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It couldn't hurt to check, but a fresh Duracell is probably fine.

I have to ask, was it a reputable battery you swapped in the fob? I made the mistake of buying a pack of harbor freight coin cell batteries and the new one was barely better than the one I removed. I bought an Energizer one the next day, and have around 50' range, which is about all my fob has...

I chased down a glow plug fault that had been bugging me, because the plugs all tested in tolerance with a meter. It turned out that when I replaced my plug harness the latest time, and had retrofitted to the unpluggable connectors, (apparently from the late 90s cars?) I'd not managed to seat...

For whatever it's worth, you might try hooking something over the edge of the mirror glass and lightly tug around it's edges. Mine was only held in by a tiny remaining strip of adhesive on the top edge, which gave up as soon as I lightly tugged at the glass. I ended up reattaching it with some...

Adding to that inquiry, is there anything saying that having the liners missing entirely helps or hinders cooling? My right wheel well liner has been missing as long as I've had the car, so almost 9 years and 160,000 miles.

Personally, I'm stocking to Bosch plugs now. I used another brand last time, and have had them fail one by one. The Bosch plugs that they replaced were only pulled as a "while I'm there" when doing timing, new IP and injectors.

I think it might work for that, but I received one with my ac compressor as well.

My solution to the oil damaged rear dogbone mount was to install the softest polyurethane bushings that I could find. They're still firmer than the stock ones, allowing more engine noise into the car, but not unbearably so. I'm hoping to get my project car onto the road this year, at which...

If you buy a Timesert kit, they come with the set of tap, drill, countersink reamer, and the installation tool. They all seemed to have a bit of a guide point as well, from my memories

I don't know about changing the bracket out, but suspect it's possible. Support the engine, remove the upper mount, proceed to from there... It'd be a pain getting the engine bolts free, just like doing it for the timing belt. That said, I'd suggest looking at replacing the threads with a...

My current "project" was at least temp fixing my climate controls fan switch after it failed earlier this week. The switch got stuck on the 2 position, not allowing it to turn up or down. I turned it off with a bit of excessive force, and then it wouldn't turn on again, not even in the high...

I don't know about the TT one, but the mk4 gas engine urethane mounts work for the TDI cars if you don't mind a bit more vibration/noise being transmitted through the mount.

The annoying part is that I don't think my current garage door opener has a homelink compatible receiver. I'm going to have to find a appropriate homelink bridge receiver to be able to use it at the new house. It worked at the place I was renting previously, but the Passat sun visor I have in...

After 400,000 miles and 23 years, the rearview mirror in mine has developed a loose ball couldn't and wiggles around whenever you drive over anything rough. Instead of looking for a direct replacement, I just picked up a gentex auto dimming mirror with homelink and a compass. Now I just need...

I've had mine not honk when I've managed to unlock the trunk but it's still sitting closed, a couple of times. Accidental trunk release button presses, I'm guessing.

Speaking of tunes and IQ adjustment, does anyone here know what a good rough number should be for a Malone stage 3 tune? I was never given any suggestions as to IQ adjustment when I got the tune, and with the Sprint 520 injectors and 11mm pump, it's only turning up around 38-41 mpg over the...

It causes the steering geometry to change when the engine is allowed to rotate under load, enough that I was declined an alignment until the dog bone was repaired, so it could arguably be suspension? Whichever you want to call it, though.

You might want to look into Audi TT lower control arm bushings as well then, when you decide to do a suspension refresh. They're slightly firmer then the normal Mk4 bushings, easier to install, and surprisingly affordable as long as you don't buy them from the Audi dealer...

I don't know how much difference there is between the Beetle and Jetta front end geometries, but my Jetta was prone to wheel hopping when my dog bone bushing was worn out. Once I replaced it (with a "soft" polyurethane bushing, that took some getting used to!), the tires could spin if I got on...

I'm fairly certain I have had Lemforder tie rods on my car for around 50k miles now, no issues that I've seen.