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

[h100vw]

"It's not mission difficult, it's mission impossible"

[aaron001au]

Fitted my new drivers door module and fitted keyless entry today also ...

[eri_12]

My gearbox gave up two weeks ago...
Bought this to bash around in while mk4 gets fixed

[JustCruisn]

so I did the impossible yesterday and changed my timing belt, tensioner, pulley and water pump..
had the upper timing cover not want to slide off then 1 of the crank pulley bolts round out on me and then the belt wouldn't play ball and fit over the water pump pulley..
in the end I got it all sorted and am flushing the cooling system again today before I add in the new G12 red coolant and an oil and filter change.
thanks to Gav(h100vw) for getting the parts for me and for lending a couple of tools to help in the final stages (M8 spline drive fits nicely in a rounded 6mm allen bolt when delivered with a hammer)

Thanks for that.
My service warning says 600km so I checked my papers and its been 5 years and 85K since last belt change. I thought about doing it myself but now I will be booking it in.

[Jmac]

Picture of bent fins on my old k03 turbo: NSFW
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Will add to this , my initial view was something soft had been ingested as there was 2 random fins bent. no pick up points were found on the housing, sump was removed to have any carbon blockages checked, tea bag off the lot and into the corners of the pipe where some miss, feed lines checked, coolant line replaced due to having seen better days. engine internals look really clean and a sure sign it hasn't missed a service, inside the cam cover is nice too. My initial thought was maybe during TIP piper install a silicone piece had been loosesned fitting bypass valve or whatever else is on that pipe, as there is silicone lumps part of the manufacture evident and being it was a used one its been on and off and on and off. Seen nothing else, ingestion 1st thought due to random fin damage. 2nd thought turbo bearing but really expected pick up points. Carlos has a really good point with the PCV actually its in the TIP. Whatever it was its well out of the way. Happy motoring.
Jmac

[Jmac]

so I did the impossible yesterday and changed my timing belt, tensioner, pulley and water pump..
had the upper timing cover not want to slide off then 1 of the crank pulley bolts round out on me and then the belt wouldn't play ball and fit over the water pump pulley..
in the end I got it all sorted and am flushing the cooling system again today before I add in the new G12 red coolant and an oil and filter change.
thanks to Gav(h100vw) for getting the parts for me and for lending a couple of tools to help in the final stages (M8 spline drive fits nicely in a rounded 6mm allen bolt when delivered with a hammer)

Seen a crank pulley cracked by ramming an m8 and thumping it with a hammer. Just saying

[Lito]

My gearbox gave up two weeks ago...
Bought this to bash around in while mk4 gets fixed
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Gearbox is now finally on its way to you nice E30 though!

[eri_12]

Gearbox is now finally on its way to you nice E30 though!

Awesome thanks

[blackers10]

Seen a crank pulley cracked by ramming an m8 and thumping it with a hammer. Just saying

I didn't go nuts on it, just enough to get it to seat nicely
but I would certainly understand one cracking from it!

[kjniemann]

Afew days ago I got some xxrs for my bora so its sitting pretty

[Lito]

Just went for a drive after installing the VF motor mounts. Man these thing vibrate a lot! It's nothing I can't live with though and hopefully they'll settle in a bit over time. It's not actually too bad when driving around, just a bit shakeup at idle. Car feels so much tighter now though, if you can stand the extra NVH these mounts are an awesome upgrade!

[drucejnr]

Installed a new DDIN in the 32 with bluetooth and all that good stuff. Also did the flapper mod - sounds sweet on a stock exhaust!

[Lito]

Found a sneaky boost leak



Was the o-ring in the dv. Also ordered a new oil cap as mine has somehow lost the seal and a little oil is dribbling on the valve cover . Engine mounts seemed to have settle down a bit too

[blackers10]

Glad to hear the mounts are nicer now

[Sirocco20348]

Found a sneaky boost leak

Hey Carlos have you had your car tuned yet? What tune are you running and How much power are you generating?