Hi All,

New to this forum but long time VW owner. Have a MK6 GTI and Amarok 2017 V6 Highline. Previously had a Touareg 150.

Recently brought the Amarok to tow a van. Have been towing with the Touareg for years, just put too many kms on it to keep it, great car.

New setup tows great bar one issue. Started to heat up a bit going up a mountain with the van on the back. Got up to maybe 105-110. Didn't have to resort to blasting the heater with windows open but hoping this will not be a regular thing.

For the record, never had an issue with the Touareg, same van, same mountain.

The Amarok has a nudge bar which sits just above the bumper, so in front of some of the air inlet to the radiator, and also has a slim led bar mounted on top of that. Nothing restricting airflow below the bumper.

Only warmed up, going up the hill, but was going up then down when thermostat would open, but the concern was each time it went up it would creep up a little further, then only drop about 5 degrees. As soon as I picked up a bit of speed again at the top it went back to 90. If the mountain was longer I would have had to do the heater. Was about 30 degrees outside.

Two questions.
1. Should I be thinking about ditching the nudge bar and mounting the LED bar on the roof racks?
2. It is booked to get a tune next week, will this make it better or worse???

Thanks for reading.