What did you and your MKV do today?

[pudding]

Nice!  So did mine until I fitted a sports cat 

What have I done lately...... fitted a VWR intake, load of rubbish, so took it off again.  Did a compression check and got 14 bar across all 4 cylinders, so I'm happy the engine is nice and healthy for a 113K old timer 

The owners manual and the internet are both useless when it comes to finding the fuses for the ECU and fuel pump, so anyone else wanting to do a comp test, simply pull relays 100 and 167.  They are in the engine bay fuse box.  You need to pull those to stop fuel being sprayed in when cranking.

[Ripstop]

Bilstein B4's fitted and a brake fluid change at AKS... yeah yeah I know nothing special but boy I didn't realise how tired the old suspension had got after 105k miles. I drove home a with a big grin on my face.. the car was just so much smoother and tighter on the road. It also got rid of my small lump hammer monkey on the front drivers side strut.... the knocking noise has totally disappeared!!! 

[pudding]

Bilstein B4's fitted and a brake fluid change at AKS... yeah yeah I know nothing special but boy I didn't realise how tired the old suspension had got after 105k miles. I drove home a with a big grin on my face.. the car was just so much smoother and tighter on the road. It also got rid of my small lump hammer monkey on the front drivers side strut.... the knocking noise has totally disappeared!!! 

Result 

[Rossimac]

Do they change the ride height much? Any pics?

[Shoduchi]

Do they change the ride height much? Any pics?

Dampers don't change ride height. It's the springs.

Also Bilstein B4 won't be as sporty as OEM dampers. OEM dampers should be more like Bilstein B6.

[Rossimac]

Dampers don't change ride height. It's the springs.

Also Bilstein B4 won't be as sporty as OEM dampers. OEM dampers should be more like Bilstein B6.

Gotcha! With mine on 136k miles now, I think I don't even know what a "good" suspension feels like. Bought it at 95k miles.

[Ripstop]

Do they change the ride height much? Any pics?

The ride height shouldn't change with standard springs and sorry didn't take any photo's.... was pissing with rain but I also need to mention that I have already fitted a set of H&R springs on it from one of my previous visits due to a snapped front spring and two rear's with the tops broken off. I can get some photo's of the current drop height later when its stops raining if you want. The drop I think from memory was about 20-25 mm and the wheels sit perfectly in the arches.. well I think so anyway 

I did think the B4's were the OEM equivalent and the B6's were the "harder" sport option. But anyway doesn't matter as for me they are just right.

[OEM+ DUB]

B4 dampers are the OEM equivalent. Generally speaking, B6 are uprated for standard height set ups and B8 dampers are uprated for lowered set ups. B6 and B8 both have a thicker diameter piston for increased strength/stability under load and "upside down" internal construction if I remember correctly from my research (I went with B8s and VWR springs).

[Shoduchi]

B4 dampers are the OEM equivalent. Generally speaking, B6 are uprated for standard height set ups and B8 dampers are uprated for lowered set ups. B6 and B8 both have a thicker diameter piston for increased strength/stability under load and "upside down" internal construction if I remember correctly from my research (I went with B8s and VWR springs).

B4 dampers are the OEM equivalent for normal suspensions. GTI have a sport suspension. For me the B4 Sport dampers will be more like the sport suspension that GT Sport versions like my 1.9 TDI GT Sport had from factory.

[OEM+ DUB]

B4 dampers are the OEM equivalent. Generally speaking, B6 are uprated for standard height set ups and B8 dampers are uprated for lowered set ups. B6 and B8 both have a thicker diameter piston for increased strength/stability under load and "upside down" internal construction if I remember correctly from my research (I went with B8s and VWR springs).

B4 dampers are the OEM equivalent for normal suspensions. GTI have a sport suspension. For me the B4 Sport dampers will be more like the sport suspension that GT Sport versions like my 1.9 TDI GT Sport had from factory.

Bilstein have specific part numbers for B4 fitment for the GTI with both front and rear gas pressurised.  These have exactly the same piston diameter and construction as the standard factory fit dampers. The B6s are far more firmer than standard or B4 dampers.

[Shoduchi]

B4 dampers are the OEM equivalent. Generally speaking, B6 are uprated for standard height set ups and B8 dampers are uprated for lowered set ups. B6 and B8 both have a thicker diameter piston for increased strength/stability under load and "upside down" internal construction if I remember correctly from my research (I went with B8s and VWR springs).

B4 dampers are the OEM equivalent for normal suspensions. GTI have a sport suspension. For me the B4 Sport dampers will be more like the sport suspension that GT Sport versions like my 1.9 TDI GT Sport had from factory.

Bilstein have specific part numbers for B4 fitment for the GTI with both front and rear gas pressurised.  These have exactly the same piston diameter and construction as the standard factory fit dampers. The B6s are far more firmer than standard or B4 dampers.

Ok, thanks for the explanation!

[pudding]

If you guys get any strange hesitancy, rough idle, sluggishness until boost kicked in, jolting when coming off the throttle, surging in the lower gears, unexplained acceleration coming off the throttle...... it's worth checking your cam sensor.

My ED30 had all of that and my sensor had years of swarf stuck to it, which was corrupting/blocking the signal.   Swapped it out (£38 from the stealer) and it's fixed all of that     The ECU never fault coded it, so just goes to show you can't always rely on VCDS for fault finding.   

[Shoduchi]

Good info @Pudding! One more detail to be aware of.

[pudding]

Good info @Pudding! One more detail to be aware of.

The jolting coming off the throttle was making me want to set fire to the car, so was worth doing it just for that!

[GTIEagles]

Cleaned it... 2nd time this year