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ive got extra wires just hanging out of my wiring loom. one is a 2 pin clip type that comes out of the drivers side wiring loom for the lights and is fed under the alternator towards the distributor but doesnt reach it. another one is a single pin orange/brown push on wire thats the same...

Hi all, hoping someone may have come across this issue....... I drive a Seat Altea XL 2.0 TDI DSG and have noticed that the rear washer is no longer squirting, however, the pump in the front works. There is now a mystery pool of washer fluid that turns up in the offside rear passenger cupholder...

Greetings All. I know im going to sound thick on this one but can anyone(probably all) tell me what the little switch with a car icon and what looks like something to do with the alarm(rings) within it is for?just next to the drivers seat under the door near the controls for the electric...

I was loosing a large amount of coolant- the max to min line, in about a week. I got the car pressure tested, and the only leak they found was a small rubber seal to the heater matrix was split- so it was replaced. They retested the car, and no leaks. Ever since then, i have still been...

Orite ppl... Recently i got my self a seat ibiza cupra tdi... when i was giving the car a hoover out i noticed a yellow plug and socket taped up underneather the seat, i took the tape off and the plug wasnt into the soket, a resistor had been put between two of the cores as if to link...

Ok I've had this problem a lil while now,it normally happens on my way to or from uni which is about 50 mins drive from my house.Usually starts on the motorway after I've been on it for awhile,I'll lift off the throttle and the steering vibrates and shakes violently and pulls around,but as soon...

As the title says im after help , if somebody could tell me what these conectors are for and if something is ment to be connected to them? The other day i took off the engine cover to start fitting some new samco and found that the small white t-piece has a tube snapped off it and nothing...

When i start my car with the spare key it doesnt want to ignite the engine , justs turns it over? I have changed the battery with no effect? The large square fob works fine. Do i need to reprogram the fob? If so how? Thanks

Hiya Everyone, Here's one for you. My 1.4 is overheating but I'm not quite sure why. The headgasket isn't gone because there is no oil in water and vice verse. Also the expansion tank does not lose any water. The car made it to Manchester and back (500 miles) only overheating on the motorway...

Hi Ladies and Gents Recently when I use the keyfob to remotelly unlock the car it will only unlock the drivers door after two button presses. Usually this would unlockk all the doors as it should. Does this sound like the battery might be getting low in the key and needs changing. The doors...

Well i have been searching but not found anything conclusive, i have a MK1 cupra with the tatty interior door handles and want new ones, i understood that seat changed the material that they were made of, so i went to the stealers and they said that the part numbers where the same for the MK1...

Hi all Arriving at the car park where I work my car suddenly started producing an odd noise. It's a knocking sound which seems to be coming from somewhere below the drivers footwell (I can feel it vibrating slightly through my feet). It's a regular rhythmic sound, and seems to make one...

The dumpvalve below is what was fitted to my car when I bought it, have tried to identify what make it is but it has no manufacturers logo or branding on it anywhere. Does anybody know what dumpvalve it is.

When I brought my car it had a stainless cat back exhaust. Now the centre section has split but I have no idea what make it is?! The back box is oval. Which exhaust manufacturers make oval design backbox? Oh and I have done a search already!

2002 20VT Ibiza I have had an annoying ticking noise. it happens more often than not - approx twice a second. it can be heard driving with the window down and seems to get slightly quicker with speed? Look in the engine compartment. On the left, directly behind the washer bottle - that's...

Saw last week when i was clearing out the car that my back left passenger footwell was wet. First of all i thought i must of spilt something on it and was not too bothered about it and thought it would dry out. However today i looked again and it is now soaking wet! Just wondering if anyone has...

When I was removing all the crappy plastic from round the airbox on the Ibiza earlier, I noticed a connector that wasn't plugged into anything... It's in the drivers side front wing, just behind the headlights. Black connector with 2 wires going into it..... I know the guy removed the...

Looking about in the engine bay last night, I spotted a mystery loose wire that wasn't connected to anything..... It's a single black wire with a red female spade connector on the end. It comes out of the loom just above the starter motor on the right hand side of the engine bay (looking...