Maintenance & Mods:
Word of mouth items done prior to my ownership:
100kmi - Timing Belt Kit (have sticker with 99,991mi on it)
150kmi - Starter, Thermostat, and Thermostat housing
160kmi - Front and rear Pads, Rotors, Calipers (Questionable ???????????)
Purchased 2014_0402 @ 172,000 miles
172kmi - Lift is homemade 2" strut spacers front and 2" spring spacers rear with VR6 auto trans springs in front and euro towing springs in rear.
172kmi - Installed on used struts from 2002 Jetta sedan with 120kmi on them.
172kmi - Have rear shock extensions that I never installed yet.
172kmi - Tires are Kumho KR21 size 215/75r15 on stock Avus rims
172kmi - Front wheel bearings and ball joints
172kmi - 2014_0613 - Alignment
173kmi - New antenna and antenna base
173kmi - New hatch wiper motor from IDparts
173kmi - Fuel tank filler vent mod done
173kmi - Added ebay leather armrest (factory GL has no armrest)
179kmi - Oil and Filter change with Oil change kit from IDparts
179kmi - Fuel filter and Air filter with extra mesh fabric (not just the pleated paper one)
179kmi - New front sway bar bushings and rotate tires (F to B only) though wearing very evenly - front was 8/32, rear was 9/32
179kmi - Full Timing Belt kit w/ water pump from IDparts installed
181kmi - both rear wheel bearings
181kmi - Rear rotors high carbon from IDparts, Pads IDparts ceramic, turn front rotors, no new front pads they were good
182kmi - cleaned wiper plenum drains
182kmi - Ebrake cables good, the calipers were sticking some, ordered external caliper springs from someplace, and installed, seemed to really help.
182kmi - 2017_02?? - Replaced all Vacuum lines
182kmi - 2017_02?? - Whitbread Performance Racepipe, deleting EGR, EGR cooler and anti-shudder valve, EGR cooler delete hose from IDparts
182kmi - 2017_02?? - In process broke dipstick tube, replaced with new from IDparts
183kmi - 1qt low
183kmi - Replaced glowplug #1 in cylinder #4
183kmi - Did stock hardware tune from a tuner who will remain nameless, boost was all wonky
183kmi - Swapped out turbo vacuum actuator for one off of a spare turbo, set actuator rod length properly with mitivac, got way better, but still didn't control as good as I thought it could.
183kmi - Did MAF test and looked good
183kmi - swapped egr solenoid for n75, didn't fix anything
183kmi - Several tune iterations still couldn't get boost to track nicely.
183kmi - self tuned hybrid poly dogbone, forget where I bought the insert from
184kmi - Removed snowscreen was decently clogged/plugged
184kmi - Cleaned grounds under battery tray, ABS and Brake light were flashing and beeps
184kmi - Replaced glowplug #3 in cylinder #2, was open circuit
185kmi - Boost still not perfect as I'd like, so I decided to teach myself how to self tune, built pretty decent stock nozzle/stock turbo/stock clutch tune
185kmi - Boost control is darn perfect and rips over 2500rpm compared to other tune.
185kmi - Had to look out for slipping stock clutch <2500rpm, edited TL (torque limiter) accordingly.
187kmi - 1qt low
189kmi - Polish headlights were pretty yellow/corroded
189kmi - Oil and Filter change with Oil change kit from IDparts, barely 1/4qt low
189kmi - finally figured out oil is dripping from valve cover gasket and/or vacuum pump area
189kmi - Rotate tires (F to B only) though wearing very evenly - front was 7/32, rear was 8/32
189kmi - Install 1-1/4" Curt Hitch
190kmi - 2017_1112 - Installed engine cover pop off kit bought from TDIclub
190kmi - 2017_1112 - Installed homemade grille block kit made of black pipe insulation
190kmi - 2017_1112 - New hatch struts from IDparts
190kmi - 2017_1120 - Install engine side skirts and alum skid pan from IDparts
190kmi - 2017_1120 - Install new valve/cam cover from ECS
190kmi - 2017_1120 - Install new vacuum pump gasket and Oring from "oring store online" and from IDparts
190kmi - 2017_1120 - Install used Buzzken 2.5" 409 SS full exhaust used from TDIclub, has resonator and high flow cat
192kmi - Brand new Alternator, alternator clutch pulley, and serpentine belt from IDparts
192kmi - 2018_1217 - IDparts quiet clutch complete kit, pressure plate, single mass flywheel, throwout bearing, shift fork, and all bolts
**Need to turn up the low end torque in self tune now with new clutch
196kmi - 2019_0629 - 1/2qt low
Random: Added pop out cupholder above radio, new oil fill cap and gasket,
