VW Golf Mk4 - any recommended repair shops in Sutherland Shire?

[Umai Naa!!]

Not wise to machine VW rotors, because if it's needed, by the time you machine the lip off and remove the run-out, they'll be undersized. The steel in them is pretty soft, but it makes them stop good.

Definately service the auto if it hasn't already been done.

Metal Vs plastic water pump impeller is up to you. If you replace it as often as do you a timing belt, the plastic one won't cause you any issues. With the metal ones, people get complacent, and just leave them in there forever. However, due to the design of the pump, they can be prone to bearing failure, meaning the metal impeller can chew it's way through the engine block. The bearing can still fail on a plastic impeller'd one, but it won't cause any terminal damage as the plastic just wears down, and finds its way up to the overflow bottle.

[jonesy63]

Thanks guys - everything said makes sense.

FWIW, a "double flush" I mentioned earlier is not really inferring flushing fluid through the box. It's just a fill - drive for 1000km - and then drain and fill again. (The first change ends up mixing old ATF from cooler lines/torque convertor, the second freshens it up some more). I've just looked up a guide on changing the ATF in these and will just follow that one - and change it every 100,000km.
Cheers,
Rob

[Umai Naa!!]

I'd change it every 60,000kms as per more recent VW recommendations.

Worth dropping the pan off, and replacing the filter as well.

Also, make sure you get the right oil for them. They don't like the Dexron-based stuff.

[jonesy63]

60,000 km... noted.

"Sealed for life" - what a crock of excrement!

[Bug_racer]

Care to finish that sentence? For instance "Don't machine discs on a VW - as there's not enough meat on them"

Dont machine discs as you'll probably go undersize doing so .
Ive seen a piston pop out of an Audi once and the cost to repair exceeded $5k

[jonesy63]

Thanks B_R! As I said, the rotors seem cheap enough to avoid machining anyway.

[jonesy63]

My daughter was home last night, so had a chance to look in the service log book. It seems the water pump and timing belt were changed at 87,000km - for the 90,000km service. So that is a win!


The auto and brakes need focus... going to look at these first.

Thanks everyone.
Cheers,
Rob