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Do you mean the spoiler above the rear window? Unfortunately spoilers from Lupo's don't fit the arosa as we have a wrap-around rear window where the Lupo has a cut out. But Aftermarket spoilers are often designed to fit both, and there are a few for the Arosa. Most allow you to keep the high...

Poor Arosa is going backwards at the moment - I purchased an enormous beast of a shed so at least I have 4 wheels again! But I spent today putting the Arosa into hibernation :( emptying things out, took his stereo out to go in the new car, and swapped the aero blades over (who'd have...

Bulb sounds like it gone, but looking at your other post I think you've managed to fix it yourself now anyway :)

It looks like another car that's out now, but I just can't quite work out which one...... Either that or it just looks like every other small city car out at the moment and I'm going to forget what it looks like as soon as I close the picture!

So was mine! I had a holiday on the continent a few years ago and took him back to his birthplace :D

People don't believe me when I tell them mine is 13 years old (it's an early '98) - it's a very ageless design and much nicer than the new Up!

It's recommended to change it - make sure it's replaced with the new metal pump not the original plastic design.

You can host a video on Photobucket and post a link. Just make sure it isn't windy when you record it so we can hear it as clearly as possible! :)

Have you changed the spark plugs recently? Always a good start if not as it's cheap to do (and should be done regularly anyway) :)

It's a good idea if it's not been done before. The original plastic one was replaced with a metal version so you need to make sure it's be swapped over. :)

The book will tell you every 6 years or 60,000 miles. However it's recommended to change every 4 years or 40,000 miles just to make sure as a small number of belts have failed before the 60,000/6 year limits.

Mine squeaked and was very heavy before I had the new clutch fitted - it was light as a feather after, I nearly put my foot through the floor when I went to drive away! :happy: How many miles has it done, and do you know how it has been driven?

His emissions are just way too bad - think blue smoke on the fast idle test, plus his hydrocarbons and Lambda readings are too high. Other than that his only problem was low reading on his rear brakes!! So he's a very good car, but his heart is broken :( But that means new heart! So either...

Crikey, where'd you dig this one up from Boo!! And in complete contrast to my last post on here - I have failed to get the Arosa another 12 months on the road :( So I might have to come to edition on two wheels......or bring whatever banger I manage to round up to roll around in.

Mk1 uses NGK BUR6ET for a basic spark plug. And yes, the Arosa is 4 cylinders - take off your engine cover and you can see the 4 plugs and leads underneath :)

If the plugs don't help it may be the HT leads - it's not massively expensive to replace them, but more than doing spark plugs so try that first :)

3 cylinders....? The only 3 cylinder I'm aware of is the 1.2 in an Ibiza...

Well as I rather suspected, he failed the MOT - emissions as usual, and he's smoking quite badly now. So I've decided to take him off the road for a while while I fix him properly. He will be back either later this year, or in time for next summer :)

Nicely done Boo :)

Thanks :) MOT tomorrow, wish us luck! It's just some reasonably heavy weight sticky back vinyl! Cut into strips and applied with the help of some masking tape to keep them straight and some clay to clean the paint before applying.