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Mk5 General Area / Re: What did you and your MKV do today?

« Last post by GreigC on July 24, 2024, 10:29:29 pm »

Changed the flywheel. Old PN was discontinued, new PN you can only find OEM for 1100 euros... Insane. Fitted a Sachs one, used on diesels with dq250 dsg. Works great and only costs ~300 euros. Sachs part number 2295 000 541.

That pilot bearing is a massive PITA to take out without the proper VAG extractor tool. We chiselled away at it till it came out in little pieces, wasted an hour on that crap and it's a 30sec job with the tool. All the youtube guides with bread / grease are useless.

What was the reason for needing to change the flywheel? How many miles had it done or what was the symptoms?


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Interesting! Is this for a MK5 GTI or Diesel?

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Members Rides / Re: Vanilla GTI

« Last post by MKVASMR on July 24, 2024, 07:30:29 pm »

Bought a set of Depo headlights, happy how they look, not so happy about the light output. Will be going down the OEM BiXenon route next year

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Members Rides / Re: Vanilla GTI

« Last post by MKVASMR on July 24, 2024, 07:24:23 pm »

Wanted to go down the Michelin path but I managed to get a set of Dunlop Sportmax tyres for really cheap and couldn’t pass the opportunity so took those and got a full alignment

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Members Rides / Vanilla GTI

« Last post by MKVASMR on July 24, 2024, 07:19:44 pm »

Made a lot of posts and never actually introduced my GTI. Got it in November last year. It’s a 2008 4door manual with little to no options which was my goal so I could work on it myself.
















First I went to solve some mechanical ⚙️ stuff before I went into any upgrades.
Did the cam chain, timing belt and the thermostat and changed all of the fluids.















At this point I had the car remapped but I wasn’t happy with the tune so I’m going to get a custom tune in the next couple of weeks.
I’m planning on keeping the car OEM + and keeping it forever!

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How to Guides / Troubleshooting / Re: Terrible fuel consumption

« Last post by MKVASMR on July 24, 2024, 07:09:42 pm »

Bump!
I looked at the fuel trims. I get two values at block 32. Value 1: -1.3% and Value 2: 5.1%.
I did a smoke test hooking up the smoke machine on the intake. Haven’t had any leaks. Car goes well. The calipers are not sticking. What are the other possible causes? I have a new DV and PCV. I get an occasional p0441 code. Did a N80 test and got this


New tyres all around and I did an alignment. Car perfectly straight.

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How to Guides / Troubleshooting / Fault codes and MIL light

« Last post by Hayden on July 24, 2024, 11:07:19 am »

Hi all, I have a stock Mk5 gti on just under 90k.

Recently had my first engine management light pop up on the dash while driving. Took it to a garage for diagnostic but they just cleared the light and told me to come back if it returns (not sure I'll be going back). I have a picture of the diagnosis and was wondering what peoples opinions are on continuing on driving. I need to do around 200miles this weekend but are comprehensive about driving it. The diagnosis results are in the attached photo. Thanks in advance

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Mk5 General Area / Re: Oil recommendations for dsg service mk5

« Last post by lazy on July 24, 2024, 07:16:30 am »

I phoned TPS to get a DSG service kit and was asked did I want 5 or 6 litres, so asked for 6 just to make sure I had plenty. On all things I've seen and read it was saying usually 4.5 - 5 litres drains out. I'd noticed some oil gathering around the filter head so thought it was going to be a bit lower, but when I drained it roughly 3.4 litres came out so I thought it had lost a lot oil. Then when I came to fill it, it only took slightly more. Then I ran it up to the correct temperature and drained the excess off and I worked out it took roughly 3.6 litres. The work was carried out on a 2 post ramp so vehicle was level and I'm 100% positive it was done correctly, it's actually quite an easy job if you have an OBD scanner that can tell you the ATF temperature.
If anyone else has serviced DSG gearboxes I'd like to know is mine and outlier or is this a normal amount of oil. 

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What did you and your MKV do today?

« Last post by skkane on July 23, 2024, 10:25:32 pm »

No idea how many kms on it, car had ~270k when I got it 2 years ago with 4 previous owners. It has ~309k now.

It rattled one time in N during standstill and was pretty rough / jerky when coming to a standstill after a while driving thru bad city traffic. The shift from 2nd to 1st was pretty crap, dropping revs to ~600, felt like a beginner driving a manual transmission and almost stalling the engine.

It was definitely livable with as I don't really drive that much during rush hour but changed it for peace of mind. Drove all day and it felt smooth as silk.

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Mk5 General Area / Re: What did you and your MKV do today?

« Last post by fakie1977 on July 23, 2024, 08:32:22 pm »

Changed the flywheel. Old PN was discontinued, new PN you can only find OEM for 1100 euros... Insane. Fitted a Sachs one, used on diesels with dq250 dsg. Works great and only costs ~300 euros. Sachs part number 2295 000 541.

That pilot bearing is a massive PITA to take out without the proper VAG extractor tool. We chiselled away at it till it came out in little pieces, wasted an hour on that crap and it's a 30sec job with the tool. All the youtube guides with bread / grease are useless.

What was the reason for needing to change the flywheel? How many miles had it done or what was the symptoms?


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Mk5 General Area / Re: Genuine cam follower unavailable

« Last post by ROH ECHT on July 23, 2024, 08:00:01 pm »

Just get one made by INA. Even if you buy one from a VAG dealer...INA might even be on the spec sticker (this was the case for some time. However, I just got a new CF from my local dealer yesterday (Oregon, US), and INA was not on the spec sticker. They might have a new supplier now. Obviously...most parts from a VAG dealer are supplied by other sources. Just need to know which currently supplies, or has supplied them the part you seek. Then perhaps look for it elsewhere. Here, we have a few places, online, selling our parts with a lifetime warranty (ECS Tuning...FCP Euro, etc.). So you buy one and done. But the price diff between genuine (made by INA) and one by INA is this: