Quote Originally Posted by cartandpeg View Post
Hi,

The VW Golf MK4 has been in the workshop for just over a week.

They then told me that they would now drive the vehicle until it cut out. Why they have not done that prior is beyond me.

Should I just get the vehicle back and do some extensive research and see if I can fault find it myself, with replacing which seems the most common cause for this problem.
I don't want to play the devils advocate, but why didn't you try to "do some extensive research and see if I can fault find it myself" before you spent $600? It seems to me like a waste of money, when you're capable.