tara

HI all i have a problem with my Gal, we was using it yesterday and all of a sudden "loads" of white smoke and sluggish engine. I got car home put it on Vagcom and says cylinder 4 missfire. What could cause this as all leads are on tight new glow plugs. Could it be injector 4? If it is will it be an easy fix? Thanks for any advice.

Hi i had a headgasket failure on my 1.9PD, it was repaired with my Head reconditioned with new valve seats ect new gasket and 6 months warranty

Had same problem when i purchased my 2001 1.9tdi gal. Recon head and new gasket everything sorted.

Quick update on this, I picked car up from dealers today its had a recon head put on with new valve guides and seals new head gasket comes with 6 months warranty parts and labour. New aircon pipe and seal plus regas seems to be working at the moment. Drove it 90 miles from Bradford and all seems good no losing water no pressure in the header tank and temp stays at 90 all the way i get hot air from the vents now also. So i hope this is it and all will be ok. Thanks all for your advice. 1 thing however i plugged the laptop into the car using VCDS lite and code comes up as fuel temp sensor open, i cleared the codes and took it on a drive and checked when i got back and no codes found. Has anyone had any problems with this fuel temp sensor? And is it a big problem if it comes back? Thanks again

AA report states possible head gasket failure due to gases in the header tank pressure build up when under load,no heat from the heaters whilst engine hot. Further investigation needed, Aircon inop and green dye on the compressor.

Ok garage coming to pick up car at 4.30 bring with them a 59 plate vauxhall astra which i can use till repair is done. They are going to fix all problems listed on the AA report and give me 6 months warranty on repairs. I think this is fair so are going ahead with it, Thanks all for your advice i will update when done.

OMG We just went through all the receipts and invoices and there is a receipt for 2 bottles of KSEAL dated 02 feb 2011 i have done my research and k seal is for headgasket or radiator failure. Looks to me now 100% head gasket failure just on the evidence of KSEAL being used in the last 3 months.

Just got of telephone with the dealer and they coming to collect the car tomorrow take it to there own service garage and put all the problems right and including new cylinder head gasket and head if its needed also fix aircon and give me warranty an all jobs done. Does this sound fair? I have to say its not a back street garage it sells mostly

Thanks for your advice i have just had call from mechanic and he says that the aircon has also stopped working and there is evidence of dye on the compressor. All these problems coming up we are pushing the garage for a refund. Thanks again.............. We are not happy campers.....lol

I am going to have words with the dealer tomorrow and see where we go from there,I hope i have not flushed nearly

Hi there am i right in thinking that these leads can be used on a ford galaxy? As thought that these only work on VW? I will get one if they work with my galaxy.

Thanks all for your advice, First the galaxy is a 2001 1.9 tdi we paid

Hi all and first thank you for this great site. We have just purchased a Ford galaxy 1.9 tdi from a Garage. Anyways when driving it home last night it overheated whilst we was on motorway,we got the AA to recover us home and this morning had a look at the car. The coolant bottle was almost empty, we checked before our journy and it was full? I ran the car up to temp and the coolant was like foamy soap but no oil in the coolant. It seams fine on tick over but when under load temp increases up to 130. I am really scared that the head gasket has gone. We have contacted the garage we purchased it from and they said it is probably the water pump and they will pay for me to get the pump replaced could this be the case? as i have checked the return pipe to the bottle and it seems to be trickling out of there into the coolant bottle should this be a steady flow of just trickling foamy coolant? Sorry for all the questions but being a girl i have hardly any clue other that what mechanic says to me and like i said earlier i dont want to be ripped off. Thanks all for any help. Regards Tara