Very useful video. A lot of these checks are easy to do and I have been doing for years. Though will start looking at more of the wires and sensors now. Lucky my bonnet latch is ok and regularly use it like yourself.
That's why the latch is okay, like most things its regular use that really helps things like locks! Should take 5 minutes just to glance over and just helpes spot problems before your left stranded by some of them!
5:33 it might takes more cooler air that way when you are driving, but also it now takes hot air when you are at stop from all that heat comming from the radiator. Not a good idea if you are driving a lot in the city. 😇
yes its on the front of the radiator. But with my car if you've driven a bit, you can really feel the warmth with your hands at the grille produced by the radiator, especially when it's summer or spring outside.
@@scottykilmer3920 My argument from what I know about airflow, as soon as you hit 10-15 mph you've got enough cool air going into the engine and at the radiator to keep the engine cool. The hot air is cooled very quickly.
That's entirely true, but my comment was meant for when the car is stationary. There will be more heat sucked in that way because the radiator does not cool down due to lack of incoming air, and this heat is not good for when you want to drive away quickly from stop especially if it's summer, because the ECU will then temporarily retard the timing due to the temporary warm air getting in. it does have an advantage but also a disadvantage with this mod.
@@scottykilmer3920 That's a valid point, the only way of telling is a temperature test around that area, I doubt Ford would have just fitted this without thinking about the temperature issues around this air intake.
Going to do an oil change tomorrow on my 2 litre mk1 I always use 5w30 but I noticed on europarts and gsf recommend 5w40, but on my 1.8 mk1 it recommends 5w30
I've always used semi-synth 5W-30 to the Ford specifications on my 2 litre Mk1. The Americans with the same engine use 5W-20. I've no idea why, other than meeting emissions regulations in the USA, but going to a thicker oil seems odd to me. The 1.8 is the same engine as the 2.0 except for the slightly bigger bore and some oil to piston cooling channels in the block.
On Tddi engines I would add that check engine mount near coolant, because those are fluid filled and can leak, also check intercooler hoses to and from engine and vacuum plastic pipe near firewall. About alternator good luck because it is buried under high pressure pump. And in general, like all cars, check obvious things
All very valid points! Especially the oil-filled hydra-mounts which eventually weep and fail leaving a noticeable vibration in the cabin, the other two mounts don't make a lot of difference in comparison.
Is anyone old enough to remember when the "cool" school kids used to tear off VW badges from cars and tie them into their shoelaces? There was a brief era when it was also "cool" to steal Ford Focus bonnet badges. I was a victim. My Ford dealer told me it would be £120+ to replace the grille, but if the spring and back nut was still there then the badge alone would be a mere £12. Thankfully mine didn't fall into the road when driving and I got away with it. Brain dead kids couldn't work out how to loop the badge into their shoelaces and so it was a short lived badge theft era.
That was before my time with these cars but I remember some craze going on with the grille badges! I was very conscious that the bonnet badge on my Rover P6 bonnet were around £100 NOS, mine was in great condition and people would just chisel them off, leaving a battered bonnet! Now its more... I've never heard of that being a thing with VWs! Oh what a pain!!
@@usuallyfixingtinkering Rolls Royce make their Flying Lady instantly retractable if a neer-do-well has a go stealing it. Ostensibly this is for safety reasons.
Very useful video. A lot of these checks are easy to do and I have been doing for years. Though will start looking at more of the wires and sensors now. Lucky my bonnet latch is ok and regularly use it like yourself.
That's why the latch is okay, like most things its regular use that really helps things like locks! Should take 5 minutes just to glance over and just helpes spot problems before your left stranded by some of them!
treated mine to an early oil change as approaching 200,000miles....
Petronas Syntium 3000 FR 5W-30 Oil 5L..and then weather stops play
5:33 it might takes more cooler air that way when you are driving, but also it now takes hot air when you are at stop from all that heat comming from the radiator.
Not a good idea if you are driving a lot in the city. 😇
It takes air from the front of the radiator so that wouldn't happen :)
yes its on the front of the radiator. But with my car if you've driven a bit, you can really feel the warmth with your hands at the grille produced by the radiator, especially when it's summer or spring outside.
@@scottykilmer3920 My argument from what I know about airflow, as soon as you hit 10-15 mph you've got enough cool air going into the engine and at the radiator to keep the engine cool. The hot air is cooled very quickly.
That's entirely true, but my comment was meant for when the car is stationary. There will be more heat sucked in that way because the radiator does not cool down due to lack of incoming air, and this heat is not good for when you want to drive away quickly from stop especially if it's summer, because the ECU will then temporarily retard the timing due to the temporary warm air getting in. it does have an advantage but also a disadvantage with this mod.
@@scottykilmer3920 That's a valid point, the only way of telling is a temperature test around that area, I doubt Ford would have just fitted this without thinking about the temperature issues around this air intake.
Very important to check upper gearbox mount and an new exhaust fitted done properly.
They tend not to be a problem, if they collapse you'll just get extreme vibration
@@usuallyfixingtinkering yes
Going to do an oil change tomorrow on my 2 litre mk1 I always use 5w30 but I noticed on europarts and gsf recommend 5w40, but on my 1.8 mk1 it recommends 5w30
5w30 is best, 5w40 has been used as a slightly thicker oil because there are issues with oil being burnt or gasket leaks.
Do you think that issue would just be for the 2 litre model then?
@@Sidrives No they all can suffer from these issues, it depends on your engines condition
I've always used semi-synth 5W-30 to the Ford specifications on my 2 litre Mk1. The Americans with the same engine use 5W-20. I've no idea why, other than meeting emissions regulations in the USA, but going to a thicker oil seems odd to me. The 1.8 is the same engine as the 2.0 except for the slightly bigger bore and some oil to piston cooling channels in the block.
On Tddi engines I would add that check engine mount near coolant, because those are fluid filled and can leak, also check intercooler hoses to and from engine and vacuum plastic pipe near firewall. About alternator good luck because it is buried under high pressure pump. And in general, like all cars, check obvious things
All very valid points! Especially the oil-filled hydra-mounts which eventually weep and fail leaving a noticeable vibration in the cabin, the other two mounts don't make a lot of difference in comparison.
thanks for info
no probelm :)
Is anyone old enough to remember when the "cool" school kids used to tear off VW badges from cars and tie them into their shoelaces? There was a brief era when it was also "cool" to steal Ford Focus bonnet badges. I was a victim. My Ford dealer told me it would be £120+ to replace the grille, but if the spring and back nut was still there then the badge alone would be a mere £12. Thankfully mine didn't fall into the road when driving and I got away with it. Brain dead kids couldn't work out how to loop the badge into their shoelaces and so it was a short lived badge theft era.
That was before my time with these cars but I remember some craze going on with the grille badges! I was very conscious that the bonnet badge on my Rover P6 bonnet were around £100 NOS, mine was in great condition and people would just chisel them off, leaving a battered bonnet! Now its more...
I've never heard of that being a thing with VWs! Oh what a pain!!
@@usuallyfixingtinkering Rolls Royce make their Flying Lady instantly retractable if a neer-do-well has a go stealing it. Ostensibly this is for safety reasons.