What did you and your MKV do today?

[ROH ECHT]

New "Boot Pop kit" bump stops, only, arrived today...replacements for worn and broken pair...and got them installed. Picked up oil, filter, and cam follower for upcoming 135k service.

You also tackling the service over long Easter weekend?

I'll drop the sump and clean the pickup pipe while I'm doing the service.

No...I had to get oil and filter for the wife's car so I got my stuff too. I have 450 miles to go before I get mine done. 
"Long Easter weekend"? You all get an extra day off there? U.S. = not!

[OEM+ DUB]

Cleaned sunroof seal, cleaned and lubed mechanism, adjusted glass and addressed rattle on tilt.  Then set about fitting underseat drawers that I picked up for a bargain - really easy job and look great.  Took the opportunity to clean carpets under seats properly while I was at it too.

[grey golfster]

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"Long Easter weekend"? You all get an extra day off there? U.S. = not!
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No...TWO extra days off actually! Friday and Monday!   

That's why all you Americans are so highly paid!    

Still haven't worked out why you guys can often  buy euro made stuff for the same price in dollars that we have to pay in £/€ tho???

[r5gtt]

   

@pudding

There is a reason it has been removed for a previous modification that must have been removed before resale..

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=10027.0

Went to sort my leaking rear washer today and discovered some previous owner hackings.

The dimwit cut a section of metal away and also cut a support arm off the wiper motor assembly 

This precisely why people steer clear of modified cars.  I now need to buy a new motor and weld a studded piece of metal back on to support the motor.

Has anyone got a picture of what that area is supposed to look like as standard please?

does that look like a different boot handle and could be the reason it's been chopped out 

[martinatfc]

looks like you got the complete brake light out without breaking it into pieces?. Well done 

On my list as mine is fooked! Have already rotated the rear wash jet to stop it squirting right up at it!

I've just done mine this morning. Very easy.
Was probably lucky that the plastic that holds onto the screws was easy to break out so didn't have to actually break the red cover. Just a lot of brute force! New one clipped straight in. Only took 10 minutes.

[jaffa]

Been a while since iv done anything to my car but recently had a detail done with g techniq had new front drop links fitted to get rid of the annoying knocking over every bump and just fitted some vmr 701 in 19x8.5 et 48






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[IOMAL]

Anybody else think this pollen filter was well overdue a change


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[4ndy]

Surely this is a carbon filter.  I change mine every year  Always get them from ECP as the indi charges £12

[spesh]

Change the PCV today.  Front part was a doddle and done in 10mins, the rear metal pipe however was an absolute ballache - you need the hands of a 5 year old to get to it.

[lukemk5gti]

Change the PCV today.  Front part was a doddle and done in 10mins, the rear metal pipe however was an absolute ballache - you need the hands of a 5 year old to get to it.

I used a needle nose pliers.

Had considered asking one of my nephews to do it 

[pudding]

   

@pudding

There is a reason it has been removed for a previous modification that must have been removed before resale..

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=10027.0

Went to sort my leaking rear washer today and discovered some previous owner hackings.

The dimwit cut a section of metal away and also cut a support arm off the wiper motor assembly 

This precisely why people steer clear of modified cars.  I now need to buy a new motor and weld a studded piece of metal back on to support the motor.

Has anyone got a picture of what that area is supposed to look like as standard please?

Cheers mate, I can now see what I need for performing reconstructive surgery!

The guy who owned my car before me is a complete idiot.   Reading through that thread it all makes sense now why my car rattles so much.  It's bloody vandalism and he didn't even leave the damn camera in the car after all that work 

[mkmg76]

GFB DV+ fitted over the weekend.

There was a revision C in it but no tears or anything so must have been changed at some point in the past. Power wise I can't say I'm feeling a difference but throttle response is MUCH sharper and for some reason which I can't quite get my head around the DSG gear changes are absolutely seamless now.

Must be something to do with maintaining boost/vac between gears and preventing the engine from lurching on the mounts. 

Highly recommended if anyone is thinking of doing it.

30 mins in and out. Long allen bit and ratchet spanner made it fairly simple.

[pudding]

GFB DV+ fitted over the weekend.

There was a revision C in it but no tears or anything so must have been changed at some point in the past. Power wise I can't say I'm feeling a difference but throttle response is MUCH sharper and for some reason which I can't quite get my head around the DSG gear changes are absolutely seamless now.

Must be something to do with maintaining boost/vac between gears and preventing the engine from lurching on the mounts. 

Highly recommended if anyone is thinking of doing it.

30 mins in and out. Long allen bit and ratchet spanner made it fairly simple.

Similar effect on manual cars too.  Everything just feels like it's better....idle smoothness, responsiveness, the lot.

I think the DV+ can occasionally stick partially open at times though.  I seem to have periods of massive disparity in performance.  Some days it's really really gutless off boost and other days it feels like a brand new engine.  I think it's down to the DV+ personally.  It needs periodic cleaning and lubing.

[Shoduchi]

Similar effect on manual cars too.  Everything just feels like it's better....idle smoothness, responsiveness, the lot.

I think the DV+ can occasionally stick partially open at times though.  I seem to have periods of massive disparity in performance.  Some days it's really really gutless off boost and other days it feels like a brand new engine.  I think it's down to the DV+ personally.  It needs periodic cleaning and lubing.

I don't have the same experience with mine. Never noticed any performance difference and never cleaned/lubed mine so far. Still flutters well while releasing boost as new. If it stick, it would just dump the boost.

[mkmg76]

GFB DV+ fitted over the weekend.

There was a revision C in it but no tears or anything so must have been changed at some point in the past. Power wise I can't say I'm feeling a difference but throttle response is MUCH sharper and for some reason which I can't quite get my head around the DSG gear changes are absolutely seamless now.

Must be something to do with maintaining boost/vac between gears and preventing the engine from lurching on the mounts. 

Highly recommended if anyone is thinking of doing it.

30 mins in and out. Long allen bit and ratchet spanner made it fairly simple.

Similar effect on manual cars too.  Everything just feels like it's better....idle smoothness, responsiveness, the lot.

I think the DV+ can occasionally stick partially open at times though.  I seem to have periods of massive disparity in performance.  Some days it's really really gutless off boost and other days it feels like a brand new engine.  I think it's down to the DV+ personally.  It needs periodic cleaning and lubing.

Can't say I've read anything about them needing maintenance, hopefully not.

You're correct about everything just feeling "better". It's hard to quantify but it feels like the part that should've been on the car from day 1. 

Similar effect on manual cars too.  Everything just feels like it's better....idle smoothness, responsiveness, the lot.

I think the DV+ can occasionally stick partially open at times though.  I seem to have periods of massive disparity in performance.  Some days it's really really gutless off boost and other days it feels like a brand new engine.  I think it's down to the DV+ personally.  It needs periodic cleaning and lubing.

I don't have the same experience with mine. Never noticed any performance difference and never cleaned/lubed mine so far. Still flutters well while releasing boost as new. If it stick, it would just dump the boost.

I'm not hearing any fluttering, are you on a K04? Do you have an uprated intake? My car is bog standard so maybe that's why?