What did you do to your MKIV today?

DMan1198 · Feb 2, 2019

Mine has been sitting around 38 the last few tanks. I need to get a belly pan since the po didn’t have it on when I bought it, but the winter front didn’t make much difference to mine. I usually cruise around 70mph.

I did change the air filter last weekend, and changed the fuel filter today. Last one I did was when I put the 11mm pump on last June, and I kept neglecting to do it. I also drained my catch can, and cleaned out the lines. I have to build another one with 3/4” fittings though at some point.

Powerstroke9773 · Feb 2, 2019

Replaced my front struts with quick struts Monroe from advanced Auto. Definite pain in the a$$ had to weld up special tools and not really having a idea. Passenger side was definitely worse than drivers side. But all done drives nice oddly though my steering wheel is slightly cocked from center ??? Dont get that but it definitely drives like new. Also am waiting on my new air filter, fuel filter, and wheel bearings from idparts... That'll be Monday when I get home from work. On a side note idparts has oem wheel bearings on sale right now get El while they last!!!

IndigoBlueWagon · Feb 3, 2019

Get an alignment. You can't help but change it when installing new strut assemblies. And thanks for the order!

Powerstroke9773 · Feb 3, 2019

Ya I drove it to town last night and it didn't pull or anything but I unbolted the ball joint on the passenger side. It's odd to me because of the 3 holes I'd thought it woulda just bolted right back. Only noticeable thing is the steering wheel being cocked slightly. But definitely gonna take it to get a alignment.

Powerstroke9773 · Feb 3, 2019

And should I wait until wheel bearings are installed before I do the alignment?

Genesis · Feb 3, 2019

The trick to doing struts WITHOUT needing an alignment is to NOT UNBOLT THE CONTROL ARMS OR KNUCKLE.

Yes, it's possible, even on the pax side. It doesn't LOOK possible for clearance reasons but it is; the trick is having a compressor that will work inside the wheel wells and to compress the springs on the struts before removing them. The driver side is easy but the pax side WILL clear. Been there done that and had the alignment checked afterward -- it was spot on.

Powerstroke9773 · Feb 3, 2019

Yeah I think had I just unbolted the CV axle first I would have been fine. But I was trying to avoid removing skid plate and doing CV axle. Well I ended up having to do it anyways

IndigoBlueWagon · Feb 3, 2019

Powerstroke9773 said:
And should I wait until wheel bearings are installed before I do the alignment?

If you're going to unbolt the ball joints again to replace the wheel bearings, then you should wait.

Powerstroke9773 · Feb 3, 2019

Yeah I assume the whole knuckle has to come off. I don't think I need ball joints just bought em because they were.on sale. So I'm not sure of I'm doing em now or not.

WildChild80 · Feb 3, 2019

Powerstroke9773 said:
Yeah I assume the whole knuckle has to come off. I don't think I need ball joints just bought em because they were.on sale. So I'm not sure of I'm doing em now or not.

I've replaced a few joints like that and it always seemed better afterwards, one time I was trying to get an alignment and they said my outer tie rod was bad, just had it on the lift and it didn't have play but the boot was torn...when I started taking it off I noticed it was banana shaped and my other Jetta had an alarming amount of play from the inner tie rod...moral of the story is had I not been able to get the entire assembly for a few bucks more I probably wouldn't have seen these problems before spending time and lift time.

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Powerstroke9773 · Feb 3, 2019

So are you saying you replaced the knuckle with the wheel bearing?

VE1.9 · Feb 3, 2019

JDSwan87 said:
D4mn you... now I'm wondering how hard it is to put power seats into my car...

It's not very difficult. I've done it on 5 cars now. It takes about a couple hours to install the seats and power harness (memory install would take longer). That's my ad on vortex by the way, let me know if you're interested.

Nero Morg · Feb 4, 2019

Finally got the 03 NB running with a freshly overhauled engine. Only took me three months...

ToBiN · Feb 4, 2019

on Friday I found my Malone Flashzilla with my 2011 Jetta TDI/M6 tune on it. I also located some rubber JSW floormats. Ill run by the carwash this afternoon to spray them off to make them look like new again.
Also, awaiting for Owain or Mark from Malone to get back to me on if/when I can put my Stage2 tune on my 2013 JSW. Meanwhile looking into downpipe with DPF decoy, shutter valve inserts, and researching possible upgrades to CR170 or GTB1756 or GTB2060 to jump to Stage3. I just don't want to go too big or have a lot of lag. I like when she spools in the lower RPMs.

deathtrap · Feb 4, 2019

Fixed a boost leak.

https://youtu.be/neN1Jnw9Hu0

ToBiN · Feb 4, 2019

I forgot to add, I had a ClearBra installed last Thursday. Installer accidently forgot to cover the headlights so its going back on Wednesday for Headlight protection and Interior UV Protection (tint).

I have some before pictures, Ill get after pix and post them.

Cptcrnch · Feb 4, 2019

Gave the car a good wash to get all the salt and grime off the undercarriage and body. Also took advantage of the spring like weather (0 degrees this time last week to 55 today!) to inspect and rotate my tires and give the under hood area and fluids a check. The car had a hard time starting in that brutal cold we had but it fire and once it smoothed out it ran like a champ!

BearForceOne · Feb 4, 2019

I learned my heater core is leaking just as I'm about to be hit with another cold spell! Seems like I'll be without heat for the rest of this winter

Also found my injection pump to be leaking, gonna try to tackle those seals myself

Powerstroke9773 · Feb 5, 2019

Got my parts from idParts last night. So this morning I installed the new fuel filter and air filter. Time to get that alignment done and have them tell me if there's anything else work out in the front end and schedule a big weekend front end party.

Cptcrnch · Feb 5, 2019

Got to the JY to pickup a driver side mirror cap. Last week after it snowed a piece of ice flew off a semi and smashed my mirror cap to pieces. Thankfully the JY had a black mkiv sitting there with the cap in great shape. Saved me $45 over buying the whole mirror assembly.

IndigoBlueWagon · Feb 5, 2019

Found this under the hood of IBW last night

Happily I need an oil change this weekend, so I can change the seals at the same time.

Rrusse11 · Feb 5, 2019

IBW,
'Scuse my ignorance, but what are we looking at?

Nero Morg · Feb 5, 2019

Rrusse11 said:
IBW,
'Scuse my ignorance, but what are we looking at?

Looks like the bottom of the oil cooler. Or top.

IndigoBlueWagon · Feb 5, 2019

Oil cooler. Seals tend to leak with age. I don't know if these got renewed when we swapped engines, but nevertheless they have at least 90K miles on them.

Rrusse11 · Feb 5, 2019

Thanks gents! I'll have to look at mine,,,,,,,,,, hmm, oil cooler huh,
I'll have to figure out where it is, lol.

IndigoBlueWagon · Feb 5, 2019

Right under the oil filter canister.

Rrusse11 · Feb 5, 2019

Ahhh, well I know where that is, {)

STDOUBT · Feb 5, 2019

BearForceOne said:
I learned my heater core is leaking just as I'm about to be hit with another cold spell! Seems like I'll be without heat for the rest of this winter
Also found my injection pump to be leaking, gonna try to tackle those seals myself

Try some high blend Biodiesel (B99 if you can find it). Over time it will cause your seals to swell. Might save you from having to open it up.
Today I put new tags on my '03 and sprayed off some road crap.
If I get a chance later I'm going to turn off the dead goose lock noise

Rrusse11 · Feb 7, 2019

https://imgur.com/a/BJG3hdU

Rrusse11 · Feb 7, 2019

http://pics.tdiclub.com/showgallery.php?cat=7043

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