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One of my CRVA 2015 Golfwagen is rolling up on the 100k service soon, and the driver got caught out of town with a low oil level alert. She found a vw dealer and all they had to sell was VW OEM 0w-30 504/507 (I normally use 5w30). But I found it odd as it is the first time ever that a...

I'm not so sure that was the case here. But who knows what happened... I can tell you the core looked like hell. Ugly Heater Core Pic

I wasn't the driver, and didn't see the launch of the trip. However on arrival, I recall some coolant in overflow. But after that weird trip I took, the bottle was dry the next morning. FWIW...

Wrap up: I moved forward with the TB/Water Job, replaced the clogged heater core. After a thorough test drive, I was confident enough to do the rest of the differed repairs and maintenance. ( LF lower control arm rear bushing, DEF fluid injector missing gasket/exhaust leak, 40k service list...

Work has kept me out from under the hood lately, but I did manage to accomplish a leak down test, and a borescope inspection of two cars in the driveway. Lessons learned: 1: Thoroughly blow out glow plug hole with compressed air, before removal of plug. (Oppsie on my first plug). Even then...

Glad I found this post again. I'm motivated to try this method on the CVCA Passat. Will try after I check head gasket leakage...

I window shop cars..com and I'm amazed what people are asking for junk. "New Normal" I recon....

Ah ok... thanks for the clarification. Will try leakdown again and take a peek as soon as I can get to it...

I thought injector had an integrated glow plug...

Ouch! Sir, when you say pull plugs out, are you suggesting removing injectors? I reviewed a video on the ea288, and it mentioned the stretch bolts, which made me reluctant to pursue yesterday. The video showed a tiny orifice into the cylinder after injector was removed, and I wondered how I...

Update: Nifty cooling system rig worked well sealing up coolant bottle. Amazon Link Pressure tester At 12:40pm I pumped in 15psi, and by 2:20pm we were down to 13 PSI..... 7pm@ 10.5psi. I removed it and started car. Nothing unusual at tail pipe or startup.... I hooked gauge on my 2015 SEL...

decided on just pressurizing system overnight and see if pressure falls, due to potential injector complications, such as replacing stretch bolts and potential breakage. I figure if pressure drops, i can look for puddles or steam from exhaust pipe... Have pressure tester via amazon on order...

I looked at removing injector/glow plug. Doesn't look so scary... Gotta find a pressure tester, maybe the dreaded Harbor Freight has one I can try. I did try the heater, and in the works of Mick Jagger, She is so cold cold cold... As usual OilHammer is all knowing, all seeing....

Don't you mean injector? That begs the Q: Should I pull the injectors out? yikes..

Sorry for my delay, had a busy week... I'm in wrench mode this morning... so after the trip to my house, the car was parked and I didn't look at it until today. I noted the overflow tank was empty. Maybe it was working out air. I put a litre of 50/50 coolant in and ran it at idle to 190 ° ...

Well this came back to haunt me... My partner's son took over this car, from our mini fleet of our business. Let's just say, the car was treated like an appliance.... Some how the car overheated, and the car was taken to a local mechanic somewhere outside my purview. My partner told me that...

The first time I did the job, taking my time and running back and forth to YouTube, took me three short days, over a long weekend. (I wasn't in a hurry to finish job, and didn't stress myself out pushing my endurance). Now that I've done 3, I have it down to two short 4-5 hour days. I come to...

priorities, priorities....

Ok, Riddle me this. I've looked and looked. Can't seem to find a credible spec on any forum or YT video. Some YT'rs seem to willey nilley tighten these bolts. What is the torque spec (CRUA, CVCA) for the four 8mm triple square bolts that hold on the Harmonic Balancer? Are these one time use...

Don't get me started!