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Hi, I have had some helpful replies from this forum so thought i'd try my luck with this issue. I have an issue where my battery will drain after being sat for 2 days, so far I have changed the following: (changed alternator at time I was doing injector, pulley and aux belt) Battery...

hi all Have a mk2 Leon. Wondering if anyone can tell me the location of the aircon drain tube. I want to check it’s all cleared failing that get it cleaned Cheers

Please can anybody help me locate the tap to drain all coolant. Or tell me how to drain all the coolant as I desperately need to do a coolant flush and refil. I drive a 2006 seat Leon 2.0 FR tdi (mk2??) me and my mate have been trying to do this for two hours today and the radiator pipes...

i've got a toledo (02 plate). a few months back the original (i presume) battery died in the cold. i changed it and ever since i noticed the tcs/esp light flickering slightly even when the key was out of the ignition. its now drained a brand new battery flat twice! taken it to my local garage...

hi, had my car serviced and mot'd and now the sump drain plug is leaking, the washer looks like its on squint and the engine has been over filled with oil! should i take it back or just sort it myself? any ideas would be helpful! cheers scott

I recently went to start my car only to find the battery was dead. I disconnected the battery and charged it up car started fine. After a few days ruuning the battery was dead again. I have tested the alternator which works fine. What could be causing the battery to drain? also now when ever i...

Hello everyone.My car is an Altea TDI Sport 140 (manual 6 speed). I have just looked at removing the gearbox plugs for an oil change but it seems a special tool is required...can anyone help me as to what it is,please?

Had one of my coolant hoses split and want to put new coolant in it says to drains original run it with water then drain again whats the best place to drain it hanks Arron

Is the drain plug tool an M16 tamper proof spline socket? found one one ebay just want to see if its the correct one. Its basically a 16mm spline socket with a hole drilled in the top of it. Is this right???

Car is 2001 Arosa. Can anyone please suggest a possible cause for battery drain exceeding 1.0 amp when car is locked and everything is switched off? Until three weeks ago there has never been a problem, but this is now consistent and the battery is flat in a day or two. I have substituted a new...

Looking for some help with my MK1 Tolly. The car is draining current at 0.50A, will this be enough to drain the batt over a couple of days ?

ECS Tuning in america sell this tool anyone know where i might be able to buy one over here, save all the mess and hassle of the oil changes ;) and was thinking about also changing to the NGK BKR7EIX plugs anyone done this? seen any improvement? also thinking about the Mobil 1...

Afternoon all, I went out this morning to change my thermostat and flush out my coolant and replace it with nice new stuff. One problem: I jacked the car up and could not get access to the radiator drain plug?! Is it on the passenger side of the rad? I could not seem to get access to it as...

Over the last 6 weeks my fully charged battery goes flat after about 5 hours when the car is parked up so i believe i have an earth problem. Every thing appears to be working as normal but over the last two days both radiator fans are continually running even when the ignition is switched off. I...

Just need to flush out the old coolant in my 1.4(APQ) and put some new stuff in as its now far too diluted. Is there a plug somewhere?

Some yobs thought it would be funny to put petrol in my diesel when i wasnt looking...........actually it was my fault :redface::doh: and i need to drain it but dont know how. HELP!!

I've just replaced the battery in my LC TDI because apparantley it wasn't holding charge (the car was serviced on Saturday and the car wouldn't start yesterday). While the battery was being replaced, the fitter checked for any exisiting current draw. He had noticed there was something pulling...

Have a frustraiting problem with my 02 TDi110 (remapped to ~140): Went away on holiday in the summer for two weeks, when I got back the battery was flat. This happened again about 6 weeks ago after a couple of weeks without driving it , so i bit the bullet and went out and bought a new...

Just about to do my gearbox oil but can people tell me which is the drain, which is the leveler (presume large allen key that was behind the SMIC?) and the filler? What am I looking for torx bits, allen bolts, sockets, etc?

A few months ago the oil sump pan on my Toledo hit a lump in the road. Suffered a few scrapes (not too bad) but a small amount of oil was leaking from the drain plug. So I tightened it and stripped the threads on the sump, it is currently not leaking and holding in OK. It is now due for an oil...