underside

The Black carpet-like material attached to the underside of the bonnet, is it for sound deadening or is it to protect against heat? what would be the consequences of removing this for a long period of time (idealy, completely) It looks terrible, it soaks up water and then starts to grow its...

Could you please tell me what this connector is, i suspect its to do with auto-levelling?

Just a quick heads up and mega thanks to our very own DPJ for diagnosing this purely from looking at VAG-COM logs. A 2 inch split on the right hand side centre breather hose on the bottom of the intake manifold. Christ knows how much power this was robbing from me. Down to the stealers tomorrow...

Hi, I've been a member on SCN for a while now, but never really done much posting. I think i need to now though. I used to have an Ibiza TDI FR, but part-exed it for a 54 plate Leon TDI FR with 59k on the clock. Anyway, took it to Jabbasport (as i always did with the ibiza) for a service and...

Hi all. On replacing my driveshaft gater on the drivers side of my toledo, I had to remove a little weight from just behind where the driveshaft is located to be able to remove it from the car to replace the gater. I've never had a car that has anything remotely like it where it sits...

Ive just had the report back from a '04 LCR Im trying to buy. The engineer has reported low oil and what appears to be an oil leak on the underside of the engine on the right hand side. Do these cars burn oil and Im wondering whether it could be oil left there from the last oil change..? Any...