Hampton Roads Euros

[bengone1]

I know it's colormatched and pretty, but ditch thaat fram filter, especially on a freshly rebuilt motor. Go to VW and get a stock filter, ask for the larger sized one (they'll look at you funny and then look it up and realize there is one)

Normally I would agree...however that is not exactly a precision engine built to exacting standards. I think a tractor quality filter is quite appropriate.

[big65]

Normally I would agree...however that is not exactly a precision engine built to exacting standards. I think a tractor quality filter is quite appropriate.

How dare you insult a John Deere.

[jagerauto]

I know it's colormatched and pretty, but ditch thaat fram filter, especially on a freshly rebuilt motor. Go to VW and get a stock filter, ask for the larger sized one (they'll look at you funny and then look it up and realize there is one)

its not a fram i forgot what kind it was.. It sat in your garage for ever, didnt you look at it? lol

[ZACKinIRAQ]

His name is Josh, only people I know with vag are on the other side of the water.

I have a VAG COM and live in Va Beach, but it's an older model that I believe does not work with the mk5 and mk6 platforms. Which is fine with me, because I never plan on owning one

[thebizman]

I have a VAG COM and live in Va Beach, but it's an older model that I believe does not work with the mk5 and mk6 platforms. Which is fine with me, because I never plan on owning one

Yeah but how does that help me?? Haha. I know I'm not stanced with the right wheels and all that, but I'm down for a gtg. Any takers?

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[backinthegame]

Stanced isn't a word.

[bengone1]

I have VCDS for the new stuff. But I am ALL the way up by Ft. Eustis

[bengone1]

Stanced isn't a word.

Does it matter? They no longer teach spelling in elementry school.

[jagerauto]

Does it matter? They no longer teach spelling in elementry school.

I go to Shady Ben's to learn

[backinthegame]

Does it matter? They no longer teach spelling in elementry school.

OMG r u srs? ryl?

[madmortar]

bunch of OEM MKV parts for sale in the va beach/chesapeake area!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...6#post77435066

[jagerauto]

OMG r u srs? ryl?

it's like a text message from my girl.. thank god her phone is cut off by the way

[thebizman]

Stanced isn't a word.

You typed it so it must be a word...

Sent from my pocket.

[imoldgregg]

I'd be more then happy to take those recaros off your hands

[backinthegame]

I'm going to be selling some black leather Corrado seats as soon as I get them re-stitched if anyone is looking to upgrade their MK1/2.

[SpnksVW]

I'm going to be selling some black leather Corrado seats as soon as I get them re-stitched if anyone is looking to upgrade their MK1/2.

The ones i just sold you? Or the ones you already had?

[backinthegame]

The ones i just sold you? Or the ones you already had?

The old ones I got from Frank.

[G60ING]

make certain the new owner has as much fun with them as you did after you got them home and cleaned them up

[backinthegame]

Yeah, I think Brennen was the most excited about my cleaning them up.

[jagerauto]

If anyone is available and down to come help me out Tomorrow(sunday) hit me up I could use some extra hands getting this thing in. If no one comes to help I guess I'll ponder about doing a wire tuck and other small stuff, until I work up the energy to try and put this thing in by myself.

[ZACKinIRAQ]

I'm on my way back from SoWo now, but if you still need a hand sometime this week let me know.

[TANGO DOWN]

Hey does anyone know of a mod "friendly" place for inspection? pm with info please, in a tight spot here, fixing to transfer, cars gotta be legal.

[ZACKinIRAQ]

To the Bad News guys who graciously let us ride back with them from SoWo, thanks. Definitely made the long ride a bit more interesting. PM me your email addresses and I'll shoot you the pictures I took.

[jagerauto]

I'm on my way back from SoWo now, but if you still need a hand sometime this week let me know.

Already in thanks though. I'm getting it buttoned up right now, just mounted the battery under the dash, about to put on some music and wire it, along with the egt gauge, oil temp gauge, and boost gauge..

I might get out tonight and do some breaking in.. tomorrow for sure I will be working on it / driving it around.. Might spray my dash and inbetween coats drive around, and make sure all is good, and get the piston rings seated.

[big65]

Gotta admit, thats a spiffy lookin engine and a spiffy lookin engine bay.

[jagerauto]

Gotta admit, thats a spiffy lookin engine and a spiffy lookin engine bay.

yea then life happens lol this is with everything hooked up and hoses ran.

not going to get to drive it tonight, I need a cork to cap off the crackpipe where the overflow tank went before, so I'm going to go drink a bottle of makers mark and come back tomorrow.

I did get to crank it over a bunch (disconnected the injection pump wire) to get some oil flowing and get things lubed up. Battery dead now though so its on the charge.

[big65]

It wouldnt be hard to take an electric motor and flywheel from an old treadmill and modify it to work as a tool to turn over a motor slowly to move oil through before running it the first time. I might just do that with the one I have laying around or go with the electric cart / party cooler I've been toying with.

[backinthegame]

It wouldnt be hard to take an electric motor and flywheel from an old treadmill and modify it to work as a tool to turn over a motor slowly to move oil through before running it the first time. I might just do that with the one I have laying around or go with the electric cart / party cooler I've been toying with.

All you need is an old distributor. Remove the intermediate gear and put a drill chuck on the rotor and you're set. works on a diesel motor too.

[jagerauto]

All you need is an old distributor. Remove the intermediate gear and put a drill chuck on the rotor and you're set. works on a diesel motor too.

I did a lot of cranking today, there should be plenty of oil flowing. Fired up and ran really rough. I cut it off and tried re timing it. When I got back to tdc the gauge was reading 1.40 I think. I tried to loosen the pump, and start it up to see if I could rotate the pump until it ran smooth, but it's no that easy. So I re-timed it again, set it at 1.03mm. Started up ran rough for like 2 min, I shut the hood to drive it and it cut itself off. Noticed that the fuel line had gone dry. Primed that again, and cranked and cranked and cranked. Did I mention that the small battery I have is not going to cut it.. Maybe when it runs great and starts right up every time, but it will only crank the diesel over for about 20 seconds before its useless and needs a charge.

If the timing is good and there are other issues what could they be??
1:Head gasket wrong? I got a 3 notch to be safe, but when I measured there were a bunch of numbers and I went with the highest.
2:Compression just low because the rings have not yet seated?
3:something in the head not right? It did not smoke a bunch just when it started up.
4: bad injector, or leaky pump? I had the same injectors and pump on my other 4dr as well as the 1.6 that was previously in this car and they were fine then?

At one time Paul M. and I had the battery tender on the small battery, a regular gasser battery under the hood hooked up with jumper cables, another set of jumper cables routed through the hatch to the small battery, and another set of cables to make some better grounds. It was a crazy setup, I thought for sure it was going to end in a fire .

So to start, I'm going to re-time the engine fully, not just the pump as before. Looking at the marks the pump could be a bit off. It's hard to turn the crank by hand and watch for timing marks by yourself lol. Anyone available please come help out tomorrow. I have work at 8pm, and if nothing else I have to push the rabbit in the yard to clear the garage up. Hit me up 757-541-7377. I need a new battery too, so we'll see.

[engineman98]

Judging by the way it cranked over I don't think compression is low. It was killing your battery if compression was way low it would have never fired. I think you need to retime everything, crank to cam, and fuel pump. Then try with a new fully charged battery.

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[ZACKinIRAQ]

Anyone in the area have experience with the mk1 1.6 diesel motor? the one in my rabbit is in bad shape, I'd like to try to save it, but might just end up doing a TDI swap

[bengone1]

See numbnuts two posts up for old shat. TDi see me.

[jagerauto]

Anyone in the area have experience with the mk1 1.6 diesel motor? the one in my rabbit is in bad shape, I'd like to try to save it, but might just end up doing a TDI swap

Hi, numb nuts here..

if you bring it by I'll look at it.. I have a lot of diesel parts too. So let me know.. I also hve the timing tools.

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[SpnksVW]

See numbnuts two posts up for old shat. TDi see me.

LMAO.
Nice.

[bengone1]

LMAO.
Nice.

I say it because I care.