Desde que comprei o carro, fui identificando vários problemas. Alguns já consegui resolver, enquanto outros continuam pendentes. A maioria das reparações efetuadas até agora foram relacionadas com a estética e os interiores.

Quando adquiri o carro, as forras e os puxadores das portas dianteiras estavam danificados, mas já consegui reparar tudo. Os bancos traseiros também não rebatíam, problema que entretanto resolvi. O trinco do porta-luvas estava partido e foi igualmente reparado.

Outra situação que me preocupava eram as infiltrações de água, principalmente do lado do condutor. Depois de alguma investigação, descobri que o problema estava relacionado com as forras das portas, que não se encontravam devidamente isoladas. Após corrigir essa situação, consegui eliminar as entradas de água nessa zona.

A bagageira também apresentava infiltrações. Neste caso, a origem do problema estava nas borrachas de vedação dos farolins traseiros, que se encontravam deterioradas. Após a sua substituição, a entrada de água ficou resolvida.

Outra questão que me deixou apreensivo foi o facto de o circuito de refrigeração ganhar pressão excessiva no vaso de expansão. Acabei por substituir a tampa do vaso, uma vez que a válvula da tampa antiga já não funcionava corretamente, e tudo indica que o problema ficou resolvido.

Além disso, o carro perdia água pela bomba do limpa-para-brisas, componente que entretanto substituí.

O carro vinha apenas com uma chave. Entretanto, adquiri um cabo VCDS na internet e consegui programar uma segunda chave com sucesso.

Por fim, as mudanças entravam com bastante dificuldade. Após alguma pesquisa, descobri que o problema podia ser resolvido através de uma afinação relativamente simples do sistema de seleção da caixa de velocidades e da substituição de uma borracha do seletor que se encontrava deteriorada. Atualmente, as mudanças entram sem qualquer dificuldade.

Neste momento existem ainda algumas situações que gostaria de resolver e para as quais agradecia a vossa opinião.

1. Fuga de óleo na tampa do filtro de óleo

Esta é provavelmente a situação que mais me preocupa.

O carro está a perder óleo pela tampa do filtro de óleo. Já substituí o filtro e o respetivo o-ring, mas a fuga mantém-se exatamente no mesmo local. Encomendei uma tampa nova e estou a aguardar a sua chegada para verificar se o problema fica resolvido.

No entanto, disseram-me que a causa poderá não estar na tampa, mas sim num possível problema de ventilação do cárter, nomeadamente no tubo de respiro. Alguém já passou por uma situação semelhante?

2. Fecho centralizado avariado

As infiltrações de água na bagageira acabaram por danificar a bomba de vácuo do fecho centralizado.

Neste momento tenho as fichas elétricas das portas desligadas, porque os vidros desciam sozinhos sem qualquer explicação.

Além disso, o trinco da porta do passageiro não funciona corretamente. Consigo fechar o carro com a chave nessa porta, mas não o consigo abrir utilizando o mesmo método.

Alguém sabe se este comportamento é normal quando a bomba está avariada ou será um problema independente relacionado com a fechadura?

3. Suspensão e alinhamento da direção

Também preciso de substituir um sinobloco de um dos triângulos da suspensão, ou eventualmente o triângulo completo.

Neste momento o carro tende a desviar-se para a direita e, para o manter em linha reta, tenho de circular com o volante ligeiramente virado para a esquerda.

Antes de fazer o alinhamento da direção, pretendo resolver esta situação da suspensão.

Na vossa opinião, vale mais a pena substituir apenas o sinobloco ou trocar o triângulo completo?

Agradeço desde já qualquer dica ou sugestão que possam dar. Apesar de ainda estar a aprender, tenho gostado bastante de recuperar este carro e de resolver eu próprio muitos destes problemas. 😊🚗🔧

I embarked on this project 1.8T swap on a 6n2 polo... Going to share this project along the way.

Engines removal

This is my first forum post. My 2010 Polo driver's side window doesn't work anymore. I pressed the electric window button and the motor made a horrible crunching sound. Window didn't budge up or down. Is this something I could try fix myself, help appreciated. Thanks 👍🏽

I've been tasked with finding a handful of Polos for the St James Motoring Spectacle event in London on 1 November, and as well a Mk4 (2001-2009) and a MkI Derby (1977-1981), the organisers now also need a Polo 6N (1994-1999) or 6N2 (1999-2001).

Full details from the organisers as follows:

I would like to invite you to join us at the Royal Automobile Club’s St James Motoring Spectacle on 1 November where we are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the VW Polo.

Each year, the Royal Automobile Club transforms Pall Mall – one of London’s most iconic thoroughfares – into a display to celebrate motoring history. The road is closed to traffic for the day, allowing us to showcase an amazing display of 150 vehicles outside the Club’s historic clubhouse.

The event will present an exciting timeline of motoring, from pioneering veterans to cutting-edge supercars that represent the future of sustainable performance.

I am looking for cars to form a timeline of each generation of the Polo and would like to invite you to display your car. Would you be willing to join us?

Link to last years event:

https://www.veterancarrun.com/st-jamess ... -spectacle

Provisional Timings:

Event: 1st November, Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London.

Delivery time: 6am to 9am

Event opens: 10am

Event Closes: 3pm

Derig when event closes.

If anyone has a car in as near to standard condition as possible, please send me a picture at richardgoodinguk@gmail.com and we can take it from there.

Many thanks,

Rich

I have a grey 2010 1.6 Diesel Polo. It doesn’t drive but it starts. I have been told by a friend who’s a mechanic it’s a possible filter issue, but they’re not 100%.

Would it be worth investigating to try and get it fixed, or am I best selling for parts?

If best selling for parts, what would be the best way to go about it?

It’s in average condition, usual wear and tear. Never been in any crashes or written off.

When it was driving, there seemed to be an issue with acceleration. If the revs went too high, the engine slowed down and it would need restarted. I was told it wouldn’t be worth trying to fix it.

Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you.

need some advice please 

have a polo 54 plate 1.2 petrol non A/C

been having trouble with the drive belt 

my drive belt broke and 

the recommend drive belt replacement is to big 

any recommendations on what size to get 

I'm not expecting massive power gains or to spend hundreds or thousands to make it perfect, just messing around with the engine and a small turbo and a few tools in my spare time for a bit of fun.

I'll post more pics and keep this thread updated as much and as soon as I can when I start this small project (hopefully soon) but here's a few pics I took when I was measuring up the parts and as always when starting a project it looks like it all will fit and looks great but if experience has taught me anything it's that nothing is ever as simple as it looks 😉

So we ended up getting a sensible car, an 06 Honda Accord diesel...was the sport edition!

And while we drove that around I picked up this....

And turned it into this...(Build thread here)

At the start of the month I decided that the car had cost more than enough and that I should probably think about replacing my wifes Polo 6 years later.....especially since Mini parts are so expensive and you can still find a Polo at a scrap yard! In the 5 years I owned the car it had been driven 1500 miles and cost me half a years salary, which is a sobering thought as I am far from being on minimum wage.

For the grand total of £200 I brought a 149k mile 1997 R reg 999cc Polo L

Currently I am stripping down the car, seeing what work needs doing and parts i need to source

So far it needs...

• Both rear arches repaired
• New rear valance
• underseal stripping off, rusty treating and reapplying
• Various rust patches repairing
• A full respray
• replacement carpets and retrimmed front seats
• Engine reconditioning (probably gearbox too)

And probably a whole host of other things....but its a project.

My plan is to keep the car pretty much standard, yes there will be a few modifications and fancys details added to the car along the way. I am a man I like shiny things and power, but at a glance i want it to appear standard.

I will add photos and updates as I make progress.....which will be slow as I work away from home. I am giving myself a year to get it MOT'ed.

https://imgur.com/aJjmUvB

no thread hi-jacking

if you wanna know something about someones car then pm them

I just bought a sliver 1.6 GTi 6n2. It is a 2000, with 102k on the clock. 

I have always liked these when I was younger, and when this one came up at a decent price I couldn't resist!

The car is completely standard, even has the original VW Gamma radio with 6 disc CD changer in the boot. Which still works!

The car looks like it was loved at some point in its life and still appears that way today, though the paint will need a few hours spent on it with a buffer to bring it back to its former glory. 

As soon as the weather allows I will get on that. 

Buy the way I was looking for the paint code, and couldn't find anything on the labels under bonnet nor in the door jams. Any ideas where I can find this information?

I have had it for all of 2 days, and noticed a sticker in the back window for this website. Figured I'd come in and say "hi" and see if the old own is still on here. 

The reg is X979 WBB in sliver with the grey/red number 1 interior. 

Cheers for now

Abs

My lovely 2001 is causing problems.

Whenever i accelerwte then lift off (even gently) i get a loud thunk/clunk/donk comig from what SEEMS like front left of engine bay but i cant tell.

Where can i look as it started suddenly and is getting worse.

Antiroll bar bushea. Control arms ans ball joints where changed abt 10k ago. Just done gbox seals and oil about 5k ago so im hoping its neither of those.

Thanks all

I've recently decided to fix it up a bit cosmetically and mechanically, if need be, so I joined this site for some inspiration and assistance. And to see if there's still love out there for this now 18 year-old car! It has already been a lot of help reading what people have done (and how they've done it) - cheers guys! There's not that many posts recently so I'd thought I'd contribute with my little motor and what I've been doing. It's not very far from stock, but even stock is a great looking car! Comments and suggestions welcomed! 🙂 

About 9 months ago I finally got tired of my lack of 21st Century music and the fact that the V had fallen off the front of my Polo 😞 

Aim of the game: 

• Small (low cost) cosmetic changes or fixes - to make my car feel new again or just for the sake of a visual change after having it for 14 years.

• Mechanical upgrades/refresh - to keep my car running well for as long as possible

Upgraded head unit to Atoto A6. Android head unit for some compatibility with how I actually listen to music these days! Can also use Plex for movies/TV for passengers on long journeys. Plus all the other usual phone>car navigation and stuff 🙂 

More recently decided to fix my V at the front, by de-badging the back and super glue the V from the back to the front.

Treated interior to a new gear stick gaiter and new mats

Indicator needed replacing so I replaced the headlights too. Made a massive difference!

Bought myself some Plasti-dip for the rear badge, and then decided to spray my front grilles too

Changed the side repeaters to LEDs, black with a chrome bezel but tbh I'm still not sure about them - might go back to stock

Lastly, and kind of least favourite so far, I fitted new seat covers with a bit of colour just for a change. I wasn't expecting to be wowed, and I wasn't.

The fit isn't bad but it's not perfect, and I shouldn't have got the airbag compatible version because there's just a big hole in the side for no reason  . At least it might protect my real interior for a while as that's starting to get a little worn.

Only a few other things on my to do list:

• Paint my callipers red

• Pair of rear mud flaps

• Fit remote locking kit

• Fix rust on rear NS wheel arch

• Few minor scratches to touch up

• Possibly refurb wheels as mine have corroded causing slow flats

• Or maybe just buy new alloys 🙂

• Possibly front splitter from a GTI (but they're hard to find!)

I've always loved the look of the 6n2 so I'm not looking to do anything too drastic (bodykits etc), but I'd be happy to hear suggestions, or any other general comments. I'll put up some glam shots when I've given it a good wash

THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE IS MINE. MY POLO IS MY BEST FRIEND. IT IS MY LIFE.

I MUST MASTER IT AS I MASTER MY LIFE. WITHOUT ME IT IS USELESS,

WITHOUT MY POLO I AM USELESS.

But in all seriousness!

It has a sticker for every check engine error. The boot lets in water. My front left tyre is jinxed and will forever have a slow puncture but. It has 4 working doors and a subwoofer that drains the battery if i leave it on overnight.

My plan is to make it work........and preferably tint or block the rear windows so i can hide my shame.

Aswell as replace the...apparently empty shock absorbers...

It spends most of its life doing 40mph down country lanes and im quite surprized how well its done offroad.

My only quibble...is it only has 1...very shit cup holder.

If anyone has a suggestion for modification...useful or just funny im all ears.

Currently my parcel shelf is alpacino

🙂

So far I need a drivers side manual (wind up) window regulator and new mechanism to open to drivers door from the inside. No massive dramas and I’m very happy with it so far. 

But as my mother’s 6n2 gave birth to all of its fluids, I decided to give her mine and get something better, as I was already looking at a possible engine swap for the 1.4...

As a result I got a pretty sweet GTI. I did’t expect much. Got it from a dealer, which was already a bad omen , but the car was in a surprisingly good visual condition. It hasn’t been driven since at least an year (January 2017) with less then 7000km done in 2016. I got it on 138 000km, and its last history is from Switzerland from 2013 at 118 000km. It is kinda believable that it could have done only 20 000km in 2014 and 2015, but here rewinding the milage is still very much a thing. Still it looks like being close to that arlt least.

The car had its gearbox repaired while at the dealer. Everything else was in order. Of course for the first several days there were no brakes , until the calipers remembered how to work. I got it from another city, so it wasn’t the smartest idea to bring it home directly after sitting for so long, but it performed flawlessly.

Of course by Murphy’s law, exactly on the next day, I got the ABS lamp on, and a bit after that the Engine check on also. Thse were because of a rear light speed sensor and a misfire in cilinder 1. Alongside the standart service, I changed the spark plugs, the spark leads and the spark coil and the speed sensor. But still occasionally (I think when I sit in traffic) it does log a misfire, which I can’t even register. Will do a compression check next year before installing the LPG system, as nothing else looks suspicious.

The only other issue it had was that the left window didn’t work, while from the driver’s door I could only open the passenger’s windows with both positions of the switch. Also the central locking button on the door could lock the car but couldn’t unlock it. Today I repaired it by fixing a cut wire between the door and the body.

What I plan to do with the car:

- repaint the red parts - the current paint job is ridiculous and I’m not sure I like that it is not metallic. 

- repaint the calipers - also pretty badly done

- reupholster the steering wheel with red stiches and reupholster the ceiling

- update all the speakers (some are torn)

- get 14” alloys as it came with 15” ones, and my winter tires are 14... Will keep the 15 for the summer 

- soundproofing - that is a must. Not only for better audio, but also for the rare cases where I need to get it on the highway... It really lacks a 6th gear 

- refurbish the headlights and get new blinkers

- fix the hooks for the rear seats, because, of course, they both tore the moment I tried them

- at some point I’ll add rear speakrs and an amp

- as mentioned above - LPG system with lightweight bottle.

Bought it this weekend bog standard with 67k on the clock.

Not sure what way I'm going to go with this build as it's a daily and and still have the coupe to play with but here she is!

I currently own

2x 1.4 MG ZR's (the wife's standard daily and my project pushing 135bhp but mid rebuild)

1x Clio 172 (more love/hate than marmite and as reliable as a chocolate teapot and just shat a piston)

I've had to resort to borrowing an EP3 Type R short term (6 months so far) as neither of my cars are drive able, when my brother in law announced he was scrapping his 6n2.

No real reason for it, just couldn't be bothered to sell it and the mot had expired.

I pretty much ripped his arm off for it thinking I could use it short term and give the Civic back to it's owner.

As she looked when I picked her up wearing 16" Innovate ST 6's and 40mm Spax springs.

Got it home and started checking it over for the MOT.

Rear brakes where shot, really shot.

Like i think they were the originals.

After much headache due to rotten bolts, I got the new discs and pads on.

Brakes are still shot. Turns out the servo hose is cracked and the valve cap is missing.

Deep joy!

So now, it appears I have 3 cars off the road (for the next few days atleast) and i'm still using a borrowed Type R!

So, yea, I'm Levaz, and welcome to my world!