Painting the boot recess
Trunk recess upgrade – improving factory finish in VW Polo.
Maintenance & Repairs
How to service and repair your Polo yourself? My step-by-step guides assist you with replacing wear-and-tear parts, engine maintenance, and fixing minor technical faults at home.
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Defective fuel filter – symptoms and location
Zapach benzyny pod samochodem to zawsze powód do niepokoju. Sprawdź, dlaczego w moim Polo doszło do awarii filtra paliwa i jak sobie z tym poradzić.
Shock absorber covers
The rear shock absorber covers have become damaged due to old age. Eventually they will go to scrap anyway, but the covers themselves are not expensive so I replaced them with new ones – at least it will look good until I change the suspension.
Broken airbag clock spring — diagnosis and replacement
Volkswagen Polo 6R: broken airbag clock spring – diagnosis and replacement
Replaced broken protective cap for contact +
When installing an additional wire from battery (−SA−) to the interior fuse box (−SB−) to power the heated windshield, I remembered about my damaged battery positive terminal cover. I don’t like when something is not as it should be, so the next day I ordered a new cover. protective cap (main fuse socket, for contact … Czytaj dalej „Replaced broken protective cap for contact +”
7 years together
A very Happy Birthday to my little Polo 🙂 Today is her birthday.Now she has more grown up.Every year she’s becoming more perfect. 😇 Mileage: 64,258 km I still have a lot of plans for my car and I will certainly not sell it in near future!
The idea of installing a heated windshield on the Polo
Ciclo inspired me to install heated windscreen – why not?
RNS 510 Map Update — EU West V13
DVD RNS 510 / RNS 810 — West V13 (1T0 051 859 AK) Volkswagen Navigation CY — Europe West V13Component: EU West V13 8348 I downloaded this update from gpsunderground.com, from topic RNS 510 & RNS 810 Europa West & East V13 (https://gpsunderground.com/forum/volkswagen-seat-skoda/36328-rns-510-rns-810-europa-west-east-v13.html) and burned it to DVD DL from Verbatim.
9300 km of mileage and the first day of winter.. :(
It has been snowing since yesterday, it is hard to drive on snow-covered roads, especially when cornering – at least I see that ASR and ESP are working properly 🙂 Time to switch to winter tires. To my surprise, the paint on the drums and brake calipers sticks perfectly 😀Today my Pola’s milleage increased to … Czytaj dalej „9300 km of mileage and the first day of winter.. :(”
The first service – oil change
Today I had an appointment for a car inspection after the first year of use. The oil filter and filter insert have been replaced. In addition, the pollen and dust filter was blown through – replacement at a mileage of approx. 6 700 km was not necessary. As it turned out, I could use my … Czytaj dalej „The first service – oil change”