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LC5F's Graphite Blue GTI - Pilgrimage to Caffeine & Machine
LC5F:
@Pudding & @RBS Thanks for the kind words guys - I think it has shrunk a little, still got to try some light heat.
So last week I managed to sort out my spare key that I groke the chip in trying to convert it to a Mk7 shell.
Ended up going to Timpsons, typically the only guy in Edinburgh is the opposite side of town... usually they are one-man band arrangements, so I was wondering how he was going to scan my car - easy he sent me out with this reader on my key to gather the information:
£75 liter - I eradicated the stress of only having a single key.
This weekend there was good weather so manged to do an oil change, taking the full length engine under tray off was hampered by the middle bolt intot he subframe being filled with tarmac...got to stop attacking speed bumps:
Thats with the torq opening picked out, luckily I had a spare bolt to shove in, the driver's side had also been attacked too:
Got to finally use the filter oil drain tool - it is the cleanest oil change I have done on the Mk5:
One of the issues I kept on having pre-head rebuild was really high oil consumption, it was regularly getting very low - but the Golf was not giving any warning for low oil level.
From googling I found what I thought was the correct replacement sensor to go into the sump, managed to find a genuine new one on ebay maybe 4 months ago... I suspect I mis-googled as there is a bit of a difference in length... old one is on the right!:
I shoved the new one in - my logic may be flawed - but hopefully this one will warn if it gets too low, need to source another one for the next oil change.
pudding:
I've seen re-trimmers use steam to shrink the leather tightly onto the wheel, as well as upholstery glue. I'd be happy with how yours turned out though tbh, but a little heat won't hurt though!
Have you still got high oil useage after the head rebuild?
I never let the oil get low enough for the warning light to come on. I check it once a week. Probably why my dipsticks keep breaking :grin:
LC5F:
@Pudding - after the head / turbo rebuild oil consumption has dropped dramatically - before it was going through a litre of oil in 500 to 600 miles. Now it hangs around a lot longer, plus with me doing such low milage I only check maybe every month or so, last top up was only 1/4 of a litre.
The problem with artificial suede is it's machine washable, so moisture has no effect on it, currently the baggy bits are:
Right thumb loop- this is simply 4 to 6mm of extra material, that needs to lose itself...
Back of the flat bottom- amazing how often this gets touched during manoeuvres, a reminder/annoyance at every junction!
pudding:
That's a good improvement then. I occasionally get a waft of burning oil when sat in traffic for a while, so I think I have the same job coming up.
Ah of course, steam won't work then :grin:
RBS:
Job well done :happy2: :wink:
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