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  1. Fault codes 525 & 635

    in Engine Maintenance and Problems

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    Right guys, gave the car a checkup on the code reader and pulled 00525 O2 Sensor - Voltage Low -G39 and 00635 Oxygen Sensor Heating Circuit - Ahead of Catalytic Convertor, will keep an eye on these and see if they pop up again, never seen them when iI've run previous scans. 

     

    What do you all think, faulty lambda sensor?

  4. Oli's '97 5 Door VR6 Journal

    in Members Rides and Event Photos

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    Wheel bearings continued

     

    Had a nice haul of parts today, picked up my order from VW, went to Euro and got some oil, filter and sump plug washer, plus picked up the hubs from the garage with the newly installed wheel bearings;

     

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    Went into Halfords and had my 1/2 drive extension bar replaced under warranty and picked up a 36 mm socket for removing the oil filter housing more easily. 

     

    This shows how shagged my old cover plates were;

     

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    New bearings make me smile;

     

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    New cover plates make the hubs look nasty now, wish I had the time to completely strip and powder coat them;

     

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    Here is the shock bolt with the stripped thread, glad this one isn't going back on;

     

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    Only had time to change the oil and filter which went without any drama, apart from making a huge mess with the old oil and normal. And refitted and torqued up the nearside hub and associated components. 

     

    Plan is to finish the other side tomorrow, then have the car booked in for a full alignment in the afternoon, and hopefully the VR is good to go back on the road. 

  6. Oli's '97 5 Door VR6 Journal

    in Members Rides and Event Photos

    Posted · Edited by Therusterman

    Gearbox Oil (again) and wheel bearings

     

    Received a few bits and pieces through the post over the last few days, including some Red Line MTL gearbox oil, and a big hand suction gun. Ordered this to make life a lot easier filling the gearbox as the fill hole is difficult to get to. Also had some Febi front wheel bearings arrive as well, more on those chaps later.

     

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    Action shot!

     

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    Note the horrific amount of oil on the block, think I need to re-seal the upper timing chain cover :( The oil change was knocked out in around 30 minutes, was a lot easier to do with the suction gun.

     

    When I replaced the offside out CV gator, I found some play in the wheel bearing, and could hear a kind of drone coming from the front wheels, especially when turning. Now, I have seen some people replace the wheel bearing's with the hub still attached to the strut, thus not messing up the alignment too much.

     

    Went to a local BMW specialist up the road who I've used before to see if they could do the same. Unfortunately not, they have to remove the hub and press the bearing out on a hydraulic press. I was then tempted to let them do the whole lot, but this would be around 2 hours labor, which at £80/hour was getting expensive. So I reluctantly booked the car in, came home home and thought bugger it and this happened;

     

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    Whipped off the hubs myself in a couple of hours.

     

    I dropped the hubs and new bearings back at the garage and they said they can just change the bearings over for me, which should be cheaper. Hoping to get them back tomorrow afternoon.

     

    Dropped by Citygate on the way home to order a new hub > strut bolt as the threads on one is ruined, and to order some new splash shields to go on the back of the hub to cover the disc, one of mine was like a rotten bit of tin foil hanging on for life and the other one was on its way to been the same. Grand total for a few bolts and bits of formed metal, £45 please, nice to see things haven't changed since I last went there!

     

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  13. Wheel bearing replacement, new hubs aswell?

    in Transmission

    Posted

    Looking to replace the front wheel bearings, noticed some play in one of them when I recently changed a cv boot. Is it also worth replacing the hub aswell?

     

    Also, when it comes to the make of the new bearings, I've seen some Febi/Bilstein ones, they usually make O.E quality stuff so thought they should be ok, or am i better off going to the dealer? Thing is I can't see a listing for the bearing on its own from VW.

     

    One last thing, any ideas where I can rent a bearing press, or do I just take the hubs to a garage?

  16. Oli's '97 5 Door VR6 Journal

    in Members Rides and Event Photos

    Posted

    Winter Mode

     

    Got the car into winter mode today. Finished cleaning and waxing the BBS's ready to fit

     

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    Fitted some plastic wheel nut covers to tidy up the look of the wheel nuts. Seen this on some of the newer Golfs and liked the look of them;

     

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    Winter mode!

     

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    Gave the car a good wash down after fitting the wheels, I promise! Haven't driven out on them yet. Expecting to have more traction now with the softer rubber. The lower temps we are getting during the day made acceleration tricky especially when pulling away.

     

    I have also noticed a tiny leak from the upper radiator hose where the plastic y piece is, nothing bad enough to lose a significant amount of coolant. I sourced a replacement hose which is all one piece;

     

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    But I frankly couldn't be arsed to change it right now, the hose clamps weren't playing ball.

     

    Off work for the next couple of weeks and plan on getting the Morettes all fitted.

  18. Big Six Two - Vento VR6

    in Members Rides and Event Photos

    Posted

    How come the matrix doesn't fit? Was it a genuine or aftermarket part? Have you thought about getting a cheap run around to use as a daily, as at the moment the Vento isn't playing ball. I remember when I had non stop problems with my abs i was on the verge or torching the car, but I persevered and got it sorted.  

     

    The random bulb-wouldn't surprise me if that was bodged into the abs light, and the bundled up cable looks like some weird amp speaker wire hybrid. Whoever owned this car before you has done an A1 job of bodging everything they touched, what a shame.

     

    Given the time i'm sure you can get all the problems ironed out!  :)

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