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Hi all, my sister wants some bass in her Polo mk5 6R, but also wants to maximise her space, considering it's a small car already.
Traditonal boot subwoofer use far too much space. I've tried to find a wheel arch subwoofer, but cant find anything, just so I could evaluate if they would work, unless I ...

I did exactly as you're suggesting last year. Because of the Covid restriction I'd only done a tiny bit over 2K miles in the previous 12 months so I just skipped a year. Fully synthetic is designed not to degrade even with extended service intervals. You'll be fine.

Yours is a MK5. But on here ...

Hi all, this may sound like a repeated question, though I've had a look through cannot find an answer.
But before that, can someone clear up my dumb mind.
On the internet, my car a 2011 1.4 6R1 is classed as a MK5, but in these forums is classified under a MK8/MK9, why so?

Ok, main question. My ...

Yes a bit of tappets noise that dies away a bit with time, as long as your garage used the correct spec of oil it should be okay.

I have never had a car with that engine, but I believe that they can be a bit noisy as they grow older, same as the 1.4 16V 4 cylinder ones in that respect.


I see ...

First of all, really sorry about the delay is getting back. Sister has been really busy and now as the season winds down,
I've had a chance to record the sound.

I borrowed a audio fieldrecorder from a mate and used that to create an mp3, which I have uploaded here:

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index ...

Hi, ok, good idea. I'll try and get that sorted asap. Thx

Hi all, I'm new here. Need some advice please for my sisters car.

Just had it's first service after being the new owners, and I provided all the parts to garage to carry it out.
I followed the service manual and got all the correct parts and spec/grade of oil.

After this service, the engine makes ...