Post by: mr.mindless on July 31, 2022, 09:16:25 PM
Some rocker rust, bad passenger fender (came with replacement)
Supposedly good automatic
Fresh tires on 15s
Recent reman injection pump
Quit and won’t start. Timing belt is whole, tight, and has teeth on it. Hoping it’s just a couple teeth out of time. Lifters are not shattered and are against the cam, so I may have underpaid, not overpaid. I’ll find out soon!
I was shopping for a boat donor. This might be a flip instead? TBD as yet.
Post by: mr.mindless on July 31, 2022, 09:17:11 PM
Post by: mr.mindless on August 01, 2022, 09:25:01 PM
Lots of parts and a FULL set of timing belt service tools in the trunk.
3.5 cans of starting fluid, 2 gallons of new oil, and a zip tie on the glow plug harness
Paperwork found says injection pump may be bad replacement. Will start from scratch and see.
18may2022 it was at Basil VW of Lockport $345.60
6 miles ago on odometer
A
CUSTOMER STATES PARKING BRAKE LIGHT IS FLASHING. CHECK AND ADVISE.
B CUSTOMER STATES THEY JUST REPLACED INJECTION PUMP AND NOW VEHICLE
WILL NOT START
144341 vehicle will not start
scan.
no fault
charged battery and performed vehicle scan, no fault stored. I removed fuel feed line to high pressure pump and applied suction to line,
fuel was drawn from tank. I removed all
4 high pressure lines to fuel injectors and cranked engine, fuel was being pushed but at
low volume. I removed all 4 injectors and
re-connected all 4 fuel lines.
I cranked engine, no fuel is being
pushed through the fuel injectors.
High pressure fuel pump is at fault
(not building up enough pressure)
customer declined work, re-assembled
fuel system
144341 customer declined further diag. customer declined further
diag.
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6/13/22 Johnson’s automotive in Batavia $436.05
Fuel pump remove and replace
Bleed fluke system and adjust injection timing
Paperwork from Johnson’s doesn’t say if that was installing a used part or what.
Post by: mr.mindless on August 07, 2022, 09:09:24 PM
Polish pump rebuild ebay'd, timing belt kit ordered.
timing belt had a loose and bent bolt on the big idler pulley too. That wouldn’t have lasted.
Will probably pull camshaft for ease of getting crank to TDC without interference. Might pull injectors or GPs and make sure all holes hold air pressure. I don't remember if I have the right fittings to do a compression test on these.
Post by: mr.mindless on August 07, 2022, 10:19:20 PM
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Post by: mr.mindless on August 12, 2022, 07:28:36 PM
Post by: mr.mindless on August 14, 2022, 11:12:39 PM
Pop tested the injectors and they looked decent after some cleaner went through them and tested even pressures too. All 4 glow plugs tested good on a battery too.
Have sucked clean fuel through the new injection pump and gotten all air out. No computer indicated issues.
But the damn thing doesn’t want to fire. Injectors didn’t want to seal perfectly to the head. Third try on that and I broke a hold down bolt. Got that out of the head and found a replacement in my metric bolt bucket, still no dice.
I didn’t get to do a compression test. I do have a right size adaptor for the glow plug hole, but it only cleared everything in #1. Hits injector or head casting on other holes. Maybe I’ll have to figure out a right setup for that and confirm no piston-kissed/ bent valves that are killing compression.
Post by: mr.mindless on September 08, 2022, 09:21:45 PM
I got frustrated enough with it that I threw starting fluid at it and it fired. There were a few cans of starting fluid in the trunk, so I'm not going to think I did anything worse to it than what the previous owner already did...
I loosened injection lines at the injectors and got lots of foam.
I fired it a couple times on ether with the lines loose, tightened them up, and it fired and runs. restarted without issue after shutdown. Hopefully it'll cold start too.
Time for coolant and accessory belt and intake and to GTFO the lift.
Does have a fuel leak at #4 injector, not sure where but did dry off to check, and that is now wet.
Post by: mr.mindless on September 10, 2022, 01:38:26 AM
Need to do a little tuning to fix a rough idle and find a fuel leak that showed during test drive and chase the initial blinking brake light problem and make sure that’s not catastrophic before I put Sarah’s plates on it for until we find her something permanent.
I suspect the blinking brake light is just ebrake actuation switch but I’ll find out Monday or Tuesday…
Now i can finally get my wagon in for altErnst it and new injectors (hard start hopeful solution, it’s about all that’s left.
First time I’ve ever driven a TDI automatic. 0-30 or so is great. 40-60, put away the stopwatch and get out a calendar. Lol
Post by: mr.mindless on September 10, 2022, 06:43:00 PM
Post by: mr.mindless on September 11, 2022, 09:15:05 PM
I’m very very very impressed with this headlight restore. Did it on my z4, great for months there so far. Brought these lights back from almost entirely opaque.
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Committing to this as the stop gap car. Sarah replacing the equinox on her insurance tomorrow and I’m writing up the paperwork to title to her and put her plates on it.
Has a BRAKE and ABS light on, reports rear wheel speed sensor issues only. Bearings feel great. I don’t expect a BRAKE light blinking from that, just abs. Strange.
Exhaust repair and it’ll be good to go until whatever happens next. I’ll drive it for a few days first. While I wait for radiators
Post by: mr.mindless on September 11, 2022, 10:42:25 PM
Looks like my stock is all 3” and 5”
I am surprised I didn’t save exhaust tubing from the last VWs I scrapped but I seems I didn’t :(
Post by: mr.mindless on September 13, 2022, 09:46:03 PM
May or may not ‘risky’ from home to dmv.
Post by: mr.mindless on September 13, 2022, 09:49:50 PM
IWas gonna say it’s not a lot better than a black fender would be if I just bolted the new one on. But on second look in different equally poor lighting it’s not toooooo bad
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Post by: mr.mindless on September 14, 2022, 11:28:13 AM
Put almost 50 miles on so far today. check engine popped on, didn't pull code yet. ABS light stays all the time, the blinking BRAKE light was gone once but then back the next key cycle. Only brake codes previously were both rear wheel speed sensors. At a glance they looked good and the wires looked good but I didn't do a full trace.
Has a pretty good exhaust smell, I think the flex pipe must be cracked, and that's up by the engine so pretty annoying. As in "I hope the turbo studs don't all break off when I pull the exhaust" annoying.
Post by: Harrison on September 14, 2022, 12:41:38 PM
Post by: mr.mindless on September 14, 2022, 12:50:21 PM
Post by: M on September 14, 2022, 01:29:55 PM
Post by: mr.mindless on September 14, 2022, 08:12:29 PM
check engine popped on, didn't pull code yet
I blocked EGR but forgot to adjust the computer. Adjusted.
Post by: mr.mindless on September 18, 2022, 11:55:00 PM
And light still lit, blinking brake light gone. Didn’t check if cruise is fixed - probably not, with abs light still lit.
Didn’t get to the radiator on my wagon with all the mower trouble. Tomorrow night hopefully. Get the wagon ready for car camping at F&F
Post by: mr.mindless on September 19, 2022, 09:44:19 AM
Still have to do that RF ball joint
Door sensors are screwed up (drive door always closed and doesn’t power lock, but will unlock)
Check and see if there’s any hope of AC
Headliner is sagged out
There was a cooling fan in the giant box of parts.
Swap in cup holder center console
Swap broken glove box
Shampoo seats
I had sprayed that replacement fender with silver Krylon. It orange peeled horribly. I gave it some 400 grit, and was going to wipe it down with brake cleaner to clean up for another coat, and all the paint came off the black primer that it shipped with!
Post by: etk300ex on September 19, 2022, 11:47:58 AM
Quote
Door sensors are screwed up (drive door always closed and doesn’t power lock, but will unlock)
Check and see if there’s any hope of AC
Headliner is sagged out
Ditto haha
I tried to fix my headliner twice with headliner glue. The second time I removed it. It seems to just pull another layer of whatever the deteriorating material that the headliner is made out of. I ended up just screwing some long strips of thin flexible plastic stuff up there that I had laying around.
Post by: mr.mindless on September 19, 2022, 03:05:03 PM
I have a bookmark about replacing a microswitch in the door latches to fix that but have never bothered. I have 2 or 3 in the wagon that are wrong too. Haven't checked the red Golf. I don't know how big a deal it is to R&R the latches. I also don't know if the switch that monitors latch open/closed is related to the door lock actuator, or if the lock actuator has somehow become a one-way motor.
Post by: M on September 19, 2022, 04:57:05 PM
When I replaced my Mazda6 headliner, this was the process: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1214921907202&type=3
TLDR, took down entire headliner out of vehicle. Scrubbed off the old foam down to the bare headliner board/backing (I used stiff brush). Sprayed on glue and put on new headliner fabric.
It worked for a couple years after that in FL summers then I got rid of it.
Post by: M4wdFab on September 19, 2022, 05:43:52 PM
Post by: mr.mindless on September 19, 2022, 05:49:08 PM
I was thinking about it on my way in this morning and was wondering how to get the headliner out of the car. rear hatch makes it pretty easy. I don't know how the trim around the sunroof is done but I don't have to worry about that on this one. May just pull the fabric off so it's not flapping in the breeze. I haven't done that before.
Post by: mr.mindless on September 19, 2022, 06:09:58 PM
Possible the switch was added or a turn signal stalk with switches was swapped if for switch failure and isn’t connected, or Ecu isn’t coded for cruise. It is a BASE model.
Post by: mr.mindless on September 20, 2022, 10:03:12 PM
That stainless pin got hogged out to 5/16 ID spacer, and it’s through bolted with a gr8 and a stainless nut that I gave some thread damage to for locking. Hopefully that’s a permanent fix.
Found that damn hvac bulb out. Ordered like 4. Hopefully I don’t lose them before I need more. I don’t really have a bulb home. Guess I need one.
Post by: mr.mindless on September 22, 2022, 12:32:02 AM
Calling it done for now. HVAC bulb and drink holder center console swap sometime.
Post by: mr.mindless on September 26, 2022, 12:17:30 AM
Need to replace a PCV hose, will have an intake leak right now, that’ll be here tomorrowish. HVAC bulbs are here.
Post by: mr.mindless on September 26, 2022, 10:15:08 AM
Bah. Glad it’s not salting season quite yet
Post by: mr.mindless on September 30, 2022, 08:32:58 PM
I think it’s about as ready as it’ll get
Post by: mr.mindless on November 10, 2022, 10:08:04 PM
Sarah lost the top 1/8 tank way too fast and it left a puddle last night.
No obvious source. I removed the lines and the fuel sender. Fuel all over the top of the tank there. Gasket in good shape, sender and retaining nut in good shape. All plastic.
Hoping the r&r fixed it. May do a low pressure test once it’s below half a tank. Running great and starting reasonably otherwise.
Post by: mr.mindless on November 13, 2022, 05:58:30 PM
Nice to have remote lock work along with cabin lights and the key and light buzzers
Post by: etk300ex on November 14, 2022, 09:26:35 AM
Post by: mr.mindless on November 14, 2022, 11:32:30 AM
It’s an impressive amount of labor to strip the door and not fuck anything up. I have it down to a science now after doing 3 doors, 5 times. Lol
Post by: mr.mindless on November 26, 2022, 09:52:26 PM
mouse nest between the body and the fuel tank, mouse chewed through one of two fuel vent lines that run from the top of the tank to the fuel filler neck. No way to get the tank all the way out without dropping the beam. Just enough clearance to work above the tank with shocks pulled and tire removed and tank tipped towards the rear. Patched the plastic line with 1/4" fuel injection line, brass nipples, and adhesive shrink tube to up-size the 1/4 barbs to the plastic line. coated the outside of the adhesive shrink with black RTV and hose clamps. It's a vent line, so no pressure, but I'll see if it deals OK with intermittent diesel contact every time the tank is filled full 🤞🏻
Otherwise I'll have to get a factory replacement line and cut the stainless steel keepers at the filler neck and at the tank.
Post by: mr.mindless on November 26, 2022, 10:43:51 PM
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Post by: mr.mindless on December 13, 2022, 11:47:31 PM
Post by: mr.mindless on December 14, 2022, 08:37:22 AM
Hopefully, she makes it back home before the light comes on again
I wouldn’t bet on that
Post by: etk300ex on December 14, 2022, 09:37:51 AM
Post by: mr.mindless on December 14, 2022, 01:41:10 PM
It gave a lot light yesterday
Post by: mr.mindless on December 27, 2022, 11:57:13 AM
Had to swap a battery today. I think that’s the battery it came with. The blem I grabbed for the allroad fit so that’s what it just got.
Post by: mr.mindless on January 02, 2023, 10:43:16 PM
Found bad routing on lower rad hose that had it almost worn through against another clamp, and when I shifted that I got a drip out of the thermostat housing at the block. No new o rings in stock. Ordered a thermostat kit; some extra o rings for stock; and a new lower hose.
Post by: M4wdFab on January 03, 2023, 04:26:20 PM
Post by: mr.mindless on January 04, 2023, 06:42:12 AM
True though, pulling the frontend is annoying.
Post by: mr.mindless on January 30, 2023, 07:57:54 AM
Gave an immobilizer error today. Haven’t chased. Hopefully battery disconnect fixes and it never ever repeats especially with Sarah possibly driving regularly.Stranded in the garage at home right now. Couldn’t force it to be ok. Shame on me.
Need to figure the fuck out how to get into these computers. I’d gotten close and do have a working bench harness so i can recover if I brick it.
Post by: mr.mindless on February 05, 2023, 11:38:32 PM
Just did the lower rad hose, stat neck and gasket, and the biggest leak I think was the spider o ring at the driver side of the head above the trans.
Radiator doesn’t look great and I probably should have spent the extra couple hours to change it, but I still haven’t seen a drip from it and all those that have leaked have looked much worse with big crusty separation at the tanks. This thing looks like it’s had tap water in it at some point so a CLR flush is probably called for when I do swap radiator.
20 year old cars do need attention now and then I guess.
Hopefully the shop mice drink up what I left on the floor…
Post by: mr.mindless on April 02, 2023, 01:37:49 AM
A one piece double ball bearing is pressed into the knuckle and retained with a big c clip. then the hub flange & spline is pressed into the bearing. Can beat the hub out from the back side pretty easily, then suck the bearing into the 4” pipe with washer and sockets and a long bolt. Installation simply the reverse of removal haha
Hopefully it’s quiet now, the right front bearing was loose but it sounded like left side bearing from both sides. I’ve been wrong by ear every time in these cars so only test drive will tell. It had a good amount of play for 150k miles.
Post by: mr.mindless on April 25, 2023, 08:24:11 AM
Guess I need to stop post-vacation recovery and get to work lol
Post by: mr.mindless on April 25, 2023, 10:03:14 PM
RTV will likely be a long term fix.
Post by: mr.mindless on April 26, 2023, 07:45:05 AM
Post by: mr.mindless on April 29, 2023, 11:10:01 AM
Unexpected ABS actuation without any failure lights. Pulled fuses 7 & 8 under the hood to disable ABS pump as immediate fix. Sarah needed to do some running around, so will address that as well as leaking exhaust flex pipe later.
Post by: mr.mindless on May 21, 2023, 10:19:05 PM
no coolant issues in a full month
Post by: mr.mindless on June 18, 2023, 01:31:09 PM
had to tighten that new RF wheel bearing. put paint marking on the nut.
probably needs rear brakes next oil change, nothing else noted for once
Post by: mr.mindless on November 02, 2023, 03:50:29 PM
Forester she tapped looks like just bumper cover. Px front to driver rear…
Post by: M4wdFab on November 02, 2023, 03:55:33 PM
Post by: Wingman on November 02, 2023, 11:15:15 PM
Post by: etk300ex on November 03, 2023, 09:13:24 AM
Post by: mr.mindless on November 03, 2023, 10:41:36 AM
The car emoji aren’t helpful.
At least it’s the rusty fender that I never swapped.
The hood wrinkle is going to be challenging at best.
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Post by: mr.mindless on November 05, 2023, 11:37:52 PM
I smelled some coolant a day ago when we drove this, found upper radiator hose swollen like a ballon and weeping. Didn’t have new on the shelf but had a used from another vw model that I trimmed to fit, so that and an overdue oil change and this is ready to go. Didn’t put the snows on it yet.
Has been starting hard. Will check timing next time it’s up to temp.
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Post by: mr.mindless on November 05, 2023, 11:38:33 PM
Post by: mr.mindless on November 14, 2023, 07:29:04 AM
Jumped and made it home. No charge light. Didn’t look at it again yet.
I’m tired of cars.
Post by: mr.mindless on December 02, 2023, 01:05:30 PM
I want to just add a lift pump to it as a bandaid.
Post by: mr.mindless on December 04, 2023, 11:11:21 PM
Throwing a bandaid at it this weekend with an in-tank pump along with new fuel filter and thermo tee.
Post by: mr.mindless on December 28, 2023, 03:59:20 PM
Engine oil and filter
Fuel filter and thermo tee
Rear brake pads
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Post by: M4wdFab on December 28, 2023, 04:11:09 PM
3.5 cans of starting fluid, 2 gallons of new oil, and a zip tie on the glow plug harness
did you check the zip tie?
Post by: mr.mindless on December 28, 2023, 07:10:01 PM
I’d forgotten about that zip tie, wherever it is.
Test drive after brakes failed so it’s back in the shop. May need rear calipers, which I remember being like $20 and they now are 75+
Hopefully I just need to work the ebrakes to get them to adjust and take up slack. Had to WORK to get them backed off but they freed up once they started moving but now rear brakes come on the second pump even after a few stops.
Post by: M4wdFab on December 28, 2023, 07:19:12 PM
Post by: mr.mindless on December 28, 2023, 08:30:39 PM
Post by: mr.mindless on January 02, 2024, 04:35:22 PM
Post by: mr.mindless on January 02, 2024, 10:31:56 PM
Bosch reman on the way from FCP Euro. New is backordered. Automatic trans is different from manual. So I guess I don't get to drive the caddy that I spent last week working on. Rustwagen for me I guess, with its new overboost issue instead of the old underboost problem.
Post by: etk300ex on January 04, 2024, 12:38:13 PM
Post by: mr.mindless on January 09, 2024, 10:07:07 AM
Post by: mr.mindless on January 10, 2024, 03:03:30 PM
Excellent all around.
Someone is very fed up with this. Possibly understandably.
Post by: mr.mindless on January 13, 2024, 09:38:47 PM
Reconnecting the battery with the key on disabled the alarm. remote refuses to work. Forgot my diagnostic laptop up in Rochester so going to probably ignore the rest of this until later so I can properly diag all the switches in the doors too, but at least it's drivable again..
Post by: mr.mindless on January 21, 2024, 02:25:31 PM
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