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well.. it's sorted, it was indeed both of the bulbs blowing at the same time.
Bloody wierd.
anyhue, got a pair of them 50% more brighter ones for £12, which is ney bad.

cheers anyway guys.

Steve_O wrote:Yeah - but the indicator stalk is what you use to change between main and dipped - and you say main is fine - so I'm guessing that's where the problem is.

good point.

Steve_O wrote:There aren't any relays for the headlights as standard - all the power goes through the switches which is why people fit aftermarket relays.

I would imagine a faulty switch is to blame. It'll be in the indicator stalk if so!!

indicator stalk?
But the switch is on the dash....

LogIK wrote:Possibly a faulty relay?

Which Relay would it be?

hey.
my dipped beams on both lights have stopped working, but sidelights and main beam works fine. I've checke the fuses and they are all fine and dandy.

any suggestions?


I'm also going to be selling my Polo soon, probably for about £250. Any takers?

Tahrey1043 wrote: when you say i live where you work... where was that again?

Work on the birmingham business park, by the NEC.

yeah it comes and goes, perhaps with humidity or something (which is tough for untrained humes - like meself - to sense). it was being a bugger for it yesterday, but i bet if i go out to shops now (after a bow tie, amongst other things!) it'll behave. Bow Tie? I got one I used to wear when I worked...

mk2 engine in a mk3? whyever did you do that? :) injection all the way baby (unless it's at least twin carbs of course) my engine blew up and the mk2 engine was cheap. It's got all my bits on from the mk 3 engine. including the injector. It's stopped doing it now anyway. It's really weird. I'm gonn...

its a mk2 polo, its carb icing, last night and this morning were really cold. without the warm air ducting its a bag of nails (and then they freeze up too). for some reason I dont have trouble with the halfords ducting and mines been behaving almost perfectly (apart from idling at about 400 rpm whe...

Getting this problem aswell..
any answers??

hey guys, sorry I haven't been on in a while,
work is a real pain at the moment.

just got a bit of a problem with the acceleration, when I put me foot down she shudders and amost stops, then goes racing off.

I'm sure I saw this before on here, but i can find it..

any help?

Anyone take a picture of where the filler is for the gearbox fluid so I know Ive got the right one?

Ta.

Gareth_GT_Hatch wrote:Wehey! Great Stuff pal. Glad its all worked out for ya. Money well spent?

money very well spent.
Looking in to doing a 1.4 conversion if I can find one with the right miles and the right price.

hoorah.
I fixed it.
Was a leak in the inlet manifold.
seems that some of the old gasket had remained there.
Doh.
all smooth running and stuff now. Hoorah.

cheers for the help anyway.

DanW wrote:I thought it was only the NZ that had vacume advance?

yup. no vaccuum on mine.
I'm thinking of getting rid of it.
It's a bit annoying now.