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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2015, 06:51:22 am »
Great success!

Borrowed the Launch CRP129 from work in the hopes of resetting the airbag light i triggered.

Plugged it in, read the code (something about drivers seat airbag trigger unreadable, which is no surprise being that the airbag wiring is bypassed and looped), cleared the code successfully and so far it hasnt come back. Hopefully its gone for good. In the mean time, my backside is super toasty and the lumbar support works again.


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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #16 on: July 10, 2015, 06:50:44 am »
03/7/15
So the Golf reminded me that the Germans have an awesome sense of humour. Today was the first time ive driven the car more than around the block since doing the work last weekend. I took it to work.
 
I noticed straight away last weekend that the indicators werent flashing when the doors were locked like they used to. i figured this was down to coding. Today i also noticed the LH puddle light and mirror werent working. Hmmm, weird. Tried the LH front window, nope. Crap. Tried the LH rear window, nope. LH doors also arent locking at all. Balls.
 
When i was doing the work last weekend i disconnected the battery (as i was working on the fuel pump). Apparently its a well known... feature.... that if the battery is disconnected for a period of time, or replaced, that the body control unit can throw a wobbly and chuck its toys out of the cot. The byproduct of this is it usually forgets there is a LH side of the car. The cure? To disconnect the battery for half an hour, and when reconnected it should stop being a little bitch.
 
Ill do this tomorrow, and then ill be winning again.
 
On a side note, car drives mint. Turbo is making more boosty noises, obviously the diverter valve wasnt in good shape but its working great now. Also makes wooshy noises when throttle is let off. Airbag light still gone.
 
Have ordered a couple of things through the dealer. Namely the electrical connector i broke on the fuel pump last weekend, and an ORing for the intercooler pipe (which i noted the other day had weeped some oil from inside the pipe, indicating its leaking air). Apparently no one in NZ has ever ordered that connector, so its on its way from Germany. PN 3B0 973 703 G

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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #17 on: July 10, 2015, 06:55:29 am »
04/7/15

What a day.
 
After breakfast i went out to the Golf, disconnected battery and started a timer for 30 mins. Stuffed around during this time, cleaned some pine needles off the car and cleared a blocked drain in the engine bay (fecking pine trees). Eventually the timer buzzed in my pocket, so i reconnected the battery, and did some further testing.
 
The car has suddenly remembered it has a LH side, and all electrics are now working. HURRAH! As i suspected the indicators are now flashing again when the car is locked and unlocked, and all the doors, windows and mirrors do what they should.
 
In my excitement i decided to take the car for a drive for some shopping. Drives there mint, showed some cars who was boss on the passing lanes, awesome. I park up, return some things i didnt need, and move the car to another carpark for some further shopping.
 
Now, before i continue, lets look back at yesterday. I took the car to work, no LH side of car and all. At lunch time i decided i wanted to go out and get some feed. Jump in the golf, turn the key and the barstewards doesnt start. just cranks over and over and over, no signs of it trying to fire. Oh stuff this. I jump out, in the rain, pop the hood and do some generic "trust me, im a mechanic" poking and prodding under the hood. Jump back in, and she fires up first turn of the engine (like usual).
 
Did some reading online, couple of reports of vapor lock in the fuel system causing hard starts when warm. thought it was a bit odd because the car had been sitting for 5 hours, so hardly warm, but accepted it. car started and drove home after work fine.
 
Now, back to this afternoon. I finish buying my awesome stuff (ie: nothing), and go to start the car. It does it again, just cranks over and over. FML. Jump out, be a mechanic again, still wont start. Figure if its heat related, doing more shopping and leaving the car there would A: do me some good, i need a walk B: let the car cool down and it might start, if it feels like it.
 
Shopped for a bit, came back to the car, still wont start. By this time its been a couple of hours, im pretty pissed off and the better half is getting a bit worried. I reassure her but once again showing im a mechanic under the hood. Still doesnt start, she is losing confidence in my mechanical (and magical) abilities.
 
Its getting cold and dark, so i call defeat and ring roadside rescue. They checked a low car suitable flatbed was available, and booked it. Unfortunately it was on a job, so would be a while off. in the mean time i decided to do some more digging.
 
Obviously it was fuel or spark that was missing. I always have my OBD2 bluetooth scanner in the car, because its fun watching things on my phone screen whilst driving. I did a quick check, if the fuel pump wasnt working, the fuel rail pressure would be poo. Sure enough, when i checked the fuel pressure in the rail it shot up as soon as the engine was cranked. Fuel ruled out, the low pressure pump is feeding the high pressure pump and the pressure was quickly increased to almost 1000psi.
 
So, its spark then. Its coil on plug, so it would be pretty unexpected for all 4 coils to fail in one go. Wait, what about the japanese ignition booster boxes? Turned the ignition on, and popped the hood. sure enough, the lights on the boxes were not lit. Wiggled and jiggled the wiring going to the boxes, and the light came on. Turned the key and the car fired into life. barstewards.
 
Drove around the block a bit, and the car was running fine. Decided to YOLO it, so rang roadside rescue and told them to cancel the truck as i was going to limp the car home (and not pay the $80 towing fee).
 
Got home ok, no issues at all. DSG is even operating a little better with the battery reset, and its learning my driving style. Rev matching on downshift is a bit better than it was too.
 
So all in all, the car is now in the garage, didnt need a tow, and ill be ripping all the useless dodgy japanese electronic boxes out from under the hood.
 
Didnt need this in the end, but made me feel like a mad hardparker driving home with it in

 
And these are the things ill be pulling out


 
As well as my box of Raizins

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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #18 on: July 10, 2015, 07:00:21 am »
06/7/15

I thought i should probably get the stricken Golf out of the garage so the daily can get out of the cold. Poor thing.
 
So this is where i started. removed the engine cover (getting real good at that now), and took a good geez at what was before me. The two boxes and the clump of wiring.


 
I started by physically removing the boxes from their mounts and removing all the dozens of zipties holding the wiring in.




 
Disconnected the (unfused) mains connection, and ground


 
When i weeded out the wiring for the Alpha CI box, i wasnt left with a lot. In fact, only two wires were heading into the loom.


 
Followed the two wires, and found them intercepting the main power feed to the coils.

 
Now, i did intend to solder the wires back together when i started, but its bit of a poo to reach, the wires are now short with not much slack (due to them being cut), and the lovely japanese installer has installed bullet terminals on them. I decided it was just easier to reuse the bullet terminals, so i plugged them together and wrapped the loom in insulation tape.

 
So after fixing that mess i had a look into the Raizin box. After some careful investigation i noted that the Pivot system comprises of the box with a power and ground, and a completely separate grounding kit. Left the grounding kit in place (after a quick tidy up of the wiring to the battery), and removed the box and its wiring.



 
This is all the crap i was left with

 
The battery cover and fuse lid now fit correctly, much cleaner.

 
This is what it looked like before

 
Now

 
Im going to pull the boxes to bits to see whats actually in them. Unfortunately they do have security screws, so ill need to wait till i can be bothered to get the Dremel out.

 
Car starts and runs normally again. No other real noticeable differences yet, hopefully i dont notice a reverse placebo by removing the boosters.

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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #19 on: July 15, 2015, 11:15:47 pm »
Cars been running great since removing that rubbish, no noticable difference.

Ordered some extended DSG paddles, and a generic ebay decat 3" downpipe. Should be a bit of fun.

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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #20 on: July 17, 2015, 09:33:48 am »
Its also the little things.

New key badges



And finally got a bottle opener (which also doubles as the divider in the cup holder)

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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #21 on: July 20, 2015, 10:19:03 am »
Stalking....  :scared:

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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #22 on: July 25, 2015, 05:41:36 am »
Gave the Golf a much needed scrub today. Always rewarding, the metallic blue is stunning in the sun, sadly the sun was well on its way away by the time i was done.














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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #23 on: July 26, 2015, 10:52:59 pm »
Lame question, but how did you get the old VW logo off the keyfob? I tried getting mine off with a screwdriver but I just chopped and chewed at the logo instead of actually lifiting it off...

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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #24 on: July 27, 2015, 03:40:44 am »
no worries. I used a tiny little jewelers flat blade screw driver to lever it off. You can see the little mark i made when i started to lever it off in the first photo at about 1 oclock position. Once i got the blade under the edge the badge just popped off.

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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #25 on: July 27, 2015, 07:45:46 am »
Got the pipe home, and had a decent nose over it. Preliminary investigations show that its actually pretty well put together.

Packaging couldve been better, the flange was poking out of the box (heh) when i got it, but seems although it was sticking out it hadnt been bashed around and was OK.


The stainless is very shiny


The pipe is also pretty damn big. 3" with bellmouthed flange. Standard size lighter for scale.





The welds are pretty decent, tidy with no splatter or obvious holes. Good penetration.





Comes with VBand to join the sections, and a new gasket for the turbo (although apparently its better to reuse the standard metal gasket)



As long as the O2 sensor adaptor arrives this week, ill endeavour to have this fitted this weekend. Sound clips to come.

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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #26 on: July 27, 2015, 07:47:41 am »
This is the pipe i purchased.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/WLR-STORE-Exhaust-Turbo-Downpipe-For-06-09-VW-GOLF-GTI-JETTA-AUDI-A3-2-0T/2032583697.html

Was a huge risk, but has 100% feedback from 21 reviews. I havent fitted it yet so not 100% sure of fitment, but looks OK. Ive checked the flange and it appears straight and true with a straight edge, so thats a good start.

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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #27 on: July 28, 2015, 05:18:35 pm »
Hi mate, any idea where the rear carbon bumper piece came from? It looks nice IMO

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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #28 on: July 28, 2015, 10:45:46 pm »
Hi, i cant be 100% sure as it was on the car when i got it, but it appears to be an OSIR rear


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Re: Shadow Blue 07 GTI
« Reply #29 on: July 28, 2015, 11:01:20 pm »
Lovely, thanks, I will look into it. Like the threat btw