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Re: Mk4 fault codes
Well I probably should post a little story as to what happened and why I needed help.
As you all know I'm looking to buy a GLI and one came up for sale for $8900. I jumped at the chance to see it because even if it had some minor issues such as body panels it would be worth getting and fixing it up the way I wanted. Pat and tracy came out with me and my gf to look at the car and it was in ok shape, front lip was fiberglass, had a chunk missing, grey primer in between the doors, smelled a bit like coolant after we drove it for a bit and it has the most annoying BOV ever. It also had the airbag light on so I wanted to scan it to see what was up (posted above)
So anyways I was still interested but needed to get it checked out by VW. After consulting with the ross-tech technical support they told me to check my charging system wires and replace my coolant temp sensor and ignition switch. No big deal I thought because I have an alternator already, upgraded wiring and a switch from my old car. Then came the inspection. Damn the cam tensioner seal was done for and leaking, waterpump leaking (explains the coolant and oil burning smells) and lots more was wrong too.
So basically it wouldn't be worth my time and effort to fix it up. And I would highly highly not recommend buying it. After talking to the owner about all of the problems and the fact it would take so much to fix he would only lower the price down to $7900 which is retarded because the guy at VW said that it should just be thrown out rather than fixing it and driving.
So long story short if you see a BMP GLI for sale and are interested in it, PM me and ask if its the same one. You won't want to buy it
Well I probably should post a little story as to what happened and why I needed help.
As you all know I'm looking to buy a GLI and one came up for sale for $8900. I jumped at the chance to see it because even if it had some minor issues such as body panels it would be worth getting and fixing it up the way I wanted. Pat and tracy came out with me and my gf to look at the car and it was in ok shape, front lip was fiberglass, had a chunk missing, grey primer in between the doors, smelled a bit like coolant after we drove it for a bit and it has the most annoying BOV ever. It also had the airbag light on so I wanted to scan it to see what was up (posted above)
So anyways I was still interested but needed to get it checked out by VW. After consulting with the ross-tech technical support they told me to check my charging system wires and replace my coolant temp sensor and ignition switch. No big deal I thought because I have an alternator already, upgraded wiring and a switch from my old car. Then came the inspection. Damn the cam tensioner seal was done for and leaking, waterpump leaking (explains the coolant and oil burning smells) and lots more was wrong too.
So basically it wouldn't be worth my time and effort to fix it up. And I would highly highly not recommend buying it. After talking to the owner about all of the problems and the fact it would take so much to fix he would only lower the price down to $7900 which is retarded because the guy at VW said that it should just be thrown out rather than fixing it and driving.
So long story short if you see a BMP GLI for sale and are interested in it, PM me and ask if its the same one. You won't want to buy it
If it's smoken it ain't broken
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