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Hopefully not, its fed from the brake system on the galaxy! Haha! OK, then I guess you would deffo know if that had happened... good to remember thou!

or there is a leak and the oil has seeped out?

I had the same problem on my old Seat Toledo (also VW). I t would make very loud squeaking noises and "Bounce" when trying to reverse park and turn the wheel when stationary. I told the local garage and they suggested a flush of the power steering system and new oil... it worked! Might be worth a try before forking out for expensive parts.

Just another quick question, is this the correct glowplug? It certainly looks the same as the one i saw in the heater today... http://www.vwspares.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=54

After 30mins the coolant should be plenty warm enough to warm the cabin up. I think you may have a similar problem to mine. First check the fuse for the heated seats / aux heater, on my 2005 tdi it is fuse number 9. Mine was missing altogether.

Ok an update. Today I stripped the AUX Heater down to find a broken wire on the connector block under the car. I think this was the main 12v supply as it was the thickest of the wires. After a repair (cut wire stripped back and soldered new wire in) and puttin it all back together I can now connect via VAG-Com! Yay. On connection there was 5 errors, all flame outs, so I cleared those and started the car. Amazingly the jet engine kicked in and smothered me in thick white smoke!... lots of it. I let it do its thing then checked VAG-com again and had another flame out error. I cleared that and went for an hours drive. Anfter I checked again and had another 3 flame outs. So I think I am now ready to get me a replacement glow plug and strip it all down again. But I am happy... it is now working... in a fashion. Thanks for your help and advice on this.

Hi George, Could I ask which seller this is please because this mod is something I would love to do once I get my heater working!

Yea, I think this is something more sinister. I just gave it another try after reading that one guy needed to have the engine running before VAG-Com would connect to the AUX Heater. So i just tried that but it still will not connect to the controller. I will have a look at the connection blocks in the morning but i'm not clear on the following... where is the controller actually located? Would this be on the AUX heater unit itself?

Hi all, I have searched and read lots of posts on the aux heater and now have a basic understanding of what it is for. I was initially looking for information on white smoke at starting but this lead me to the aux heater. I have a tdi 1.9 130 ghia, I have located the aux heater and looked for smoke coming from its exhaust when starting but see nothing. It is 4c here today so the aux heater should kick in. I started the car and waited 5 mins for it to warm up, during this time I kept touching the aux hear exhaust to see if it was getting warm... it wasnt. I decided to check the fuses... no fuse in location #9 which is for heated seats or aux heater. So a trip to the local auto shop for fuses. I now have a 5amp fuse in location #9 but after letting the car cool down and restarting the aux heater is still not getting warm to the touch. I tried VAG-COM but it will not connect to the AUX-Heater module.... any ideas please?

Thanks, I was considering some Xenon bulbs I found on fleabay, but as the saying goes... "If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is"! I will deffinately try the Phillips ones though, thanks for the info.

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone had upgraded there headlight bulbs to the new Xenon types? Is it just a simple case of changing out the bulbs or are there other things to consider? Thanks!

ebay. Theres guy on there selling new ones from Portugal

Hi Guys / Gals, My first post! I just bought my first Galaxy on Saturday. Its a 1.9TDi Ghia on a 53 plate. Done 100k but got all the service history so should be good for another 100k! (i hope). Anyway, my biggest gripe with the old bus is the alloy wheels. Seems to be the laquer/paint is peeling off making them look a mess. I was wondering of anyone knows of a place local to Derby where I could get them re-painted? Thanks for the advice in advance.