20 Most Recent 2006 Volkswagen Golf - Page 6 Questions & Answers

Could be your outer CV joints. When you turn left, the weight of the vehicle transfers to the right wheel and visa-versa and you'll know which CV joint is knocking. You can buy a boot kit which includes grease, nut, clamps and the rubber outer boot for $30.

yes but it wont do cat a lot of good ,just replace the lambada sensors and it will go out on tis own

Usually when this happens it tells the tech that the left outer CV Joint is starting to dry up from lose of grease. The rubber boot could be torn and spitting out grease. When you turn right, most of the car's weight is tranfered to the left wheel. The same thing happens when you turn left, the weight is transfered to the right wheel. Lift it up and inspect the Constant Velocity Joints inner and outter rubber boots for leakage or tearing, there are two each axle. Most of the time it would only need a new boot and repacked with high temp grease.

bulb failure warning light,check your brake lights.....

The condensers are infamous for developing leaks on the VW's. Before replacing Compressor have the shop do a vacuum test on it to make sure its holding pressure. If a compressor is bad the system will still hold vacuum. If the system does not hold vacuum then the problem is not compressor but in the condenser or lines with a leak. Have the shop do a leak test on it ONLY after vacuum test.

Since you have an indicator showing this, I assume it should also trigger a check engine light or maintenance light. If it has already then you need a diagnostic device connected to it in order to retrieve an error code. Once you get the error code then you can have an idea of where to start troubleshooting. Hope this helps.

normally a dual filament staggered pin

Act like you are going to turn on the headlights while doing so push in on the switch and it should now be able to be pulled out...look at the wires and make sure none of them are loose, verify contacts are still hitting the actual inside of the switch....verify no fuses are blown and check the contacts in the wiring harness at the headlight.

to me it sounds like a crankshaft position sensor, if so whats happning is that the ecu doesnt know when to produce a spark at the plugs, my advice is to get a technition to scan over your cars sensors with an ocilliscope to determine the problem

nissan?

the piston screws back. you can buy a tool at an auto parts place for a few dollars. it's a small cube shaped tool with various spaced nubs on each side for multiple vehicle use

have somebody pull up on the trunk while you press the button inside

Check rear light bulb sockets for corrosion, then check the light switch and the associated relay.

Actually they area vacume/preshure opparated system.... now if fitted with this crazey system bear with me!!!!!
Open the boot, pull back the lineing to reveal the off side rear lamp cluster, underneath the cluster you will see a black box with a plug and a plastic preshure pipe going to it (this is the vac- air+ preshure pump and electronic control unit.
Now what happens is this the seal on the back light cluster leek rain water in after a while, and guess where it goes? Yes thats right all over and inside the box where al the electronics are! Fantastic ! any way solution is easy just take the box out....take it in the house open it... tip the water out! dry it out in the airing cubard or hair dryer e.t.c. put the lid back on thats it (GOODTHING REALLY SEEN THE PRICE OF THEM?) oh! forgot to say it is in like some grey polystirine in the car to stop it banging about!sugest you re seal the lamp unit with some RTV silicone sealer (Better than the manufacture seals) OH YES THAT BOX ALSO IS THE ALARM CONTROL TOO!
There you go Neil your all sorted!

Since exhaust gas (therefore lots of carbon) runs through the EGR it isn't uncommon for them to fail. Sometime a simple cleaning can put them back in service. You'll have to remove the vavle and use a strong cleaner (like carb or brake parts cleaner) to remove the carbon. Clean the valve and the area where the valve bolts to the engine. I've known this to save many people hundreds of dollars in a wasted repair. Good luck.

its part of the intake system and i cant remember what its called

you need to look in your owner manual to see what fuel it calls for if you have miss place your see if you can download one for your car www.edmunds.com wish you the best Michigan Man.