I could only post 3 pictures in the original post so here are a few more.

Model: Scircco 1.6 GT Year: 1988 Mileage: Circa 108,000 MOT: Until 21st October 2019 Current Owner: Yes V5 Present: Yes Location: Near Lichfield, Staffordshire Price: £1500 Contact Details: PM me F Reg Scirocco in excellent condition inside and out. Rust free on the bodywork and the underside. I was...

james butler wrote:if you want to change the wheel bearings while your there bring the hubs down and i can press some new ones in.

Cheers mate, will bear it in mind!

You have been busy, with the front brake splash guard they are a pig to get off as you have to knock out flange which may wreck your front wheel bearing and then undoing the bolts is a pain as they usually rust away. I had to change my wheel bearing the other month and my bolt heads where very rust...

Haven't updated this thread since I brought the car, just been lurking on the forum so thought it was about due! Since having the car I've mainly just been enjoying it so far but been doing a few bits and pieces as preventative maintenance and trying to sort a rough idle I had. Cleaned up the dizzy,...

I'm switching to a combo of the waterless forlife stuff or the G13 across mine. Had assumed the blue was fine but if you check my Scala project thread look at the state of the cylinder head as discovered this year. My regular spanner men, the Phirm, concur the g13 is fine on these cars once fully f...

VW's position is the new G13 is fine for older cars. I run it in my Scirocco and there are no problems. I think if you've got a leak, it's going to leak with whatever coolant you put into it to be honest as the system is under considerable pressure when hot. Like oil, people have a lot of opinion a...

I use this stuff, it does need changing every 2-3 years. http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-accessories/winter-essentials/antifreeze-coolant/blue-antifreeze-coolant/?523770501&0&cc5_865 5L is plenty. Others do seem to run the pink VW G13 coolant and have no problems with it but it's up t...

You need to get rid of the pink G12 coolant that you have asap and make sure that you back flush the rad, engine and heater to rid all traces if it. If you don't, then the correct blue coolant will react with it and form a sludge in the cooling system. Comma G48 Xtreme Green is the correct stuff, w...

james butler wrote:i just used the blue ready mix stuff from euro car parts but whatever you use make sure you flush out all the pink thoroughly before you put anything else in there other wise it will turn to sludge and block everything up.

Cheers, yeah I'll run plenty of flush through it when I do it.

Hi all, Got a bit of a weep on my radiator so I've got a new one ordered ready to drop on next weekend. I'm under the impression that cars this old should be using blue G11 coolant whereas mine has currently got pink in it. I've had a quick look on the Halfords website and they sell Comma G48 which ...

Just a couple I grabbed last night, will get better ones once the weather improves.

james butler wrote:best bet is to open a photo bucket account and ling the photos over.
its a doddle to do and possibly the easiest way to upload the pictures

Think I may already have one, it's a job for tomorrow now though haha.

Picked the car up in this beautiful weather this afternoon, certainly like nothing else I've ever driven until now, great bit of fun though. Grabbed a couple of pictures but it's saying they are too large to post. Also the wheels are apparently RW Kiwi Rush's, can't find a great deal out about them ...

james butler wrote:hi elliot, welcome to the register.

Cheers James!