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LC5F's Graphite Blue GTI - Pilgrimage to Caffeine & Machine
colesey:
Minimal use and abuse I’m afraid…
LC5F:
--- Quote from: colesey on July 19, 2021, 05:57:57 pm ---Minimal use and abuse I’m afraid…
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Oh! - that's not great to hear - will source some spares
colesey:
Sorry to be alarmist - the issue in my car was on one side and there is always the possibility that the mechanic did something wrong. Not a bad idea to buy a used arb though to stash away for a rainy day.
LC5F:
Got round to doing the Intercooler this weekend.
Seems Off side front corner has had a light bump, the fog light was different and held in by wood screws, and the headlight washer had been damaged - cable tie wizard had done their magic:
Just leaving that as-is, its still working so no need to mess with it.
Bumper off I could see the condenser was in quite a state:
As everything was being replaced, when screws rounded out I just cut off the connection to remove the condenser, it really was totally goosed:
VCDS had been saying for months there was low pressure in the system, pleased that no gas came out when I cut into the pipes - service and re-gas booked for Wednesday.
Wrestling with the new Rad/intercooler/condenser set up I managed to forget to check that the 2 pegs at the bottom of the Intercooler were located in the slam panel - didn't find this out until after the bumper was on and I was wondering why the fans wouldn't spin freely... another go with front panel loose and it was in:
Cut and fit the boost hoses, replace the rusted screws under the bumper with Audi stainless ones.
A bit of time bleeding the coolant - managed to save about 75% - then onto a test drive.
Much better throttle response than before, feels like there is a bit more power too.
Mid-range acceleration was always good, but now its much improved.
LC5F:
Update - managed to slip the timing belt and bend all 16 valves - covered in this thread:https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,131869.0.html
Currently the Golf is sat stripped.
I have been gathering parts, so far I have got timing belt kit & cam chain kit both INA. Head gasket set & bolts both Victor Reinz. invested in a used Laser timing kit and new injector remover/install kit.
TPS has been taking a lot of money off me too, only things left to get are the ceramic rings that seal the VVT wheel on the exhaust cam.
The machine shop ~I will be using cant take the head till the 16th - so I just have to keep cleaning and reviewing the parts - plus bone up on cam chain and timing belt installs on you tube.
Its funny that looking at the parts taken off has uncovered a few porkies the PO told me, stuff he claimed he had renewed within the last year of his ownership - claims of timing belt and PCV were true, but the cam chain and diverter valve were definitely old - diverter is Rev C!
Today I was preparing the turbo - during my recent downpipe replacement I (wisely) body swerved replacing the studs. But as its now fully accessible I had no excuse, took blow torch and double nut to get all 4 out cleanly. Afterwards I chased out with a tap - a lot of crud came out of the threads and the new studs installed:
After that photo I degreased all the grime off and turbo placed in the clean pile.
After converting to intake, the one thing that had been bugging me was the silly extended oil fill neck left from the engine cover:
Just looks daft!
Always thought it could be improved on...one of the YT videos was some dutch dudes doing a timing belt on an NA Audi A4, cam cover looked exactly like the Golf one, but oil cap was flush and it looked like it was alloy - after some searches on ebay I found it wasnt alloy (boo) - just plastic alloy - and it seemed to have plastic blocking the base of the filler.
Some googling and I found an old thread on here: https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8036.0
Heat gun out, heating the base of the tube and then some taps with a hammer later:
Oil cap is now flush & I can return back to extended neck if I want to - very pleased with this change
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