What did you do to your VW today? - Page 270

Miller7204 · #**4036** (**permalink**) 11-23-2012, 11:18 PM

Wtf is that first pic of?!

Pssst...passed you · #**4037** (**permalink**) 11-23-2012, 11:24 PM

Inner tie rod Seal, boot removed. This is where 99% of seals fail on PS racks.

Miller7204 · #**4038** (**permalink**) 11-23-2012, 11:27 PM

Luckily I've seen zero wet spots under my car so I think I just ran out of fluid. Even the mechanic said the bottom of my car was bone dry when we had it up on the rack.

Pssst...passed you · #**4039** (**permalink**) 11-23-2012, 11:31 PM

Good to hear, on another note I finally had time to fix my rear damper. It should NOT have come to these steps, but IL winters are a bitch. I posted this in my timeline, but I seem to double post stuff here as well so here goes...

How it got stuck, mount loose:

Had to hacksaw then dremel with a cutting disc:

Set damping adjustment, spun on new top nuts, and now both sides work great, for now.

Miller7204 · #**4040** (**permalink**) 11-25-2012, 06:15 PM

Got in it and drove back to school. Hopefully getting it inspected this week, wheels switched, and selling the RC's. I need new rotors

_FUBAR_ · #**4041** (**permalink**) 11-26-2012, 06:58 AM

drove it with the filled engine mounts....stiff. lots of vibration and the engine noise is weird now. not sure if i popped a hose loose or what. engine just sounds noisey.

vwGLI · #**4042** (**permalink**) 11-29-2012, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by _FUBAR_

drove it with the filled engine mounts....stiff. lots of vibration and the engine noise is weird now. not sure if i popped a hose loose or what. engine just sounds noisey.

Are you ditching the fill it yourself idea? Or do you think it could be the material you filled it with?

Pssst...passed you · #**4043** (**permalink**) 11-29-2012, 09:08 AM

His choice in filling material, coupled with that fact it is now a solid mount would lend itself to this vibration and engine noise issue. he very well may have popped a hose, but i am guessing it is just caused by vibration in the front of the car now.

_FUBAR_ · #**4044** (**permalink**) 11-29-2012, 11:55 AM

no hoses popped or gone or whatever. just think im hearing more of the engine in the cabin now. radio gets turned up more thats all. love the way it feels now. checked the mounts and they are still holding up. did a couple quick hard runs with some hard shifting. smoked 1st, smoked 2nd and 3rd chirpped nicely. before 1st would hop and i would just lay off.

_FUBAR_ · #**4045** (**permalink**) 11-29-2012, 07:34 PM

hit 98,000 miles. put my pine garland and lights on the roof rack. need to find a way to light it up.

Pssst...passed you · #**4046** (**permalink**) 11-30-2012, 06:19 AM

Began splitting the BBS

Inferno990 · #**4047** (**permalink**) 11-30-2012, 04:16 PM

Rotated my tires and straightened up my rotors a bit. Car stops much better now.

_FUBAR_ · #**4048** (**permalink**) 11-30-2012, 05:21 PM

we have power.

Wolfy · #**4049** (**permalink**) 12-02-2012, 03:55 AM

Got my tint done all around 20%. My oem splash guards came in, so I will be installing them, later today.

Pssst...passed you · #**4050** (**permalink**) 12-03-2012, 06:39 AM

Split the 16" BBS RXIIs. Had trouble with one and need to work through a couple bad bolts, but 3 are fully split.