What did you do to your VAG today?

Started by Vag_Hag, September 20, 2009, 03:41:44 PM

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luckychum

Did a new thermostat, thermostat housing and crack pipe on the V5 the other day and a complete flush.

Found G13 on the floor yesterday and traced the leak to the temp sensor housing, I put the O-ring on the wrong end in the rush to get done quickly  ::)

The sensor was looking pretty crap anyway and the car was running poorly before hand, so fitted a new Temp Sensor today.  Runs beautifully now.  Did have to say goodbye to about a litre of brand new G13 though  :-[

Lessons learned....
2003 Bora V6 4MOTION

2001 Golf V5 Manual

McDoof

NZ New MK5 GTI - Tuned by HSP Tuning
NZ New B6 Passat Variant 125kw TDI 4motion
MK7 GTI - Tornado Red

luckychum

Quote from: McDoof on January 13, 2017, 03:13:48 PM
You did what with a crack pipe??? :-\

haha, aka the stupid annoying little coolant pipe that straddles the thermostat housing and water pump and causes VR owners a world of annoyance.  Fitting name, because not only does it resemble a pipe used for dodgy recreational purposes, it does tend to crack a lot as well.
2003 Bora V6 4MOTION

2001 Golf V5 Manual

brian

WOF
Talk about unreliable VW's, after almost 10 years it needed a couple of new tail light bulbs!!!
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BINKZ

Got the front windows tinted on the Pirelli to match factory rear tinted windows.
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Worms

Quote from: brian on February 01, 2017, 08:51:24 PM
WOF
Talk about unreliable VW's, after almost 10 years it needed a couple of new tail light bulbs!!!

Lucky it's not newer!

slowburn

stole the  drivers outside door handle off my road legal audi GT parts car to put on the CQ to get a WOF,new door handle hasn't turned up yet and I may have to use the old girl to get to Splore. Never tried to do the door handles before,was a kinda a pain in the arse,but after a few tries it all came together tried to swap lock barrels but they were slightly different and not easily swapped in the limited time i had. always a school day with these old cars....

shout out to Rob for the tips,having learnt them on his URQ resto
99 B5 S4 Avant
85 coupe quattro
72 fiat 124 coupe
97 corolla wagon

Max Power

Programmed the DRL on the wife's JDM mk7 Gti to be on. For some reason they're set to be off in Japan.

Used a dongle with a smartphone, no tools needed. Seems weird doing "mods" this way when I'm so used to hacking stuff up and skinning knuckles

wsnownz

Quote from: Max Power on February 18, 2017, 12:50:10 PM
Used a dongle with a smartphone, no tools needed. Seems weird doing "mods" this way when I'm so used to hacking stuff up and skinning knuckles

What are you using?

Max Power

Quote from: wsnownz on February 18, 2017, 01:01:57 PM
What are you using?

OBDEleven pro. Seems ok for the money. Not done much with it yet

luckychum

Had to replace my drivers window regulator today after the window fell into the door.


2003 Bora V6 4MOTION

2001 Golf V5 Manual

RS ZWEI

Took Dads Mk1 GTI out for a run yesterday. Always good to take that car for a run.
1980 VW Golf GTI Track Car
1995 Audi RS2
2003 Mini Cooper S (Written off - rear ended)
2005 Mini Cooper S
2006 Skoda Octavia vRS Combi
2009 Renault Megane 230 R26 (Written off - rear ended)
2013 Renault Megane RS265 Redbull RB8

Pushbutton_auto

Quote from: slowburn on February 15, 2017, 01:05:33 AM
stole the  drivers outside door handle off my road legal audi GT parts car to put on the CQ to get a WOF,new door handle hasn't turned up yet and I may have to use the old girl to get to Splore. Never tried to do the door handles before,was a kinda a pain in the arse,but after a few tries it all came together tried to swap lock barrels but they were slightly different and not easily swapped in the limited time i had. always a school day with these old cars....

shout out to Rob for the tips,having learnt them on his URQ resto
Ahhhhhhh, door handles ..  :P
Beating up parking wardens ain't a crime.

schattenblau

cleaned the rubber marks off my front bumper after some idiot asian driver clipped me in downtown wellington

>:(

for once it really did buff out

;D

slowmo

Chucked some H&R's to make it less SUV  :laugh:
Current: 2004 MK4 R32 3-door NZ New DBP

Past: 2010 MK6 GTI / 2013 Nissan Leaf LOL / 2007 B7 RS4 / 2006 MK5 R32 / 2005 MK5 GTI / 1998 MK4 GTI / 1997 B5 A4 MTM

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Current:
06 NZ B7 RS4 Avus Silver, 01 NZ B5 RS4 Avus Silver, 93 NZ VR6 Tornado Red 3dr, Renault Clio 172 & Renault Clio 197
Past:
MK2 VR6, MK5 GTI, 2 x MK5 R32, 8L S3 Imola, MK4 Golf V6 4MO, Polo GTI, 2x MK3 VR6, D2 S8, B5 S4 Avant, 03 NZ R32 Deep Blue Pearl, Renault Megane R26 liquid yello

Poonmobile

Current:
06 NZ B7 RS4 Avus Silver, 01 NZ B5 RS4 Avus Silver, 93 NZ VR6 Tornado Red 3dr, Renault Clio 172 & Renault Clio 197
Past:
MK2 VR6, MK5 GTI, 2 x MK5 R32, 8L S3 Imola, MK4 Golf V6 4MO, Polo GTI, 2x MK3 VR6, D2 S8, B5 S4 Avant, 03 NZ R32 Deep Blue Pearl, Renault Megane R26 liquid yello

slowmo

Nice one Ash! Which carwill it be going on?
Current: 2004 MK4 R32 3-door NZ New DBP

Past: 2010 MK6 GTI / 2013 Nissan Leaf LOL / 2007 B7 RS4 / 2006 MK5 R32 / 2005 MK5 GTI / 1998 MK4 GTI / 1997 B5 A4 MTM

schattenblau


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