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cam belt cover bolts & coolant level sensor

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:51 am
by philstar
Hey guys, I am missing one bolt from my cambelt cover, it is the one that sits just above and behind the crankshaft pulley wheel, it is causing the cover to catch and an annoying whining noise is occurring.

Does anybody know where I can get this bolt or what size it is?!

One final issue I have before the car is finished, there is not coolant level sensor in the top of the coolant tank, I can't see anywhere in the wiring loom where this should come from. Has anybody got any photographs they could show me that explains where mine should be wired into?

Many thanks guys, that's another scirocco saved!

Re: cam belt cover bolts & coolant level sensor

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:59 am
by ianaudia4
One idea for you. If you buy a MK3 Golf rubber 1 piece rocker cover gasket kit from the dealer, it comes with new studs and it is an improvement on the cork gasket! The nut is 10mm.

Is your car or was it ever a carbed model, they did not come with a coolant sensor in the header tank!

Re: cam belt cover bolts & coolant level sensor

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:44 am
by philstar
Oh cheers for the tip! The car is a carb the previous owner said he changed it from fuel injection to carb but then he also told my friend the carb was a Weber, soi don't believe anything he says.

The coolant tank has a plug in the top where the sensor should go, but nothing is connected to it?

Also, when I turn on the ignition, the coolant red light flashes on and off about 3 times and then remains off, is this normal? I don't have an owners manual as yet so I'm not sure what the meaning / normal actions of all the dash lights are...