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Hiya Looby ... welcome from me .... mmmm .... that's as ironic as a Brian owning an Alhambra mum or a Peter owning a SharAN ........ now lets think ..... my Mum owned a Hillman Imp but she was huge! ...... ;) :D ;)

Just a thought .......... How many miles has the car actually done? ..... did you buy it from new? Another possible cause is the EGR valve, which are notorious on this engine, or the intercooler to EGR valve hose splitting.

Sounds reasonable mate and the expansion tank will fill up again when you release the cap but it shouldn't disappear when the engine is warm. This sounds like you need to check all the hoses / joints meticulously and with the engine warm, squeeze the hoses. If there is any air in the system you'll find the hoses very difficult to squeeze. Just be careful you don't burn your hands.

Ondra ...mmmmm ...... looks dodgy but this may be just caused by condensation on the filler cap. Have a good look around the rocker box with a torch and a close look at the dipstick. I would then remove the expansion tank cap (engine cold), start her up and see if any air bubbles appear. If your still not happy then go and get the system pressure checked. Do you get a lot of steam from the exhaust?

Conor ...... sounds to me that the battery is duff ..... 1st thing to do is to try and find someone with some jump leads to see if that will start it. Remember +ve lead first, then negative to a metal part at least 0.5m away from the battery.

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Bob ...... having had a couple cars with this engine you'll find that this is normal particularly around 1800 RPM with the engine under load. My old 2.0 litre felt as though it was missing so I did a fair bit of research on this and found many people had the same problem. "It's the way you drive it".

I used to tow a large single axle caravan on my Galaxy and found no problem with the rear suspension. They are designed to carry 7 adults so the suspension is pretty firm with regards to load carrying. Don't waste your dosh matey and just watch the nose weight ........ you'll be amazed at how well they pull a large van.

Tusk Tusk Ady ........ must admit looks a bit tacky doesn't it. Still I have the slightly older Sony version to bigallutes but the key holes are quite visible. I dunno then bigallute ...... did you try contacting SIO as they might have done several already?

Could still be the switch and I would start by replacing it as they're not expensive but what you really need is someone near to you with VAG-COM to list the fault codes stored. This will point you in the right direction.

Steve ..... I would tend to agree with Nik on this one and wd40'ing the switch might not solve the problem. Have you checked the operation of the brake lights properly? If you want to check the MAF out, disconnect it electrically and then see if the problem disappears. If it does improve then you can safely assume the MAF is at fault.

Clockie ...you'll need to take the key out of the ignition to remove all the permanent +12V supplys. What I did was to trace the temporary +12V back to the fusebox by using a meter, and by inserting and removing the ignition key, you'll find one. The switched +12V for the radio operates just by inserting the ignition key, unlike most cars where you have to turn the ignition switch to position one. I did this to wire in a remote cable for the subwoofer.

I had the Ghia and that didn't have self levelling suspension ....... didn't drop that much either but made sure the nose weight of 80Kg was never exceeded. Don't know about the towball as I had a Witter bar fitted.

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530000! .................... I'm staggered!

Hiya Sk .......... go anywhere nice?

Michael ....... have you had a look at the tax bracket for the 2.3? I reckon you're better off looking for a diesel and yes 90bhp is adequate. The 1.9Tdi is an excellent engine and very reliable bearing in mind it is a VW unit. Try and look for a Tdi with the Ghia spec and don't worry about high mileage if it has a good service history. .......... I'm talking out of my bottom again ......it's pre 2003 so no need to worry about the tax bracket.

:lol: ................. sorry Nik ........ General discussion sounds good!

Perhaps a similar Thread header to the MkI / MKII ............ "What thing irritates you about the MKIII Galaxy" .......... :lol:

The Mk 3 is growing on me ......... I particularly like the front end but like the Mondeo Mk 4, the rear is awful! The lights look like they should be on a Renault! ........ just noticed Bluemoon1 started it ......... Mk 2 Shed?! :lol:

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I had a non-detachable towbar without the bumper protection plate and I never had any problems with the parking sensors unless the caravan was attached and then I just pressed the button to switch them off. They are semi-intelligent and the sensing distances can be changed using VAG-COM, so the towbar should be permanently sensed and therefore ignored by the system ...... I think ..... mine did anyway.