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Pete's Tornado Red ED30, Now For Sale
peter_booker2003:
01/07/17
Managed to get a few bits sorted on the car this afternoon after work.
Fitted a new headlight bulb to the DEPO projectors i've got. This hasn't fixed my issue with the LH bulb not working all the time though. Will check the wiring and report back.
I also fitted a new carbon activated pollen filter and a new air filter into the engine cover. The pollen filter was full of rubbish so well worth the change.
Also fitted some new wheel centre caps to freshen up the wheels. They look much better now.
The car has also had a decent clean. Fully decontaminated, followed by snow foam and a 2 bucket wash. This was followed by a coat of sealant, and then followed 30 mins later by a coat of wax. Looking much better now.
All good with the car at the moment. Few bits i want sorting but just doing bits as and when i can afford really. Have attached a few photos for your viewing.
Cheers!
peter_booker2003:
So, all was well until...
Driving home on Wednesday and all of a sudden, car goes into limp mode. Stopped and restarted and all is well until i hit 3k revs. Straight into limp mode again. No warning lights, but no power. Limp it home and plug in VCDS. Overboosting is the problem.
Dropped it off at the garage on Thursday morning for them to have a look. I was fearing it may be turbo and a bill into the £1000's. They found that between 3-4k revs it was overboosting. On one run, they recorded it peaking at 24psi. They found that the turbo wasn't the problem but were looking towards the map that was on the car being the problem instead.
As they are a REVO dealer they flashed it back to stock and then tried again. Still, the car was throwing limp mode and no power. Next was a smoke test and where they found the problem. When the stock exhaust had been refitted just before i bought the car, one of the hoses hadn't been put back correctly.
This was replaced and fixed correctly, along with a new REV G DV as i had asked them to replace the Rev D that was on the car.
Test driven and spot on. Collected the car today, and although it is slightly down on usual power, it drives much better. All in all £105, which for what they have done is superb. I was expecting £250-£300. Driven home and brimmed with premium fuel and will see how she goes. All well on the 20 mile drive home.
Would definitely recommend Jody and the guys at Midand VW in Cannock. Superb work, along with great knowledge and great prices.
peter_booker2003:
So i headed to Vagtuner with a mate last Sunday. Was one of the first there so saw 95% of the cars arrive. Some right monsters, including Alex Kerr's Octavia VRS which is running 470bhp. Was a little bit stunned at the size of the brakes on that thing too.
Was great to see so many R32's but ED30's were really lacking form what i saw. Did see a couple of Mk6R's which i absolutely love along with an ED35.
Nothing much to note with the car. Has been running fine since i had the bits sorted a couple of weeks back. Having a Sub Frame Spacer Kit fitted on Monday to try and stop the creaking/knocking i have on the front end. Seems its best to try this first for about £20 rather than going the whole hog with top mounts etc. Insurance has rendered my bank balance useless so the mods will have to wait for the time being. Planning a trip up to Scotland in September for a road trip. Very much looking forward to this.
Have attached a couple of photos from last Sunday. The ED30 wasn't in bad company in the afternoon. :happy2: :happy2:
MC71:
Your Eddy is looking great. :happy2:
peter_booker2003:
--- Quote from: MC71 on July 22, 2017, 10:38:19 pm ---Your Eddy is looking great. :happy2:
--- End quote ---
Thanks very much MC71. Nice for someone to think so :happy2:
I've been following your thread too. Those wheels finish it off very nicely. Really looking forward to seeing where you go with it :smiley:
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