I have a Golf 2000, and recently, I've have somewhat loud squeaking
when in back up...and only when i back up.  When i press the break, it
disappears...but i also stop.  I don't have this problem going
forward.

Help  I have a vw golf and i can only open 1 door and the boot,  the
central locking goes but dosen't unlock 3 doors
if anybody no's the solution or how to open the doors please let me no
thank

I washed my engine at the car wash yesterday.. Wouldn't start  fo 20
minutes. When I got it started kept car running for ten
minutes,started to drive home. Died on the steet. Let sit ten minutes,
started ,and ran fine .Made it about half a mile. Died again So I just

Here's the story:
90 Golf 1.8 8v 140,000 miles.
The car died on the freeway and left me stranded.  I got it towed home
and:

This time I know where it is, and what it is that's leaking.  Need help
either finding the entire OEM assembly, OR, what I need to get to make some
fascsimile of it.
Again, 88 Fox Wagon GL, 1.8L CIS-E.

This time I know where it is, and what it is that's leaking.  Need help
either finding the entire OEM assembly, OR, what I need to get to make some
fascsimile of it.
Again, 88 Fox Wagon GL, 1.8L CIS-E.

A bit of a odd question but are the front wipers on the mk4 golf straight or
curved ?
they are 19 and 21 inches I think ?
Just saw some on ebay a few pounds less than halfords and thought great but

What are the best places (books or on-line) to increase my general knowledge
of my VW Rabbit type engine?
Background - I have raced cars (road racing SCCA type) for a fair time.
I currently have in my +/- 1,000 pound race car an engine based on a

Our Jetta suddenly will not beep the horn when you lock the doors with the
remote. Lights still flash and I have replaced the battery in the remote.
Any ideas why this would just start and were to look?
Thanks in advance,

This is an '81 Scirocco. There are 3 bolts that attach the pulley
free-spinner (or whatever it's called) to the compressor body. I haven't had
a belt on the AC for decades, but somehow those 3 bolts have vibrated loose
and all three are gone, leaving the pulley thingy vibrating ...

I have a 1996 VW Jetta 2.0 liter with standard shift and air
conditioning which has a gasoline odor especially when the air
conditioning is on.  I don't see any evidence of gasoline leakage
under the hood or elsewhere.  Any ideas would be appreciated.

OK this car used to show the outside temperature in the dash in Fahrenheit,
but after some a/c work it shows it in Celcius now.
How to set it back to Fahrenheit?  I believe it must be easy but have
searched the internet and found little to nothing.

I'm thinking of getting a company to fit cruise control to my Golf MK4
SE Auto (which has the traditional throttle system, rather than the
drive-by-wire).
1. If you've had this done, can you let me know please how it's

Read in a recent issue of a automotive magazine that VW intends to build a
beetle based on the current Golf platform.  That is, small and economical.
Are they going back to the beetle's original intent?

81 Scirocco has 255K+ miles on original motor. Wife drove it less than 3400
miles during the last 2 years. It seemed to be running good, so I just drove
it to the smog tester without any interim hard driving. It failed. HC was
90/110ppm at 15/25mph 2 years ago but is now 190/150 ...