Gavin's cheapy but getting more expensive GTI ;)

[h100vw]

Gav you'll be lucky if it shows up today - the post office said because of your post code or something it'd be more like Tues/Weds.

Just expecting a miracle James. What I find funny, is I can express post stuff to Perth cbd from 40km outside Brisbane overnight but they can't do it back?

[Deadpool]

Rebuilds are always the best.

Good luck with this one.

[Lito]

wow that is one knackered turbo!! did you find any bits of it upstream in the intercooler piping? wouldn't want a fin getting sucked into the engine.

[h100vw]

wow that is one knackered turbo!! did you find any bits of it upstream in the intercooler piping? wouldn't want a fin getting sucked into the engine.

I reckon the inter cooler would be a fair filter as well. Nothing but a bit of oil in the lowest point, no sign of any swarf.

Anything making it past the intercooler would be pretty small. Then it has to make it up 50cm vertically. I will be sleeping soundly.

Gavin

[noone]

Looking good mate, welcome to the Polo club (even if you have been a large part of it previously).

Is this going to turn into something interesting? Big or even medium plans?

[h100vw]

Looking good mate, welcome to the Polo club (even if you have been a large part of it previously).

Is this going to turn into something interesting? Big or even medium plans?

Driving more than 60km in one go is my first goal with it!

[h100vw]

Well folks, the replacement blower rocked up this arvo. Thanks NP!

I wasted no time giving the outside a bit of a clean up. Then I went to fit the actuator off the original turbo, the new one is from an A3 and the pipe had a different orientation. Failed, went back to the Audi actuator and wriggled a bit of length on the pipe to make it fit.

Took a good while to fit it. Ran it about an hour ago and didn't get any leaks.

Note to self, don't remove a turbo then leave it 4 days to fit the replacement. You will forget where all the bolts go if like me you just chuck them all in a box.

Ready to go in. Cleaned off and water pipe fitted up with new copper washers, everywhere.


Oil line swilled out with brake cleaner. No crap came out.





Turbo fitted up and bolted on. New bolts, notice also that there is no silencer on the outlet on this one.




Novelty use of the jack to get the turbo in and out of the top.






I'll take it for a run tomorrow after work and see how it performs.

Gavin

[clicht]

.....if like me you just chuck them all in a box.

Gavin

Hahahah, join the club

[h100vw]

50ks and counting......

[nightphotographer]

Well folks, the replacement blower rocked up this arvo. Thanks NP!

I wasted no time giving the outside a bit of a clean up. Then I went to fit the actuator off the original turbo, the new one is from an A3 and the pipe had a different orientation. Failed, went back to the Audi actuator and wriggled a bit of length on the pipe to make it fit.

Took a good while to fit it. Ran it about an hour ago and didn't get any leaks.

Note to self, don't remove a turbo then leave it 4 days to fit the replacement. You will forget where all the bolts go if like me you just chuck them all in a box.

I'll take it for a run tomorrow after work and see how it performs.

Gavin

Glad you got it pretty fast - hope it's all okay for you man!

[noone]

winning!

[team_v]

Good to see it's starting to happen Gav.
Are you going to replace the S3 with the Pogo at Happy Laps?

[seangti]

Strip the interior, I know someone who would be fond of leather seats

[Greg Roles]

Taking bets Gav's " leave it stock" cheapie Polo becomes a mod monster.....

[h100vw]

More Ks on now. Seems pretty happy. VCDS lead on the way to Sydney with a guy from work. Will take it to work tomorrow night and do logs on the way home.

The seats are pretty comfy and I have now connected the drivers one so the heating works! LOL

Soldered in some resistors for the SAI 249 delete and cleared the light with Torque. Still got a fault registered but hopefully that will go of it's own accord like it did on the S3 and some other Polo's.

I took a few pictures of that one my phone which I'll post later on.

Plug cut off











Sticky heatshrink



Heated up and folded over, so it sticks to itself.





Couple of tywraps to finish it off.




Blanking plate fitted











Took the TPS switch out which had stopped working. Must have been binding on something, as it is OK now and that's all the warning lights gone off the dash.

I don't reckon I'll go for laps in it on wobbly standard shocks and springs.