no. you will be making the air flow restricted leaving the stock filter in :)

cool the old one is now boot fitted hahah

who doesn't love that (sporty sound) as featured on the box

ahahahhahaahah

must stop whoring ebay....

still these arrived this week

its all about the subtle details

apologies for poor quality pictures (again)

13 / 3 / 11

that is all

this weekend has been a sad one

polo = shagged

getting fixed though

this makes me happy

this weekend has been a sad one

polo = shagged

getting fixed though

this makes me happy

lol i love how everyone uses technical terms (shagged) when your cars bust, my personal favourite is "well thats fucked then init"

car looks cool dude but whats up with it ?

head gasket has blown, well and truly (see pics on first page)

it WILL be fixed and i WILL drive it again (or so i keep telling myself)

head gasket has blown, well and truly (see pics on first page)

it WILL be fixed and i WILL drive it again (or so i keep telling myself)

haha i hear myself saying this everytime the other month my fuel tank rotted through so i fixed it which took ages dropped the car down stared her up bang fuel pump blown up ! so i find myself searching the corners of the globe for a GT fuel pump! gotta love polo's!

Guess the fault - Correct, headgasket

so in the mean time i've got this (great)

haha i hear myself saying this everytime the other month my fuel tank rotted through so i fixed it which took ages dropped the car down stared her up bang fuel pump blown up ! so i find myself searching the corners of the globe for a GT fuel pump! gotta love polo's!

I quite like the little punto, i've been driving it all day...

Pros..........

Electric windows

5 Gears

Clock

Rev counter

5 doors

central locking

trip-o-meter

glove box

ciggi lighter

front fog lights

height adjustable seat

the list goes on

But cons:

its not a polo

i dont smile in it

theres no 'character'

maybe i'm sounding like an old man

i like the tech advances between the old and new......

but

IT'S NOT A POLO :)

Edited 9 April, 201115 yr by hajman

Update:

today i visited the garage and they showed me the new engine fitted :)

however i asked them to m.o.t the car, and it failed

1: 2 front tyres bald on inside (camber fail)

2: sills have more holes than a swiss cheese (rust fail)

3: back seats were lying flat so they couldn't check the seat belts (pointless fail)

however i did smile, the MOT'er said he lost a bet on emissions - i have a sports filter and after market back box, he said it would fail and bet 10 quid but the sweet new engine sailed through................... :)

anyway the whole story is...

New engine 220

labour 280

silly little parts - belts, filters, plugs etc 50

but with the tyres, welding, loads of hassle

over 1000

no you didnt read that wrong.... over a grand, 1k+

whats the car made of unicorn piss?????

anyone wanna buy a hugely over priced polo?

Mugged. 220 for a new engine? i thought it just needed a new head gasket?

head was corroded and couldn't be skimmed,

mot also failed:

2 rear wheel bearings

rear brake drums and lines

costly month

heads are common as muck though. Pick one up for around 30 quid :S

Update- Harry the carbreaker has royally fucked the Punto up, goodness knows how but he managed...

Update- Harry the carbreaker has royally fucked the Punto up, goodness knows how but he managed...

It's a punto, generally they break regularly

ok, so yeh the ECU or injectors are fudged on the punto... why me?

however my polo now has a new floor, two new sills and some other exciting parts

Finally got my car back in ONE glorious piece on friday, a tremendous bill of 1400.... and to be entirely honest with you all............ really shoddy work.

i'll post up some pictures when it's all cleaned up again, 7 weeks of grime and grott to loose!!!!

thats all folks

1400?! You could've bought two solid GT's for that or a middle of the road G40.

1400?! You could've bought two solid GT's for that or a middle of the road G40.

too right, i said change the engine so the head wasn't so fooked... get it back: standard ride height, 2 new tyres missing half the trim, full of eurgh and buggerit

not happy at all

you've paid £1400 in total for a 1.0 polo which still has issues? my mate paid £265 + 6months tax and it was on the road, passed its mot 6 months later with no advisories and its a 1.3 NZ, i hope you've learned a few lessons

i have, anyone wanna buy a 1.0l polo for upwards of a grand?

haha

Fuck me you you have spent a shed load of money of this ... So glad I'm a mechanic