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What did you and your MKV do today?
ttelracs:
So I fitted the gearbox mount and whilst there, cleaned up the earth straps where they mount to the chassis. No issues fitting once the engine was jacked up an inch or two and supported. Battery and and tray removed then the 7 bolts holding the mount in place. Mount removed, replaced with polybushed ones, bolts replaced, tightened and then all back together. About an hour without cleaning the earth straps.
A lot more initial NVH, now feels like a tired old Peugeot 406 diesel taxi with a couple hundred thousand miles on the clock at idle. Not nasty but a big difference from the old ones and the gearbox mount I removed was so bad I could rock the engine by hand whilst in situ and once out I could move it with one hand and it squeaks like a b....
It drives and feels so much better and that's just a quick 2 mile spin to ensure all is good. Time will tell and if it really annoys me, I'll replaced with OE or OE+ and put these up for sale.
Octoparrot:
Passed the MOT again today. :smiley:
DBXdarkangel:
I drove passed mine parked up on the road. Only use it 2 weekends outta the month. Thinking of selling it to be fair. Not worth paying £30 a month th Road tax to hardly use it.
I use my wife's pug 107 for town driving. Easier to park, better on fuel and £20 a year road tax.
Stupots:
I fitted the latest BR revision CAN gateway in my girlfriend’s Mk1 Tiguan and noted how easy it is to get to compared to my Mk5. 5 screws to remove the glovebox and there it is! All coded with no errors. I seem to be fiddling with hers more than mine lately.
ROH ECHT:
I didn't do much:
Changed the oil and filter. I do so each year because I only put 1200 miles on it over the last year.
I noticed a few drops of oil on the floor of the garage. The bottom of the oil pan was oily, but no traces of oil coming down from above as there were no trails of oil on the sides of the pan/sump. I determined it must be from the drain plug. Which is a magnetized, aftermarket, bolt. I put the original back in.
...and that's all.
Everything looked clean and tight and next year will be time (160k miles) for another DSG service and possibly time to take care of its cam timing bits. But it still shows a cam phase position of just -3°KW cold and -2°KW warmed to temps. Also, its Cam Adjustment (Intake) % is just 5.9% (MB 091 Block 2)....so it is not working hard to achieve cam adjustment at the moment. Pointing to proper oil flow throughout the VVT system.
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