What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

[Speed]

Fitted in my new centre console, refitted some stuff in the bay and gave her a wash.
Hope to paint my panels this week but will see how I go.

[Back Door Shenanigans.]

Had a look underneath the car to see whats what on the diy external resistor fix and found the downside to a lowered car.
Is there is cover for the oil sump or is that the oil sump?





Also does anyone know what this sensor is, located in the front bumper.

[Lonewolf1983]

I believe thats the sump...

Its the reason I raised the front of my car 15-20mm, sump sits very low, and as soon as they come back into stock im looking at a euro spec cover from ECS.

[WhO]

Yup thats the sump, no cover unfortunately but as lonewolf mentioned ECS sell one which looks pretty good although it'll lower your clearance more it'll protect your sump! I believe that sensor is the outside air temp sensor.

[fuzion]

what suspension have you got?! i never had any of those issues being really low, especially to do anything like that!

[Speed]

Holy crap, those scratches are pretty nasty!

Do you feel it scrap or is it likely that you bought it that way and a previous owner did the damage on some shonky road/driveway?

[Back Door Shenanigans.]

I believe thats the sump...

Its the reason I raised the front of my car 15-20mm, sump sits very low, and as soon as they come back into stock im looking at a euro spec cover from ECS.

Is that the all metal weather cover? I was looking at those aswell but won't that just move the problem and give less clearance?

Yup thats the sump, no cover unfortunately but as lonewolf mentioned ECS sell one which looks pretty good although it'll lower your clearance more it'll protect your sump! I believe that sensor is the outside air temp sensor.

Ah fairo, seems a stupid spot as it would be effected by wind wouldnt it? Or have they counted for that.

what suspension have you got?! i never had any of those issues being really low, especially to do anything like that!

Not sure what suspension allthough apparently its not the stock suspension as people have noted that its lower than the stock.

Holy crap, those scratches are pretty nasty!

Do you feel it scrap or is it likely that you bought it that way and a previous owner did the damage on some shonky road/driveway?

Ah the fun was that i brought it then when pulling into my drive way heard a huge scrape which was it botteming out. Turns out the other side of the curb has been washed away and is enough to cause problems. Now i have to do a u-turn down the end of the street and come over a specially made section so i dont bottom out untill we get more gravel in to fix the problem. So im not sure how much of that is the previous owner and how much is me but a few speed bumps also cause some problems. The dealer also noted how much damage i had caused so thats not a good sign.

[Lonewolf1983]

yeah the ECS cover makes it even lower, but better off damaging that then your sump if your car is that low...

[r32 uberwagen]

went to the auto electricians to get the central locking fixed, only to have the belt snap while it was there.... ugh, oh well, its gettin fixed tomorrow! at least it wasnt on the road!

[audi-tone]

Fixed my drivers door locking mechanism.. omg what a bitch to get to.. but now my light turns on when i open my door! yay

if anyone needs to do this follow this tutorial!
taligentx.com: Passat - Door Lock Mechanism Repair

and good luck.

[trickysimon]

I found that:
Bora 4Motion + My lead foot = Only 298km's from a tank of premium fuel

[WhO]

Whaaaaa, that cant be right! If i remember the bora has a 62L fuel tank so assumming your using close to 60 that means your doing 20L/100! You must be flogging the cars guts out to do that or there's an issue somewhere. My bora when i drive it gently returns around 12.5L/100, 13.5 normally with me giving it a good few squirts here and there and i dont think i've seen worse than 15.5 - 16 when giving it stick in the hills...

[Manaz]

Whaaaaa, that cant be right! If i remember the bora has a 62L fuel tank so assumming your using close to 60 that means your doing 20L/100! You must be flogging the cars guts out to do that or there's an issue somewhere. My bora when i drive it gently returns around 12.5L/100, 13.5 normally with me giving it a good few squirts here and there and i dont think i've seen worse than 15.5 - 16 when giving it stick in the hills...

Quite easy to achieve 20L/100km actually - I average around 15L/100km in suburban driving (plenty of traffic, etc) and that's without flogging it (though it's not being lightfooted either).

[JustCruisn]

Worst in my GTI is 17.1 or 320km from 55 litres, so 20 in the V6 should be achievable.
Falcon ute from work, which I use on weekends, quotes 56l/100 going up hill at 80km/h with no load.

[WhO]

Oh well guess i just have a nice and frugal car