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As above really, herselfs MK2 galaxy is bleeding me dry money wise, i got a few bits in a breakers for it off a MK1 and noticed the shocks/springs were as new on the breakers MK1 2.3 petrol one, the rear shocks are rusted and the sleeves are in a bad way on our MK2 tdi, the front left is dropping under breaking so i assume its shot also :rolleyes: Will a MK1's shocks and springs bolt straight into the MK2??

I want to visit the garage i got it but id be affraid id loose the plot been honest :) No idea of the last MOT and im in southern ireland, i got the death wagon in northern ireland and we have the NCT which would be equivalent to MOT but it wont be getting tested or driven anytime soon as its literally death trap as it sits!!

More work done today, fitted new front droplinks old ones were completely ruined after inspecting upon removal!! Fitted new rear caliper sliders as both rears had seized :) New pads fitted and said id give everything a bleed and get the old fluid out, done the rear passenger side first easy as it should be, then moved onto the rear drivers side No fluid :? changed bleed nipple still nothing after removing the nipple completely not so much as a drip of fluid!! Puzzled i slide under and found some bright spark had undone the caliper to main brake line feed(at the rear axle) and blanked off the feed with a bodged contraption how the f*** could sumone do such a bodge repair/temp solution to whatever problem there was..... Now what i need to know is first off could the disconnected brake pipe be the cause of my ABS light staying on?? Inspected everything before i found the disconnected pipe as it has me puzzled all ABS sensors seem to be as they should bar the rear drivers side which looks to have 2 connections as if someone put a front abs sensor on the rear, rings seem perfect also on the drive shafts! What reason's could there have been to make the bright spark disconnect the brake fluid line?? Piston went back in with no problems when doing pads so i assume it could'nt have been a seized caliper issue?? could it have been a leak at the connection?? All help thoughts info wanted/needed folks!

Yup dont think its a keeper at this stage, ill tidy it up a bit do the niggly things and move it on, ill give it one thing tho its thought me alot about them and i wont get caught again :)

Good god what else can this galaxy throw at me :) Brakes went yesturday, peddle to the floor no brakes at all!!! Went this morning and got pads and the tool to screw back in the pistons in the rears, brake fluid and a few bits and peices.. After an hour the rear right wheel finally came off after serious hammer action to the back of the rim, caliper off and noticed only the inner (outward facing)pad was bare metal, paid no attention and out with the old pads wound back the piston and sat new pads in them the problems started!!! The caliper would'nt fit over the new pads and line up with the 2 caliper bolt mounts, after alot of bad language and the cold setting in i remembered the little rubber mounts should move to allow me line everything up but they were seized solid :) Out with the tec7 lubricant got a load sprayed on and slowly turned so sprayed some more on then click it broke in the hub/caliper bracket im not far off giving up on this car :(

Cheers chris ill give that a go today :rolleyes:

Got my collection of vagcom fault codes tonight :0 G71M=1 ABS - Too many codes to communicate!!!!!!!!!! (ABS light on since we got it) 16955 Brake switch(F) implausable signal 18047 Accelerator position sensor 1/2 (G79/G185) Implausable signal 17664 Engine coolant temp sensor open or short to plus 01491 Glow plug for heater Q9 01142 Central locking motors driver door and tank valve locked 36-10 open circuit intermitent 00532 Supply volt B+ 07-10 signal too low intermitent 00926 Termanal 30 002 lower limit exceeded

Got it sorted :rolleyes: I had the wrong COM setting on the laptop! Cheers lads

Bump.. As above im getting the same message BUT ive no Latency test comming up at all?? Just errors have been detected communications will probably be unreliable.. Cant get comm status just keeps searching 4 times then tells me no communication.. HELP!!! I messed around with the comm ports and now ive no interface connection :18: wooooops

Bump.. As above im getting the same message BUT ive no Latency test comming up at all?? Just errors have been detected communications will probably be unreliable.. Cant get comm status just keeps searching 4 times then tells me no communication.. HELP!!!

You will need to remove all the door card and all trim/speakers ect from the door that the window is stuck down on.. You will need jump leads and 2 screw drivers.. Connect jump leads to screwdriver handles connect the other end to your/any other car battery that the leads will extend to if they wont reach from your own battery.. Insert both screw drivers on the loom end of the window connecter and it should come back up :huh: Edit unsure of the galaxy but i only did this 2 hours ago on a nissan!

My 2003 2.3ltr Zetec is in to garage tomorrow to cure same ''knocking''. He said it was a ''pin'' but i imagine it's these AntiRollBar links that you refer to. Annoying metallic clunking....hope it's sorted as it's driving me mad! :) Hope he gets it at ebay price! Yup sound like the shock is going to fall off or a wheel about to drop off..

Thank you for the link and tip fella :) ill start the spraying of the drop link bolts tomorrow!

Lol i was just thinking how i could fix my sill!! :) sum not so clever person has wrecked the passenger sill with a jack.

You'll not regret that purchase, best

Have a look in behind the front bumper at the intercooler, see if theres any oil there, ive a tiny drip from mine but its not burning/losing any oil of any noticable amount since it was serviced 8 weeks ago.. I suspect mine is the turbo oil seals :)

Lolz, cheers chris, i didnt think it would be a problem doing it that way as the air filter and airbox should take care of that? Ill chuck one in so :)

Thank you very much for the welcomes and info folks, really appreciate it!! Ive just ordered the VAGCOM lead off ebay tonite along with the glow plugs, ive 2 days off work so ill see how the motor factors do on drop links if there to much it'll be ebay again lol.. Also with regards to the temp gauge it does'nt move at all even after an hour of driving.. Is the pollen filter needed, i doubt it has ever been changed and i was going to pull the filter out and not bother replacing it, could this affect the heater?? I suspect the car was lying up for a while before i bought it also

Hey everyone, im Stephen and from kildare in Ireland, Great site with plenty of info!! Ive got a mk11 year 2000 galaxy 115bhp tdi that trying its best to get me to sell it lol..

First off im new here so go easy on me,I bought a year 2000 mk2 galaxy 115bhp tdi for the missus a few weeks back and ive a never ending list of stuff to repair/replace I got it cheap knowing it needed work done but the list grows by the day!! I can service/fiddle around with cars but im no expert or dab hand at it so all help/info appreciated First up the interior heater takes forever to heat up and the rear heater over the passenger door does'nt seem to work! Having searched the forums ive seen people mention a jet engine sort of sound that i dont have? Ive an intermittent idle problem, engine ticks over and idles as it should, then for no reason it revs and idles about 3-400 rpm higher at a standstill and while driving its very sporadic and is very annoying and can only assume its not healty on the engine! The glow plugs need to be changed also.. Next up reverse lights not working (new bulbs fitted)still not working Temperature gauge in dashbord cluster does not work (assume its the sender?) ABS light showing on dashboard (how do i find which one is broke?) Passenger electric window does'nt do anything via the passenger door switch but works perfect with the drivers side switch Drivers side front door window goes down perfect but wont come back up unless you mess with the switch (could take 2 mins - 30mins) to finally close it back up even if the window is let down 2" Ive a knocking sound from the front end over bumps the shocks are in decent condition (i will be replacing them though) ive checked all the arms/links no play in them could it be the rubbers on top of the shock at the strut?? Front winscreen wipers are driving me nutts also, they slap the edge of the winscreen rubbers when wiping (very annoying and noisy) and when you turn them off the passenger side wiper goes down as it should when wiping but when parked it comes back up about 5-6" at an angle (see pic below) http://i55.tinypic.com/2502ng7.jpg