What did you do to your MK7 today?

[Nuje]

My car was a "rebuilt" from a front-end hit and had some loose fasteners holding things together, so been there, seen that.
As with you, no regrets.

Given that there was some front end work, I'd take a close look at the A/C lines in case one of those got bent. It's a tight fit for those - I found one of the lines rubbing on a bolt when I installed my air horns last month (photo is after I'd pulled it back away from that bolt end).

 

[Echo_Alpha]

Checked for alternator failure. Last time I was able to drive the DSG, it gave me a warning for "Battery Not Charging." ODBII scanner confirmed that voltage was slowly dropping while I drove, so I parked during my latest trips. Today, with a friend I was finally able to check VCDS and watched a live plot of ECU volts. Occasionally, the voltage will spike up to 13.2, but then immediately drops back down to the steady battery charge (and slowly drops as equipment uses power to keep the car running). Seems the alternator can't generate power, so the next step is to park it again, because I have to drive in the morning.

On the manual 2060, pulled some logs to set a baseline for working on tuning. We discussed the fuel rail pressure drop issue, and I think the next step might be to swap out a spare fuel pressure regulator (I have one on a spare fuel rail), verify that it's not the regulator.

 

[740GLE]

check for a failed alternator clutch pulley