)
11 - Rough running
12 - Coolant pipes running to throttle body not plumbed in? WTF?
13 - Full service - timing belt etc.
Car was bought for my partners father who had a bit of a rough time recently so we are sorting him out a motor.
Why an A2, well when we were looking for a car we thought "you can't go wrong with a Polo", Polo's are solid and awesome. The budget was tight, and there was a massive vacuum in the cars that were available between buttons and around 3k. I put that down to the scrappage scheme, cars that would have been available just now for the kind of money we were looking to spend on a good one simply don't exist anymore! So all the cars we saw for buttons were starting to rot, so how do you get a Polo without rust? My experience with my own D2 S8 answered that question!
So the one we found was local, and very cheap, £800. A 1.6 FSI. I bought it un-driven from eBay, I saw the car but didn't get to drive it before buying (the guy wasn't in his house when we went round to view, apparently a hospital thing, his story was a bit wooly). When I saw the car I noticed the oil weep, but no dripping so I wasn't too worried. Didn't notice the mis-matched wishbones at the time which I'm disappointed in myself for but what can you do?! Did notice that most of the underside of the car was very clean, even the steelwork so that, and it's immaculate MOT history (only a couple of minor advisories years and years ago) convinced me to just take the punt, so I did.
Picking the car up I noticed the steering was a little bit twitchy but not bad, the engine was a bit rough, but settled down at higher revs - not an ignition coil then. Got her home, into the garage and stuck my head amongst the car, was very happy after that, car doesn't look like it's had any hits ever, the thing is straight everywhere I look.
So straight up onto axle-stands and start ripping bits off!
Picture of the car from eBay ad -
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