Most of the CV joint clamp tools are just junk . The ones that are good are beefy and are the ear type
Trying to do while in the car in the outer joint is not going to be successful , you need to pull the axle . I am not sure the grease leaks because of the clamp , you probably have a tear on...
Clunking in the rear is caused by the rear lower shock bolt being undersized and allowing play where it bolts to the rear axle
Lift the rear and use a pry bar to check for play in that spot
I also have seen the rear shock mount rubber getting ripped and the shock shaft hitting the chassis
20% tarrif on Mexican made VWs will be the last nail on the VW coffin
They better start planning in moving production to US , otherwise adios USA
Germans are so short sighted , wait till the eurozone implodes in few years
Alternator is one of those parts that is never troubleshot correctly and unnecessarily replaced
If voltage is low , replace the regulator ( brushes are worn )
If diodes are dead , you will not get 12V DC
Bigger turbo and custom mapping ?
There is no way in hell you could use all those horses and torque in Greece
I grew up there and you will run out of road before you run out of power
417K miles on my 04 Golf
Drinks about 1 qtr of oil every 5K miles . Rust free thanks to me using cavity wax very often and cleaning the water drains .
Car had 2 cams and 2 turbos in its lifetime . Tranny is great , thanks to 80K mile gear oil change
Axles are still original , only one boot...
Yep , that's what I did . Clean area well , use the same silicone ( Reinzosil) used on the oil pan
Typically , that leak signifies an increase in crankcase pressure as the engine ages
you can get the real synthetic for the same price as the "pseudo" one
Plenty of sludged 1.8Ts out there that were ran on Castrols fake synthetics
And VW does not reccomend a specific viscosity for the EA888 engine , just that it meets 502 or 503 or 504.00
Only thing I hate about the car...
Chinese have always issues with materials engineering . They can't make metals or plastics as good as others
They have a "stealth" aircraft but no engines for it since they can't get the compostion of criticals metals properly . They have to buy engines from Russia
They can put a lot of other...
The engine choices VW made is perplexing
1.8T on the Golf and Alltrack ? 1.4 on the Passat ? Why not use 1.4 on the Golf and 2.0T on the Alltrack ?
The 1.8 engine seems to be fairly robust . There was a recall with 2015 having issues with the 4 pointed lobe that drives the fuel pump coming...
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