What did you do to your MKIV today?

[dieseldonato]

LOL...Billy HD are nearly firm enough. I think I can tolerate their softness to get another set for the Golf, which is a wee bit on the soft/worn side.

@Judson my entire herd uses more Rotella between changes vs M1 TDT( or Delvac1). So I stick with M1 when ever possible.

Douglas

Interesting, been using t6 in all my diesels for years now, save for a short time when I couldn't get it. Used delvac till I could get Rotella again. I haven't noticed any difference between the two as far as oil consumption. The car seems to take about half a quart between oil changes. (6k miles.) The truck doesn't use any and neither of the tractors use any either. I credit the cars usage to the poorly designed crank case vent system

 

[Judson]

LOL...Billy HD are nearly firm enough. I think I can tolerate their softness to get another set for the Golf, which is a wee bit on the soft/worn side.

@Judson my entire herd uses more Rotella between changes vs M1 TDT( or Delvac1). So I stick with M1 when ever possible.

Douglas

i noticed that I used (lost) more oil with T6 than with TDT. It was a very noticeable difference.

BUT I don’t know if that’s because it just leaked out of the valve cover that much faster, or it bypassed the rings faster. My girl was broken in using TDT so there’s that bit of info too.

so, time will tell. I will use TDT for the next oil change. (I used T6 because I had it and didn’t have TDT. That’s all.)

 

[KrashDH]

I'm a T6 guy. Reason is, my motorcycle uses it, dirtbike uses it, car and truck both use it, and my girfriend's motorcycle and dirtbike use it. Only thing at our place that doesn't take it is her 4Runner.
It's nice to have one oil that works in everything. I'm glad it's back on shelves, because the shortage where you couldn't get it for a couple years there wasn't good! But I had enough to get by.

 

[snakeye]

Working on stripping the interior of my car as well as removing bumpers, fenders etc as prep work for the rust repair I'm going to tackle.



Here's the reason I've been smelling exhaust in the cabin in the winter, and in the summer coasting downhill sometimes :



Those flaps are removable; has anyone here replaced them before? Wondering what kind of material I should get.

 

[flashmayo]

Another door card rebuild. This time I swapped out the top section of my original drivers side door card for one from a junkyard. The reason for this was due to the top of the door card flopping around where it‘s supposed to hang over the window frame. There’s a(nother) plastic piece that fails. What a surprise. It rattles a lot less now, but what amazed me was that the panel that holds the mirror switch and the manual door opener latch from my original 03 door card is about 3/4” shorter than the opening on the donor card. So now another trip to the junkyard is in order to try to figure this out.
Anyone else replace this top section before? Most of the drivers side door cards at the junkyard have this failure so it seems to be pretty common.

 

[pkhoury]

i have no desire to ever buy koni's again... 3 sets.. thats enough. the reds i had in wife's car were decent. but blown out <80k. the other konis i had were worse... never again

What do you run? Bilsteins?

 

[Cleenlivin]

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted but today I tackled two jobs I’ve been putting off for years. I fixed my driver side window and replaced the lock actuator. After reading multiple posts and watching YouTube videos I found it easiest to remove the entire window carrier and lock actuator together in one piece. Thank you so much VW engineers (sarcasm)! But again for a 19 year old Mark IV BEW sedan daily commuter I really can’t complain.

I also replaced the plastic (nylon?) coolant flange on the drivers side of the block. I had a slow coolant leak with pink drips on the transmission. I don’t know if it’s psychological but the car drives much better after fixing the leak. Those hoses supply the transmission and EGR coolers. What would seem to be small problems seem to have a noticeable impact on how these cars run.

 

[Zak99b5]

Running late for an appointment and in a rush backing out with the Expedition, I backed ever-so-gently into the left rear corner of my Jetta, parked across the street.

A little crack in the already beat-on bumper cover, and also crushed the taillight a little.

So I had a good excuse to order new RCRC tails to repair the damage.

 

[Judson]

Drove her. Surprised to find that the softsport springs raised the height of the back end. The stock springs with some of the stuff I carry (tools, etc.) sagged enough that the tailpipe would scrape when backing out of the driveway if I wasn’t careful. A nice benefit. More and more happy with how she’s handling the bumps (the roads in town suck).

 

[J_dude]

Drove her. Surprised to find that the softsport springs raised the height of the back end. The stock springs with some of the stuff I carry (tools, etc.) sagged enough that the tailpipe would scrape when backing out of the driveway if I wasn’t careful. A nice benefit. More and more happy with how she’s handling the bumps (the roads in town suck).

Really? Mine still sags in the rear. I carry a few tools in the back seat as well. Kinda bugs me.

 

[Judson]

Really? Mine still sags in the rear. I carry a few tools in the back seat as well. Kinda bugs me.

Not sure what’s up with that! How long have you had the springs?

 

[J_dude]

Not sure what’s up with that! How long have you had the springs?

Only about 3 tanks on them so far

 

[pkhoury]

Only about 3 tanks on them so far

Mine sagged in the rear since I ditched the Suplex towing springs, but nothing too crazy. I also tend to have a bunch of tools I carry, and a 12" subwoofer box in the back. I don't know how long it takes for springs to settle.

Also, another suggestion - putting a 28mm rear swaybar on our mk4's helps considerably with handling! It's the one outstanding thing I have left to have two almost identical Golfs.

 

[GP_RZ]

Today I finally got my wagon in the shop to repair the drivers rear quarter and door, Finding a a used rear quarter for a wagon in Ontario thats not rusted to **** is near impossible, so I am am going another route. I am going to be cutting up a new aftermarket passenger front fender to get all the lines perfect, hope to be in primer by Thursday, and will be painting all except roof as its in decent condition within the next week or 2.

 

[Bradm]

Mine sagged in the rear since I ditched the Suplex towing springs, but nothing too crazy. I also tend to have a bunch of tools I carry, and a 12" subwoofer box in the back. I don't know how long it takes for springs to settle.

Also, another suggestion - putting a 28mm rear swaybar on our mk4's helps considerably with handling! It's the one outstanding thing I have left to have two almost identical Golfs.

Interested in these sway bars, can you tell me more? Do you go aftermarket or do other models have them oem

 

[J_dude]

Mine sagged in the rear since I ditched the Suplex towing springs, but nothing too crazy. I also tend to have a bunch of tools I carry, and a 12" subwoofer box in the back. I don't know how long it takes for springs to settle.

Also, another suggestion - putting a 28mm rear swaybar on our mk4's helps considerably with handling! It's the one outstanding thing I have left to have two almost identical Golfs.

I thought about a sway bar but after reading the “What Is Handling” thread I kinda figured I’d leave it alone. I’m not racing it or anything lol.

 

[pkhoury]

Interested in these sway bars, can you tell me more? Do you go aftermarket or do other models have them oem

AFAIK, it's only aftermarket. I have a 28mm neuspeed on both DSEL and my JSW.

 

[LeisureDave]

AFAIK, it's only aftermarket. I have a 28mm neuspeed on both DSEL and my JSW.

What are all those acronyms like dsel dsol jsw that y’all keep saying a list of them with translations would be nice lol

 

[Zak99b5]

AFAIK, it's only aftermarket. I have a 28mm neuspeed on both DSEL and my JSW.

I had the same RSB on my 02 GTi and loved it.

Bought a Whiteline RSB for the current Jetta, since it was quite a bit cheaper than the Neuspeed. Works the same, with an identical improvement in handling. Roll is (obviously) a bit less, but the real benefit is the quicker weight transfer in a turn, along with the reduction in understeer. Car just rotates more willingly. RSBs also put more weight on the inner front wheel in a turn, increasing its traction (both for turning and acceleration).

 

[pkhoury]

What are all those acronyms like dsel dsol jsw that y’all keep saying a list of them with translations would be nice lol

DSEL - the 2002 Golf referenced in my signature, since I own 3 Golfs, two of them being 2002's, all of them being silver and standard. All have personalized plates - <3 DSEL, <3 DSOL and <3 DSUL.
JSW - Jetta Sportwagen
AFAIK - as far as I know
other acronyms I might use:
lol - laugh out loud
YMMV - your mileage my vary
FWIW - for what it's worth
RSB - rear swaybar

 

[PakProtector]

Or you could collect other sorts of tags. TRIODE is on Lurch. Piston-driven warbird approximations on everybody else. P47TBLT, P40HAWK, P51STNG and P38LTNG...

Douglas

 

[GP_RZ]

Today I finally got my wagon in the shop to repair the drivers rear quarter and door, Finding a a used rear quarter for a wagon in Ontario thats not rusted to **** is near impossible, so I am am going another route. I am going to be cutting up a new aftermarket passenger front fender to get all the lines perfect, hope to be in primer by Thursday, and will be painting all except roof as its in decent condition within the next week or 2.

Got a little more done today, this seems like its going to work fine, so far I have 8 hrs into it.

 

[jmodge]

Got a little more done today, this seems like its going to work fine, so far I have 8 hrs into it.

You got some skills there. I can’t tell on my mini phone, did you bond or weld those panels?

 

[GP_RZ]

You got some skills there. I can’t tell on my mini phone, did you bond or weld those panels?

The panel is welded (mig).

 

[LeisureDave]

Got a little more done today, this seems like its going to work fine, so far I have 8 hrs into it.

That’s some really good work

 

[csstevej]

Damn……that’s some nice work…..

 

[P2B]

Damn……that’s some nice work…..

It is indeed ... and he's from the same town my son lives in, only an hour away

 

[J_dude]

Got a little more done today, this seems like its going to work fine, so far I have 8 hrs into it.

Very nice work! I’m surprised how well that front fender matches the rear curves.

 

[IndigoBlueWagon]

Timing belt service on IBW at Kraftwerk. Also sourced a PD150 EGR valve from Darkside and had it modified to accept the ALH upper intercooler hose, so they replaced the leaking one that was on the car. Also replaced the serpentine belt tensioner and roller as those were starting to get noisy.

Timing belt services are pretty unrewarding. You spend some money and all you get is a car that runs the same as it did when you dropped it off.

 

[TwinTurboKen]

Think I finally managed to fix stupid cruise control issue. Some extra unnecessary components may have been electronically rendered inert, went to stage 2 on the tune, and added 2-step just for giggles. So far no more random loss of power, and cruise seems to be holding rock solid at set speed now, rather than slowly bleeding off speed up to 10-15mph before hard acceleration to catch back up to set speed like it was doing.