Therusterman
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To wash:
Dodo Juice supernatural shampoo-doesn't strip wax
Bilberry wheel cleaner
Iron X if required-
Autosmart Tardis
Autosmart G101 apc
Polish:
Meguiar M205 and M105 via a rotrary polisher
Wax:
Meguiars nxt wax-nice wet look but doesn't last
Collinite 476s-not as deep finish but lasts longer
Poorboys wheel wax-few coats and protects the wheels for a season
Could be here all day discussing which wax is best!
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When I did my rear ABS sensors, I found I was able to line up one of the wheel bolt holes with the sensor and knock it out using a punch. Made life much easier compared to trying to pull it out of the back of the hub.
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Meh, glad it was recorded on sky, ended up skipping about half of it. Bored with the star in a car bit who just end up plugging their new film/show/book, but you would never do that would you Clarkson?
Found a channel on youtube called /Drive-look for the segement Chris Harris on cars, now he knows how to review cars and be entertaining
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Check out the engine number, anything up to number 176889 will have double chains, as has been said, some obd 2 cars could still have this
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Usually getting high 90's when everything's nicely warmed up. Don't think 104 is too high a temperature. Could point to an issue with the oil cooler, but couldn't say what exactly
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Glad you decided to keep hold of this! Those brakes look shocking, the previous owner must thought having working brakes is over rated! Good luck getting it all sorted, hopefully there isn't too many expensive shockers in store
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Looking good, keep us updated. Not sure your engine enjoyed getting the tits ragged out of it as you did in the video!
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Windscreen wiper stalk replacement
Ever since I bought the car the 'mist' or 'one wipe' function on the stalk was always hesitant to work-the wipers would sometimes stop on the way through their sweep and required a couple of pushes to get the wipers to cycle. This has got worse this month in particular, spreading to other functions on the same stalk including when clearing the windscreen with the washers, the rear wiper would start sweeping.
The steering column was stripped down and I got to the wiper stalk and found this on a number of the contacts;
I think this was due to the lubricant that had been liberally applied by someone before me. I took the stalk apart with the intention of cleaning the terminals. I unscrewed a fitting, then everything sprang apart all over the garage with bits hitting the ceiling......needless to say I just fitted the replacement stalk I had lined up. Everything is now working much smoother.
Whilst the steering wheel was off I hit it with some Gliptone leather cleaner, and unsurprisingly a lot of grime was pulled out;
Achieved the nice matt 'new leather' look to the wheel, but also highlighted some heavy wear to the top of the wheel, someone driving one handed with too many rings springs to mind!
HID woes
Unsurprisingly, one of the HID units had failed over the past few days. Drove to work on my last night duty and thought the lights seemed a little dull, get to work and yup one lamp was out. Took a closer look at the problem today and the fuse for the nearside dipped beam feed was blown, replaced fuse and blew again. Tested the lamp with the ballast from the other side and everything worked fine. Checked the offending ballast with the multimeter and was giving high resistance. Already ordered another complete HID kit as I'd prefer to have other spare bits on standby when needed, so for now back to running the original headlights.
During stand down at work decided to give the car a wash and another quick coat of wax, looking ok at the moment
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Hmmmm, there is a chance it could of failed and stuck shut, but in my mind that would be a long shot. Suppose you could whip out the thermostat, run the car up to temperature and see if it warms up properly?
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Is the thermostat new? In the past with other golfs, after driving the car/getting it hot I left the reservoir cap off overnight to allow any air in the system out.
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Sure your coilpack isn't on the way out?
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Hope you get it sorted, let us know how you get on
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Yeah was going to say, replaced the thermostat and all associated plastics/seals and bolts from vw
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I've only ever seen the wishbones in black. Try and go for a known brand like Febi bilstein as the quality of those is good.
Are you doing both sides? Remember if doing the driver side you'll either need to raise the engine or drop the sump to get access to one of the bolts
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I believe this can be caused by the cam chain tensioner-this operates in oil pressure from the engine to tension the chain.
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Which bolts do you mean? The ones that attach the housing to the block?
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Hella Twins fitted
Finally pulled my finger out and carried on working on the Hella's to get them ready for installation. All in only took a couple of hours.
Started off with tidying up the wiring;
The way I've wired the lamps in they can more easily be replaced as there is now only the feed wires for the bulb going through the rubber grommet. Originally all the wiring went through the grommet which made installation more tricky.
Rinse and repeat;
Wasn't 100% sure if this is right, so correct me if i'm wrong. The headlamps can be adjusted for right hand drive, and left hand drive. However the lamps themselves state 'left side traffic' and 'right side traffic'. So I've gone for left side traffic.
And all done;
Will wait until its dark later to see how they perform with the HID lamps, hope the beam adjustment isn't too far off
Air con deodorize
Also been noticing the air con has smelt damp and musty after use. Seen the Wurth air con deodorizer is meant to work well
Action shot
Worked a treat and has got rid of the damp musty smell I used to get so happy with that.
Until next time.
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I picked up a set of leads from eBay for around £40, have been fine since I fitted them a few months ago and cured a misfire I had at similar revs to you.
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Make sure you get some sound clips with the decat and manifold, been looking for something to add more of a v6 noise to my Miltek
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Was it leaking? Pain in the arse when you get halfway through a job and need more parts!
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I had a little slack between the sprockets when I did mine, never been an issue, done 4000 miles and is all ok.
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That'll be it then!
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VR6 OBD2, rescue project ... it begins! L46 DPE
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What were you trying to fix by putting a new water pump in?