10 TIPS on how to BUY a GOOD MK5 GOLF GTI

Spot on this. Apart from the Air con and DSG I had 8 of these issues resolved during my ownership. VW replaced my wings no problem at all at the time.

Love the Lupo GTi in the garage! Such cool cars

I’ve got a gti on my channel too mk5 best

My belt was still perfect afhter 12 years ago

These are generally normal car things to check on any car

You have a gti and you buy 4 season tier💩

Super video! Thank you

Had one for about 12 years and replaced just about every consumable possible multiple times. First 7 years of ownership were flawless then it started getting a bit rough. Biggest issue in mine has been seized callipers

I think this is the best looking GTI. I've been interested in buying one in Japan recently. Some for sale with less than 50k on the odometer for less than $4000 US (600,000 Yen).

Does this apply to audi a3 8p 2.0 tfsi?

bmw had spring issues - plating wasnt good i think

Does anyone own a Man in the comments section just read about DSG owners

Dksnsb

Hi it's that turbo?

A great video thank you, great pace and explanation! Do you still sell GTIs?

I have a 2017 Mk VII Sport. Still looks new, 15k miles. I don’t like driving it much, but still want a GTI. Think I can get a decent Mk V or VI for under $15k?

Does miles matter I’m looking at one on 150k lol does they need new clutch’s at any point?

hi, how do i get your contact? nice work

Great video Andrew, you really know your way around a GTI! Do you know if it's possible to buy replacement Vienna leather? My GTI has a ripped bolster as shown in your video, but the rest of the seats are OK.

They are not proper gti's (like in this video ) with 4 doors full STOP !

Thinking of selling my fn2 type r for a dsg one

A great instruction video. Small points that need looking into, make all the difference. I've got the feelers out for a possible future purchase. Keep up the good work!

Glad to know I tackled all known Mk5 GTI weaknesses.

-Cam Chain, Cam adjuster, Cam tensioner
-PCV Valve
-Cam follower
-Balance shaft delete
-Oil pickup pipe in sump
-Upgraded diverter valve to GFB DV+
-Oem shocks replaced with quality coilovers
-Intake valves cleaned (walnutblasting)
-Timing belt
-Thermostat

Thank you! I'm going to potentially buy an MK5 in a few hours and this video helped me to get prepped up

Top tip should be don't bother. They are boring, pretty slow and only driven by dickheads.

HI so someone asked about the PCV valve ,so I thought I would give some info , the valve is designed to prevent crankcase fumes leaking into atmosphere ,on an older car this was simply a valve venting into the inlet before the throttle body or carb butterfly valve, the result was a very slight vacuum in the crankcase, with turbo cars this is not viable so 2 connections are made one to crankcase and inlet before throttle and another after in other words inlet manifold , the valve then helps create a strong vacuum at low boost and switch over to lower vacuum at high boost .to test the valve removing the oil cap whilst engine running should affect idle , the reason is air drawn into crankcase is now not measured by air flow meter .I hope this helps

Great vid. Does this have a cambelt, cam chain, or both ? I'm a bit confused. I've a 1.4TSI Golf 5 that has a timing chain only.

I don't have a gti, i have a diesel gt with 165000 miles but there is an extraordinarily violent juddering when i crank the engine, but when it's running it's fine. Should i be concerned?

Ive a question......
The passat 147kw 200 tfsi b6.
Is it a GT or a GTI .
Technically in myown opinion mines a highline 200hp so its a GT ...does it deserve a GT bagde.

I love your vids.
Used to have a citigo

Unfortunately I'm being put off watching and reading about all the problems

Very useful, thanks.

Kwik Fit, Bourges Boulevard, Peterborough just told me I need two new rear coil springs fitting and that it could take up to 6 hours to remove them!!! Quoted £320!!!

These GTI's are now selling for silly money at up to 17 years old. Are they really that good? Or is a 2011 Octavia Vrs with the same engine and more space a better buy for £8k?

Also worth checking for sticky rear callipers.

I’d add bumper mounts in the centre of the front bumper and on the drivers side for the rear bumper these seem to rot out on earlier models.

Hi mate I’m looking at a mk5 golf GTI DSG on 130k miles it has FSH, would you touch this ?

I hated my Mk5 GTi. Burned a litre of synthetic oil a month "as standard" apparently for an FSI engine. £18 a month for oil back in the day for an engine in normal condition? Then dies spectacularly on what should have been a recall - fuel injector snapping and injecting swarf and fuel rather than just fuel into the piston chamber. I was told by the service manager to fix it and sell it asap, so paid to prop up a dying engine, which did the deed on me when I least needed it months later. Had to sell it for undriveable scrap for pennies in the pound and lost a ton of money. Last VW I will ever own.

I previously owned a mk5 which was a brilliant car but it burned a lot of oil a ltr a month it had 60k on the clock with fsh, just thought i point that out.
Apparently it was a common problem.
Im a golf enthusiast and have owned mk2,mk3,mk4 and mk5.

Cool lovely car man

Great video!

Any issues with motor mounts and the dog-bone connector going bad on these older mk5’s?

What's the difference between the edition 30 and standard GTi?

So if a cam-belt has a time replacement why do new cam-belts not come with a build date or sell by date on them..? just replaced a cam-belt on a Rover K-Series engine 2005 never been replaced 16 years old with 30k!! the old belt removed looked like New still having it's markings no marks no cracks it looks as good as the new one, I smell a con

Good tip, Don't buy an mk5!!!

I’m not sure if this question has been asked but do you sell cars yourself??

Nice channel, you put on me a huge Gti desire. Unfortunately I had a T roc.

The car looks fine. Owner did a good care of it.