Matt's Steel Grey 5door GTI

[FrameSet]

Why did you add tape to the toque , so you could apply more pressure? Where did you get the Cam Follower kit? I've seen one on Awesome GTI and I've been meaning to change it myself.

The tape was just to stop the star bit from fallout out the ring on the 10mm spanner. If you have a ratchet spanner with a closed side you'll be laughing but this worked. I ordered mine from Awesome. Worth doing, from what I've read it can save pricey damage from occurring. Also i like doing stuff like this myself so i know how it all works!

[FrameSet]

Got the Ramair induction kit fitted today. Went for the standard opposed to the oversized kit. Pretty straight forward and similar to the revo on my mates car that we fitted. Sounds nice and can get a little flutter at low speeds!

Before:


After:


Excuse the state of the bay. And I have since removed the engine cover mounts and am working on the oil filler neck.

And my friends Revo for a comparison:



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[FrameSet]

Spent an hour tidying up the bay. Got the oil filler neck off and ordered new coolant and washer caps to get rid of the blue ones! 










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[jayha11]

Looking good dude! Big improvement on the engine bay.

[FrameSet]

Small update. Got the car booked in to have a stat changed (if that's the problem) next Tuesday.
Also got black coolant and washer caps, makes the bay look 10x better imo.





And clocked over to 113k yesterday. Ignore the low mpg, I had just started my journey!



Thought I'd add in some photos of my sisters car, which she has washed at a 'hand car wash'




Nasty!





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[FrameSet]

Had the car in at VWauditec today to sort the stat problem. Turns out it's going to be a bigger job than they thought so going in next Tuesday!

Had a spare half hour on the weekend so took the passenger side arch liner out to give it a clean. Was a lot less crap in there compared to the drivers side.



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[FrameSet]

Car went into VWAudiTec again today. Brilliant service. Had the stat and housing changed and that problem is all solved!    ...
However.. On changing the stat they did unveil another issue; I had previously noticed that the drivers side headlight was secured with a zip-tie.   I had assumed the previous driver had just hit a pheasant or something of the sort as i could see no further damage and everything seem kosher. But it turns out the front panel and bracket that mounts the headlight need replacing too. Decided against having it done today as i need the car and I'm planning on buying some Depo xenon headlights anyway.

Hey ho, you live and learn. Should've had a closer look before buying! 

[FrameSet]

Few more little mods done to the golf.

Got some chrome tipped switches and a cherry hazard button from eBay and set about fitting them. Still yet to do the fuel cap switch as its a door card off job!





And today I've tried out some LED sidelights. Ended up putting the standard ones back in as they just didn't look right against the yellowy headlights! I'll keep them for when I get some hella xenons!





Other than this I'm just racking up the miles and trying to keep her clean. After the next wash I'll try and get all the trim and bumpers treated and I've got a gtechniq glass kit to put to use.

One one small issue. The car has gone into a sort of 'limp mode' three times. No warnings or obvious causes but it eventually springs back into life after a few minutes of driving with what seems like a 1.0L under the bonnet!
Hopefully it's just a little glitch, can't find too many threads relating to this but i may check all the plugs and change the pcv anyway.

Thanks for reading!


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[S800BRN]

Some good mods here. Good job on the bay!
I chopped and refitted my cover.

[jazman]

Hi mate. just bought a mk5 golf tdi that has the same wheels (Monza) . Mine are 18 inch with 225/40/18 tyres. Can you tell me if you have the same and are they on standard springs? The reason I ask is I need to change the springs to standard and I am happy with the gap spacings as its my everyday car. Thanks

[FrameSet]

Just a quick video showing the grill after one coat of autoglym bumper and trim gel.
Note: this was post snowfoam and pre wash so ignore the poor beading/ sheeting on the paintwork!



And after its wash yesterday, this was the state of it this morning:



Knew I shouldn't have gone to the pub in the rain!


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[FrameSet]

Another update on the gti,

I got the windscreen sealed with the Gtechniq kit a couple of months ago; what a difference! Don't need to use wipers above 50mph in the rain!



Noticed one of my fogs has cracked



And I've changed the pcv valve. Old one was caked in oily crap!





However this has not muffled the 'derv tickover' so a new camchain and tensioner will have to go in.

Got a quote from VWAuiditec for £404 inc vat and labour.

I've also bought some magnets for the front plate so will try and get that done soon!

Other than that it's due a service in 2k miles and is in need of a polish and wax... But it keeps raining!

What oil do guys recommend?
And what plugs as they must be due a change?

Thanks for looking!






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[Pesky jones]

Great price on the cam chain tensioner, and VWauditec are good guys. Looks good, although your new PCV will be just as oily in a day or two :)

[FrameSet]

Thought I'd try out a magnetic front plate after seeing marka87uk's thread.

Fairly straight forward, the hardest part was removing the old plate from the plinth!

Started by cleaning both the front and backside of the grill and wiping over where the magnets would sit with some white spirit.



Here's everything I used:


Ignore the plate surround, I just put the magnets on there to stop them sticking together!

Next I roughly measured the gaps and glued the magnets onto the plate. (With araldite)



Then covered with gaffer tape (hopefully this will last  )





And once the araldite had dried I simply held the plate up agasint the grill and let the remaining magnets fall (quite quickly) onto the back of the grill.

Next was to individually remove each magnet and stick back on. Some more tape, and we were there!









I'm not sure how long it will last or what speeds it will endure but it's something I wanted to try!
In hindsight I would've put the end magnets closer to the end of the plate to curve it round the grill a bit more.

Here's the link to Mark's thread: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,24323.15.html

You may have also noticed I wrapped the front badge (badly).. Let's just say it looks good from a distance!

Cheers!


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[FrameSet]

Well guys and gals,

Just picked the car up from VWAudiTec after having the cam chain and tensioner changed. It was in for two days rather than one as the car put up a bit of a fight and broke their locking tool 

Anyway, what a difference! Was sat at a set of traffic lights on the way home and had to check the car was actually running! It's so quiet now! No more derv sounding tickover 

Again, very good service from VWAudiTec. Now I need to scrape some cash together for a service!