VW Golf Mk6 2.0 TDI Thermostat Replacement / Volkswagen Golf Mk6 2.0 TDI Running Cold? DPF Issues?

2011 Golf 2.0 TDI running cool, with an erratic temperature reading. Usually at about 3/4 temperature but sometimes cooler and occasionally reaching 90°C on the gauge.
Faulty thermostat replaced.
This job would be much easier with a tight access hose clamp tool, but couldn’t find mine so had to struggle with various piers instead…

[@Dark-Lord3386]

Just brought a gtd mk6 and it needs the thermostat replacing. Handy you did this video lol

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@Dark-Lord3386 hope the video helps, and good luck!

[@mickmolloy6594]

Did this job yesterday. Nightmare spent all day doing it. Used a Mahle thermostat seems to be working fine. Also bought a set of 3 hose clip pliers which helped a lot. A quarter drive socket and flexible extension is essential for getting to that bottom thermostat bolt.

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@mickmolloy6594 it’s a good fun job isn’t it!

[@rodneyhull9764]

Brutal job done well.

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@rodneyhull9764 not one I fancy doing again, but would have been so much easier if I hadn’t lost me hose clamp tool, the cable type that fits into spaces

[@tomthompson7400]

Perfect ,, all I need now is fresh coffee and a suggestive biscuit and it will be a perfect Saturday afternoon.

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@tomthompson7400 make sure it’s a chocolate suggestive.

[@chucky2316]

The foot cracks me up mate as does youre dialogue 🤣

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Haha thanks mate. Hashtagthefoottap actually started as a dumb joke at work between me and a couple of mates. I put it into videos cos they were pretty much the only people that watched them at the time, then it just became a thing. It’s stupid and doesn’t make any sense, which is why it’s perfectly at home in my vids 😂

[@chucky2316]

I love it the best shitest pair of Nike airs and wave them like a pair of slippers

[@joyyoung4482]

Good job,well described without any bullshit or drama,however as it is fairly sleety,frosty and cold I may delay for a while....cheers

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Cheers mate. Don’t blame you! 🤣

[@Lewis-jj4kh]

Fairplay i did this job last year on mine and thought id get a genuine one to its a pain cut my hand to shreds on inlet manifold 😂

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@Lewis-jj4kh yea, I’d deffo not fancy doing it again. Saying that though, if I’d of had my hose clamp tool which fits into tight spaces then it would have been so much easier and quicker

[@chucky2316]

Why do they make things so difficult to get to, it was a nice easy job on my last golf mk2. The auto choke used to rot on the mk2 and the temp sensor always played up

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Everything is crammed in on new cars!

[@matsrekdal3065]

That auxiliary, el. waterpump underneath, what is it for? The main waterpump is driven by the timing belt, isn't it?

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@matsrekdal3065 yea it’s an electric water pump, a lot of cars have them to circulate for the heater matrix

[@markatkinson6108]

Need to do this job on my 2009 b6 passat 2.0 tdi dsg. Been putting it off for months now

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@markatkinson6108 it is a bit of a ball ache tbh, but check your gearbox thermostat isn’t the issue first as you have an auto. They are supposed to be much easier to change

[@tuwarapyoo5511]

Guessing the process is the same for the cfgb engine then? This always tends to happen in the winter too. I literally searched for this video and this was posted 6 hours ago lol 😂

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Yea I think it’s the same job on the CFGB, but please let us know if it is when you do yours? Yea winter definitely shows up bad thermostats, especially in diesels. I changed another one today on a Renault Scenic dCi that was also running cold

[@tuwarapyoo5511]

@StupidBlokeStupidVideos what's the average time of this job? Isit an all day one and what's the average cost you'd be paying for it via trade you reckon?

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@ I’m not sure to be honest. I was filming it so it took 10 times as long as it would have. If I’d have had my hose clip removal tool and wasn’t filming the job, I reckon it would have taken me a couple of hours

[@Mac_s94]

Got a link for the thermostat mate ?

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@Mac_s94 it came from TPS mate

[@benedictroberts678]

I shit... You not! I have the EXACT same engine with the EXACT same problem Bollocks to doing that myself though.

[@Super-lucky-7777]

worth every single penny getting someone else to do it, just find a good place.

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@benedictroberts678 yea, sometimes I wish I was more cleverer and had a highly paid office job so I could pay someone else and avoid doing shit like this myself 😂

[@mattst4732]

Yes! I too have the same (well it looks the same.. cffb?) engine And the same problem only I don’t have the skills to attempt it myself hence it having been like this for probably a year now!

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@mattst4732 has it caused and DPF issues from not getting to temp and failing to regen?

[@mattst4732]

Not that I know of, it still appears to regen as usual, it seems that these cars idle higher than usual when doing a regen and it’s still doing that every now and again. That was my main concern about it actually. Should get it done really, not keen on finding out the cost though

[@Super-lucky-7777]

Dam making it look easy 😮 imagine doing that 5/10 times a week 😂..💀

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@Super-lucky-7777 tbh, if I could have found my hose clip tool that’s on a cable, the job would have been 10x easier! The hose clips were the villain of the scenario 🤣

[@Super-lucky-7777]

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos the thing is I had the clip tool 🤣 I will never repeat that job rather buy new car.

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@ hahah ffs. The clip tool would have helped and made the job soooooo much easier too

[@Super-lucky-7777]

@@StupidBlokeStupidVideos are you planning a cambelt video on the tdi ?

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@ nahhhh. It’s got history to say it was done about 10k miles ago fortunately

[@RJAH355]

Yes VW make things that will need changing stupidity hard. Especially thermostats. The 3.0 tdi have 2 one is really easy the second is in the most ridiculous place possible.

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@RJAH355 the automatic DSG have 2 stats too. The gearbox one is supposed to be easy, but not the main one

[@bettyourcampervan]

I suppose it was an enjoyable video........🤣🤣

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

Haha thanks Flaps

[@lukem4321]

What a cheap nasty thermostat housing. The accountants really are in charge 😂

[@StupidBlokeStupidVideos]

@@lukem4321 pretty much all cars seem to have cheap nasty plastic housings these days