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Re: Dave J's Edition 30 - no. 1387 - Revo Stage 1

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Dave J:
Thanks v4ley - glad the info is of use to someone so soon  :smiley:. As said, shame that Hel don't make mention of these clips when ordering.

Hi Shoduchi - your car is looking great after all the work! Good to hear the lines fit without the clips, but I was told that my car would fail the UK MOT test if it didn't have them fitted. (MOT is our yearly road worthiness check).

Cheers, Dave

AIR_CHILLED:
Nice car and brake job!

Thanks for the heads up on the Hel brackets as mine came without. I just assumed the original vw ones fitted??

Thanks for your link I have just purchased some, good job I didn't start that job today then.
For £40 you'd expect some brackets!

Dave J:
Wow, nearly a year since I updated. I have been doing stuff - some not so interesting (new charcoal canister and hoses to try and sort the P0441 code).

This year was a devastating year for me with the loss of a close friend in Feb - even worse we shared a car passion. So, it has taken me time to get to where I am now - no Goodwood this year (the family and I are leaving it a year), but went to Vagtuner, which meant I stayed in John's house the night before with his partner which was quite healing in a weird way...
 
So onto happier things this week...on a weeks holiday I wanted to sort the car a bit. New Continental Contisport Contact 5's for the front this week. Car was driving horribly as the fronts were on the wear bars - never known a car to be so sensitive on it's tyres and tracking other than an MX-5! Sooo much better now!

Highlight of the week, and maybe the year - was a trip to JKM for Revo Stage 1 today. I know everyone says R-tech, but I'm not sure what l want in time to come, so it was a shorter drive and that's it...

Had a Loba pump fitted (I've had for a while), and a VWR intake for subtle turbo noises. Traffic was terrible on the way home and it was wet, so car only got a couple of tickles in the rush hour traffic. Left Portsmouth at 3:45pm - got to Maidenhead at 6:15pm - A3/M3 junction was terrible!

Will enjoy a drive tomorrow, and then it needs a good clean on Sunday...!

eddie pk:
just to echo others comments ..thats a very good looking car , nice one.

Dave J:
Well - as promised - a few pics of my update to replacing the charcoal canister. Has only been partly successful as the P0441 code has now gone to 'intermittent', so need to try the other pipes and valves, or junk the lot...!

My engine bay as started out;


Replacing the charcoal canister with some new shizzle;


Old crapness...;


Mmm, brand new, or not...!


Engine after new caps and a bit of a scrub...;



Bucket after cleaning...!!


It's not normally that bad...honest...!

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