Just another girl..A2

Yes, just bang the corner of the bonnet with your hand and see if it reproduces the noise.

If it does you can put something in that area to tak eup th eplay temporarily.

As for the temperature, you can use VCDS to show you the temperature that is being sent to the ECU both readings (the one for the ECU and the one for the temperature guage) both should be accurate and similar.

Steve B
 
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Thanks... Yours is a nice model. Mine started out as a little project and 2 years later still being done... Im still sorting issues which the previous owner caused/ignored..but getting there ... Great cars and so addictive...
 
Evening gents,

So far I haven't sorted out anything about bump sound. Since I have a dash cam, I'll try to record sound, maybe it will be audible enough to identify and hopefully someone will have something to share..
Things done since last post:
  • service maintenance: oil and filters changed.
  • sprayed front frame which holds fans,etc with anticorrosion system (just the top, metal, visible part, because there were some rust spots..the frame painting was damaged but it took over 2year for rust to show..).
  • polished headlights, will share some pics later.
  • thermostat was changed today. Will see if anything will happen with the gauge again.
Things to solve: Bump. And one electrical issue: Light in the back of the car does't light up when it is unlocked (set to a middle position). I have both back door microswitch problem (which I haven't repaired since every doors locks/unlocks) - unlocking some of the door when ignition on, so I assume it can be related. Strange,that there are some times, when I do not get the unlock sound when tuning on ignition and the same is with errors, sometimes there aren't any when this is happening.
Maybe someone will share anything. Thanks.

Some pics of one of the headlights. Haven't seen them on pc so sorry if the qulity is bad




 
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Thanks wilco! but I found that the light is working now again.. :) if there will be issues gain - I know where to look for an answer and what to do.

Had the steering gear restored another day..because there was some leaking of the fluid which I spotted accidentally. That was pricey...

Now I need some assistance for the temperature gauge question. I've used vagcom to see the temperature in channel 007. This where should I have looked? Unluckily I didn't took the photo when the car was not running, but the first and last temperature readings where equal as I recall. So there are there pairs of photos: one what's on the dash and another whats's on pc.

1st pair. After some driving. Gauge was going up, but didn't reached 90


2nd pair. Temperature dropped from what's above on gauge.

3d pair. temperature is 90 on the gauge, but is the real temperature only 66.6 ? Okay, I've found that this is a fuel temp..which shouldn't be so different ?


I have bought the new G62 sensor, but haven't changed it for me yet. On the weekend I was driving and didn't reached more than 75C when driving to my destination. And going back after such jump on a gauge as today there was 90C for a whole way back as it should be. Any thoughts are welcome!
 
hello, so I changed the G62 sensor and it's almost 300 km and the needle is on 90C always, no jumps. Yay!
Also switched to winter wheels today since Thursday we have got some snow and next week it's the start of winter season. Yay!
And changed low beam bulbs to Night Breaker Unlimited for the winter season. Silverstar 2.0 lasted more than a year of service or around 14500 km (we have to drive always with low beam on).
 
SauMart said:
hello, so I changed the G62 sensor and it's almost 300 km and the needle is on 90C always, no jumps. Yay!
Also switched to winter wheels today since Thursday we have got some snow and next week it's the start of winter season. Yay!
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Good work with the headlights (earlier post) and the G62 sensor. Where are you in Europe, sounds like somewhere in northern Scandinavia.
 
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Good work with the headlights (earlier post) and the G62 sensor. Where are you in Europe, sounds like somewhere in northern Scandinavia.
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Thanks! I'm from Lithuania, I know You might have some opinion about Lithuanians in the UK :/ and that snow was really surprise, since my cousin lives in Overkalix (Northern Sweden, on map ) and there was no snow yet this year :)
 
My friend Andys wife comes from Lithuania. I,m led to believe that "Mercedes" is or was a popular name for girls there. When their baby daughter was born his wife insisted they call her Mercedes. Andy,s surname is Laurie... despite his obvious expression of concerns she was christened Mercedes Laurie... true story !.
 
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That is a terrible story! We do not have such name. It is not native in our language. This might be an impact of cheap latin american tv series "soap operas", which were popular when I was a kid... I don't know if there are some these days? (rethorical question)
 
Hey, guys,
didn't wanted to create a new thread, maybe some will answer here:
I'm thinking of getting a remap done. But now I'm wondering how big is increase of torque and is it really eats clutch? I know, that when you remap e.g. 2.0TDI with 103kW and it gets something ~370Nm of torque instead of ~320Nm, this is quite big difference, as the torque itself is quite high, but how is this in our case? Since our little nimble 1.4 TDIs has only 195Nm of torque. And I found that stock gearbox holds up to 250Nm. It would be great to hear those who are using this benefit :)

I've got changed the gear shifting mechanism for me at the garage, since it was cramped and damaged after the accident and I was using it for almost three year like this. (doh) that was a good feeling when it was done :)
And little fella suffered an accident week before the Christmas, thankfully, there were only scratches on rear bumper..but the vw golf had some trouble.
 
My remap file is producing around 102 bhp and 280 Lbft torque
I fitted a new LUK clutch a few thousand miles ago due to a release bearing total failure, I have not felt the clutch slipping at all
 
I just want to sleep tight :) since I haven't found any massive thread "change your clutch after remap" I think it holds quite well. My clutch was changed before ~13000km. Any other opinion would be great to hear too.

Paul, is it really 280 Lb ft of torque? Since all converters says it's ~379Nm which means you have a rocket?:)
 
You should be fine with the standard clutch (as long as it is in good condition), unless you are making serious modifications to the engine (Camshaft change, bigger turbo etc.) in addition to the remap.

A remap will not turn the 1.4 TDi into a race engine, the increase in power is noticeable but it is not a huge increase and the TDi has a fair amount of totque anyway and it can handle the increase of a standard remap.

If you had the gearbox off for any other reason (such as a repair or 6 speed conversion) then it makes sense to fit a new clutch at the same time, since you cannot tell just how worn your clutch is until it starts to slip.

Steve B
 
SauMart said:
I just want to sleep tight :) since I haven't found any massive thread "change your clutch after remap" I think it holds quite well. My clutch was changed before ~13000km. Any other opinion would be great to hear too.

Paul, is it really 280 Lb ft of torque? Since all converters says it's ~379Nm which means you have a rocket?:)
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The predictor in VAGSuite (after correction % fiddle factor is applied) states 280lbft. I worked this out by loading the std map which produces 75bhp and 195lbft and running the predictor against it, establish the error and convert to a % error, then run the predictor against the remap and reduce the output figures by the same %.
This will not be spot on, but a fairly accurate guide.
The remap does feel a LOT torquer to drive, in fact this was the first thing that I noticed after my remap. Looking at the torque map before and after the remap, before it is an hill shape, after it as a much flatter top i.e. ramps up sharper then flattens to near flat then drops of quicker, but if you overlay the old on the new the torque amount is greatly increased as is the rev range where the torque is available
 
Paul, I can see why I don't understand you - units. You say that stock has 195 ft lb, when it is 195 Nm. If 195Nm is converted to ft lb it is ~144 ft lb and I assume you have ~280Nm (and I doubt it, because you can get something like that from TDI 90, but not 75bhp) which is ~206 ft lb. Because 280 ft lb is way too much for stage 1 remap for 1.4 TDI:)
Cheers:)
 
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