Thanks!
Temporarily fixed a leak on my passenger door, didn't notice the driver's door is doing the same. Bah, need to make new vapor barriers. Just gotta park facing uphill so the water drains out of the door instead of pouring inside.
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Thanks!
Temporarily fixed a leak on my passenger door, didn't notice the driver's door is doing the same. Bah, need to make new vapor barriers. Just gotta park facing uphill so the water drains out of the door instead of pouring inside.
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I'm going to use a shower curtain and metal tape :p
I managed to blow up both oil pressure sensors today... First one blew up and coated the underside of the car and the entire back of the car, as well as the engine bay. Fixed it and did an oil change, went to the car wash to degrease the engine bay and the bottom of my car, cleaned up really well. Went out and took some quick pics of my car. Got home and the second sensor was blown up. Awesome.
Video of the failure of the first sensor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xMKu9uBvy0
Pics I took today (don't mind the water lol):
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WIsh my car ran hahahah
Looking good.
Damn, those trim pieces look MUCH better after some reconditioning!! It looks like you're well on your way to turning that little thing into a clean, dependable daily driver. Nice job with it!
I don't know about dependable, but it'll be my daily driver anyway :lo5l: Thanks guys!
LOL nice
New metal coolant flange, hurray!
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Hopefully this is the last of the leaking coolant...
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Wow, brand new flange a few weeks ago, warped already:
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Even more craptastic flange. This is terrible quality:
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Long weekend... Fixed the antenna (it was broken off at the base), fixed the vapor barriers (no more leaks, woot), recovered the headliner (yay, no more sag), wired in a radio and door speakers (yay, music) and fixed a lot of rattles.
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Nice job man, reminds me of a GTI i bought (back in 1998) out of the junkyard for 100 clams. What i DIDNT know was the fuel injection calibration thingy was junk and new ones were prohibitively expensive :(
Are thoses two MORE vw's in the driveway?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by DocWalt
Thanks! Those fuel distribution thingies sure are expensive, a new one for my brother's old car would have been $1050 :lo5l: Oddly, the same fuel distributor was used on Ferrari V8s... Two of them :eek:
Nah, that's my brother's new Jetta Coupe, and a random Passat driving by, lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCiEka-ZXB8
:)
On a side note, dumped a bottle of UV dye into the coolant, and I'm not finding any leaks. I guess it's burping coolant still, or I have a BHG.
Threw down a deposit on a 1.8L 16v head (higher flow than the 2.0L, thanks VW) that includes 268-ish cams (Autotech Sport) and a fresh rebuild. Here we go :)
You go, Doc. :)
Hope you find the coolant problem is an easy fix.
I have a bit of weeping from the water pump, the UV dye finally showed up. Not nearly enough to explain the loss I have, hurray headgasket.
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mmmmm can't wait
This is why I can't wait
Oil cap:
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Really, really clean cam with a side of coolant:
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Crankcase breather:
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Ah a little headgasket pinhole
Read through your project, looks like quite the fervent love affair! Congrats on the buy and thanks for documenting the resto-mod process for us to enjoy.
So let me ask you, having never driven or even ridden in a GTI like yours myself, how engaging is it to drive? Jeremy Clarkson gives considerable deference to this platform, having used it as the "hot hatch" yardstick in many of his videos. I'm curious what your impression is!
I'd struggle to call it a love affair, haha.
I'd only driven my brother's Golf before this, which was a lot of fun, even on worn out old suspension or when he slammed it on the ground. The GTI takes a nice middle ground and makes it hilariously good fun. It's flickable, and easy to handle with great feedback. It understeers less than the Evo or VR-4 ever did, which is fun. Turn into a highway loop ramp and roll off of the gas and the rear will come around nice and smooth and roll back on the power and the rear drops right back in line. Really well sorted car, can't wait to auto-x or HPDE.
I'm planning on going to NG this year :)
Since the car's down I tore apart the heater box and repaired the blend doors. I have blistering heat now, woot.
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1.8 16V head with Autotech Sport Cams. All cleaned up and ready to drop on. Got a new oil cooler, and a bunch of other bits to go on at the same time. Going to clean up the intake manifold and valve cover and paint them up, they should look fantastic. Can't wait for this weekend!
I'm not sure I would've been comfortable taking a rotary sander to an aluminum head, although I did use one on my iron block.
You are not using MLS gaskets, are you?
Um, no rotary sander involved. That was milled by a machine shop. Yes, using an MLS gasket.
The PO installed it, cranked it over and broke the rings in and then installed a P&P'd head with more aggressive cams. I cleaned off the intake gasket material that was on it, and wiped off the composite head gasket stuff with lacquer thinner, and a paper towel.
uh it is obvious by the marks on the upper side that some type of rotary sander was used. Whether this was used to remove gasket material or whatever, it can put waves in the head, but whatever.
It looks EXACTLY like if I clean something up with a scotchbrite disk on my die grinder.
I can kind of see it also, you can make out the motion in which the person was using it. Or maybe I have no idea what I am talking about..
Ok, well I have no idea why it looks like that either, but it came from a reputable shop like that. Those marks were under the bits of head gasket left over from the PO, and he had no issues (albeit with a composite gasket). If I have an issue with the MLS gasket sealing, I'll use a composite gasket. If that's an issue I'll have it decked again or build another head... I'm not too worried about it, but I'll check it with a metal straightedge and some feeler gauges.
Keep in mind guys, that was taken with a cell phone camera with the flash on, and everything is extremely exaggerated in the picture.
Eh, fuck it. Read some more about how picky MLS gaskets are... I ordered an OEM gasket, I'll use that. Thanks for looking out guys. :)
sure I wasn't trying to bust balls
Yeah, I understand. I wouldn't take a sander to the head, that's for sure. I was afraid using a plastic scraper, so I just picked at it with a paper towel and patience. :lo5l:
All cleaned up:
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Not bad for 161k:
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New oil cooler:
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Head on:
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All wrapped up:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA0GY6xg-Tk
The power increase is noticeable, to say the least, haha. Better bay pics and videos coming later.
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Sounds awesome. Love the pics. Good work doctor..
looks nice. That engine may have been rebuilt. The bore is chamfered around the top like a lot of engine builders do to make the rings go in easier. not sure if the factory did that or not with your car.
I think people blow MLS's need for smoothness out of proportion. You'd be surprised what an MLS gasket will seal. I think people who have blown gaskets for other reasons like tuning like to blame something....and the head not having perfectly spec RA is an easy target I think. Just helped someone replace a blown head gasket on a 3.0L V6 Honda engine that was badly overheated. Heads were quite warped honestly as I could see considerable light between each cylinder using a straight edge. Slapped it together with a factory MLS gasket after cleaning with an air powered die grinder with a scrub disk on it. Runs like a champ and perfect compression and leakdown numbers. The engine I put together in my Stealth has piss-poor RA smoothness, and if it was going to blow, it would have considering the abuse I put it through. People building BMW x50/52 engines are afflicted with this desire for mirror finish head and block surfaces, too, thinking that's the answer to solve their head gasket sealing issues when boosted or running crazy timing numbers on ultra-high compression race engines. I don't buy it. They always blow up anyways, lol.
Not sure, never looked into it. May need a rebuild in the future anyway, my dad's pretty sure it has a wrist pin on the way out. Has a rattle above 3,500 RPM that goes away as soon as I let off the gas. It's always done it, and no metal in the oil. Meh.Quote:
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Interesting. If I ever do the full rebuild I'll have the block and head smoothed and try the MLS gasket and see how it goes. VW people haven't had too many issues with the MLS gasket, but most people that bother with the MLS gasket are doing a built engine, so who knows.Quote:
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