What did you do to your "Dub" today?

[Scurvy Bandit]

Bought something else shiney... (or is it just shiny? Im a moron right now)

Eurotra5h... turbo wtf... Did anyone else catch that? What are you aiming to win at DATR next year?

[dub_slug]

Quote, originally posted by Scurvy Bandit »

Bought something else shiney... (or is it just shiny? Im a moron right now) Eurotra5h... turbo wtf... Did anyone else catch that? What are you aiming to win at DATR next year?

lol yea, I'm surprised he spilled the beans

[emg60vw]

corrado is deciding to overheat... i am wondering if the fan switch is failing...

[Snowhere]

Put together a pvc boost leak detector and pressurized my intercooler and intercooler tubing to discover all the hose clamp connections were leaking boost! And the CO2 pot was not any better! So I am sourcing some t-bolt clamps and hopefully I will find a thicker o-ring for the CO2 pot to fix my massive boost leak problem.

Hey Evan, I have a low temp fan switch I bought for my rado that I decided not to install as I have yet to see a high temp problem with me being in the mountains. So IM me if you are interested in it.

Glenn

[Hemingway'sToe]

My Corrado is also getting a little warm. Have low temp thermo and fan switch. Probably should do water pump and timing belt while I'm at it (hit 55k). Also charger is is need of rebuild, going to have to run NA for a while .

Got lots to do, and no time to do it. But today it was just a wash.

[rcortez13]

Cleaned up my battery/ground/alternator/starter cables and also ran new wire to the fuse box.
BEFORE

AFTER

[dub_slug]

Damn Lookin Good!

[XVR6wagonX]

got a new windshield put in and then tomorrow i am putting in some new exhaust piping, deleting the resonator and putting in a borla!

[5speedfury]

Bought my 20th a 007 DV.

Flashin' at h2o to a uni 2.

[WERDNA75]

Rolled My Front Fenders with the proper tool and still ****ed them up, paint is cracked chipping and fenders dented inwards somehow ??? Guess my GLI is just a beater now as much as I try to make it nice. At least my wheels dont hit the Fenders anymore,not that it matters now.Shout out to Randy at Autobahn Premier Service


Modified by WERDNA75 at 3:31 PM 9-11-2009

[GTi2OV]

Shoulda cut them and primed/painted the raw edge.

Gonna put fender flares back on it?

[Scurvy Bandit]

Started getting the parts for my serp setup... VR 120 A alternator, is that overkill? I may just go ahead and get a 90 Amp one... Anyhow, got the tensioner and crank pulley too!

I just need a VR or ABA waterpump pulley.

[XVR6wagonX]

Just got done getting my new piping from the cat back and a borla muffler put in by my friends brother who did and awesome job. my car sounds mint now.

[nightryder12]

Thought about my baby and hoped that its only something electrical that caused her to die on I25 in monument on friday night. Yesterday I went out and bought turtle wax's black box and meg's no. 7 show car glaze. I can't wait to give her a good rub down!!

[5speedfury]

Did my first work ever on a car...

Changed the Cabin Air Filter.

Next thing you know i'll be doing a 8v -> 16v swap on my 84Gl

Haha. Got to start somewhere I guess?

[WERDNA75]

Quote, originally posted by GTi2OV »

Shoulda cut them and primed/painted the raw edge. Gonna put fender flares back on it?

Yep, prob going to now, just got to find some of that Trim paint that people always use for the Flairs. SEM , or something isnt that what its called ?

[GTi2OV]

Cool, yeah SEM Trim Black is a very good product, I use it all the time.
You can find it all over, but I have bought it at Allen Paint off Broadway and at Painter's Supply off Santa Fe. To be honest, you can probably find a better deal online because the stores around here mark everything up big time.

[Scurvy Bandit]

Good to hear!!! Back to Black didnt work as well as I had hoped.

[Tatsu]

Getting ready to shoot mine or drive it off a cliff. No reverse, steering is all jacked up, and leaking coolant.

[rcortez13]

After hours of I finally found the problem! #2 wire was broken under the boot, #1 & #2 were cracked in the same position as #1 and ready to quit also

[Scurvy Bandit]

Ouch! That looks distributor related!

[0dd_j0b]

installed the new fender on the Scirocco

so I no longer have an opened wheeled vehicle now.

[emg60vw]

Washed the Jetta...

Then it rained...

[XVR6wagonX]

ghetto rigged my o2 sensor with wire crimper things and electrical tape .


Modified by XVR6wagonX at 9:10 AM 9-14-2009

[euro tra5h]

and these are old pics bothe sides are done no fire wall action will be happening due to me leaving the rain tray in... will be painting it and finishing the harrness tuck soon relay like how its turnning out
and no im not doing this for shows or anything im just doing it for me cuz i needed somthing to keep my mind off of some bad shish thats all


Modified by euro tra5h at 11:48 AM 9-14-2009

[GTi2OV]

Are you piecing together a turbo kit? Lookin good.

You need some of this action badly...

[0dd_j0b]

mine is moving again! still need to do rear wheel bearings but the scirocco is MOVING! woo

[euro tra5h]

Quote, originally posted by GTi2OV »

Are you piecing together a turbo kit? Lookin good. You need some of this action badly...

coming from you sir thank you lol, ill be doing all that and some painting after i get a clutch and diff in it, and as far as the turbo kit goes its part ebay part eip and part me lol. everything should be fine till the turbo blows up then its on to gt3076R head spacer and arp head and rod bolts hell i may even do mains while im there and then its beasten time lol

[XVR6wagonX]

got it inspected.

[emg60vw]

drove it fast to keep from over heating. Ordering the Liqui Moly collant system flush today, and getting some G12 from the dealer. getting preped for my coolant system overhaul...

[euro tra5h]

made a patch for right here

started skim coating both sides lots of sanding, then its time to decide what color to paint the bay....

[Scurvy Bandit]

heard an exhaust leak and noticed 2 of my lower exhaust studs are MIA, and the other two were castrated!!

[emg60vw]

ok, so i flushed my coolant system, blew all the water out with high pressure air, check the t-stat in boiling water (working), checked the fan switch and fixed some wires, checked the fan, degreased the rad, refilled with G12, attempted to burp it (needs a little more), and still was over heating. but i found that the 2 little silver fan relays on the fan shroud... one was bad. replaced it, and now that fan comes on... NOW... the coolant floats around 190-210F (too high for all low temp coolant switches and t-stat) and the oil floats around 208-220F (also too hot for comfort)
What else to do....
I am going to be putting a remote oil cooler on soon. that will help the oil, but i am still banging my head about the coolant temps.

[Snowhere]

208-220 is actually on the low side of oil temps on the g-lader! I pretty much run around 220-230 year round. Hence the importance to use full synthetic oil which will not break down as fast. In reality, oil temps over 200 are good as it burns off moisture that gets into the oil. Now if you were reaching temps from 250-300 on a regular basis it would be bad. At 300f oil tends to break down on mass.

What coolant temps were you seeing before? 190-210 may be a little high, I wonder how clogged your radiator may be. I will see what mine runs as soon as I get her back on the road. My t-bolt clamps for the intercooler tubes showed up yesterday so I just need to swap out all the hose clamps for the new t-bolt clamps and I should be back in business.

[emg60vw]

when i ran water though everthing with the hose to see it there was a clog, it was hard to tell if there was anything wrong, but when i ran the coolant flush in it, nothing gross came out, so i assume i got the most of it. i still think there is too much air in the line. i followed what the bentley told me to do as far as burping, but it didnt seem to do much. IDK. i need to get BRAND NEW fan relays, but they ar $90+ from the dealer. not worth it. SO... off the the pull and save i go.

BUT atlease i am not over heating at a stop light any more.