What did you do to your MKIV today?

[jmodge]

Go up one size in tires (e.g., 205-65-15, or 205-60-16) and then your speedometer will be accurate.
(But your fuel economy will take a ~3% hit; every 1000km, for example, the odometer will "think" that you only went ~970km)

affirmative, we both have those size tires, with lifts and skid plates. Anyway, actual miles from the GPS divided by the miles traveled on the odometer then reveals the multiplier to which I figure mpg. I do that on a long trip, say approximately 1000 miles, with whatever different tires I run. The Jettas tire sizes never change, but the trucks do. Then I make a note on the cover of my log for multiplier per tire size and note the mileage I change tire sizes. The truck I keep track of every fillup, I must like bad news. The cars I check occasionally over the course of several fill ups. Donna checks them every fill up.

 

[jmodge]

Today is the last day I'll be out. So far, the only deer I could have shot was a doe about the size of my golden retriever. No legal buck all week. Did see a flock of turkey yesterday. (Not in season.) And my brother had a bear try to take his doe he shot last Saturday. Since this is the last day I can hunt till late archery, I'm not bring picky, but so far it's not been great.

I'm usually out the first week of October with the crossbow, as soon as it's cool enough to not have to hurry skinning and cutting it up. Haven't gotten out yet, which is unusual for me. But, I think insurance companies have lobbied for culling around here. I can legally shoot 9 doe, and hunt with my .308 from 11/15 thru 1/1

 

[JonA]

Tried to fill up this morning at a new-to-me station by my new school (work). It's an unmanned shop with pay at the pump.

Selected diesel, and went to pump. Barely a trickle flowed into the tank. Like $0.14 worth. Hmmm. Squeezed the trigger again, and still almost zero flow. Someone else pulled in and started pumping gasoline fine. Tried a third time, and it started flowing slightly better, like 1/100th of a gallon per second. Put a grand total of 1.5 gallons in after 5 minutes and gave up. Now my FE calculation will be all screwed up, and I've been worried about it because it's dropped these past 1,200 miles or so. I only had 525 miles on the last tank from full (still have the vent) to a smidge over 1/8 tank left.

Had the same thing happen to me this week, it's happened a couple times at random stations where it doesn't usually happen, and it's always a bugger when it does. Especially when it's below freezing, and they've removed the little trigger holder on the pump. I wonder why it happens...

possibly a plugged filter on the pump...

Edit: saw your post after I posted. Interesting!

 

[J_dude]

Pretty sure they set the speed traps at 130 around here, I was getting the odd ticket at 135 but none since I slowed down about 10 years ago. When I see a cruiser on the highway I rarely need to slow down to avoid passing it.

I think the stunt driving law helped - they like to catch guys doing 50+ over the limit so they can confiscate the car. Not so interested in lesser offenses.

Interesting, I guess things are a little faster paced out there than I’m used to

 

[C.Powell]

Said goodbye to the Jetta wagon. purchased at 167000km and sold at 415000. Someone flew from BC to get it (we could have got more but it was a no hassle sale, his brother left a note on the car asking if we ever wanted to sell it please call. So we did.)
Hope the mk6 manual TDI golf wagon is as good as the Mk4 manual TDI Jetta wagon. It feels huge compared to the Mk4.

 

[norbert77]

Did the GPS check. Indeed there is a 5.9% more travelled than odometer indicates. New proper odometer to liter nets 5.9L/100 km average. Used to be 5.3but I think I travelled slower when I though I was speeding

My new PD fuel pump. Gets worse longer car runs

Bad fuel pump sounds

Trying to diagnose a fuel pump problem making strange sounds

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[03TDICommuter]

Got the tires balanced on the Beetle, and then went back as it was worse. And this was after getting re-balanced and rotated a few weeks ago. I started a separate thread asking about the Beetle's Monte Carlo rims. What a pain.

 

[benmarks]

This technically wasn't today but a few days ago, but I finally got the carpeted trunk trim for my 4Motion retrofit! I had been searching for these parts for over 3 years! 4Motion sedans were apparently made in far fewer numbers than the wagons. Thanks Cascade German! I also found a brand new net kit to match it.

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• benmarks
• Dec 7, 2024

 

[norbert77]

Got the tires balanced on the Beetle, and then went back as it was worse. And this was after getting re-balanced and rotated a few weeks ago. I started a separate thread asking about the Beetle's Monte Carlo rims. What a pain.

Bent hub?

 

[norbert77]

Oh, driving home, 2 hour trip, my exhaust finally broke. It was cracked after the flex pipe. Sounds weird.

 

[03TDICommuter]

Bent hub?

Hub on the balancer? Maybe except when I went back to get the fronts corrected again, the right front measured zero after putting it back on the balancer twice. The other tire was the struggle, and the requested weight kept changing when the tire was taken off and put back on the balancer.

Discount Tire/America's Tires use Hunter roadforce balancers and these rims just don't mount up repeatably. The last guy got better results using the tire support lift to get the wheel weight off the balancer shaft when coning it. These tires don't weigh a ton, but that must be part of the problem.

 

[pkhoury]

Some pumps won't shut off fast enough to avoid a splash back if the vent is not there. I prefer to just push the vent in with the pump nozzle myself to vent as I top off. No messes unless I do it. I had a car with a removed vent, I ended up putting it back in specifically because of this.

Not all pumps will do this, but some around here certainly do. I've had a diesel soaked shoe before.

I have worse - one pump probably let out a whole f**king gallon on the ground. I was so pissed! Actually, this happened twice. Once at this crappy fuel station in Northern California, and another in New Mexico at a station that was maybe pumping half a gallon a minute. The fuel flow rate wasn't enough to kill the pump flow.

 

[jmodge]

I have worse - one pump probably let out a whole f**king gallon on the ground. I was so pissed! Actually, this happened twice. Once at this crappy fuel station in Northern California, and another in New Mexico at a station that was maybe pumping half a gallon a minute. The fuel flow rate wasn't enough to kill the pump flow.

I'm fortunate to only have that happen once, locally. I've never went there for diesel again, really sucks to take a fuel bath.

 

[P2B]

I'm fortunate to only have that happen once, locally. I've never went there for diesel again, really sucks to take a fuel bath.

When it happened to me they wanted to charge me for the fuel and the cleanup. I said I would take the fuel in my tank as compensation for my clothes and drove away.

 

[03TDICommuter]

Received my AMC head today - I can feel the head surface roughness with my fingernail. Not good for MLS gaskets.
I remember the limit for a fingernail is ~ 0.002"

 

[Bobo4255]

Original fuel pump finally started weeping, so ordered the full kit and DG double ended socket. Glad to find that there are super online videos on the general process for this on-car servicing of the pump . . . pretty close to the final straw there once I smelled fuel.

Then I've got to find a mechanic to sort out transmission output shaft seals near Charlotte NC, and I'm doubling down for a while on another 2-5 years. It's just too fun and efficient of a commuter car!

 

[Nuje]

"Remembered" how to find which door is causing problems when the alarm horn randomly starts going off in the middle of the night.
VCDS - Module 46 - Measuring Block 10 (when connected to car, ignition on, the fields below will show CLOSED or OPEN for each door; if a door is physically open, but showing "closed"....there's your culprit. In this case, it was "passenger's side" (front right).

 

[JDSwan87]

Today I put my VCDS and MPPS cables into a hard sided padded pistol case for safe keeping.

 

[GlowBugTDI]

Today I put my VCDS and MPPS cables into a hard sided padded pistol case for safe keeping.

ooOOoo, I like this idea. I have one of those. Im definitely going to do this!

 

[GlowBugTDI]

My rear passenger wheel bearing has gone from growling to howling, and I can't stand it any longer. I can hardly listen to music its so loud. I have to turn the volume so high it's deafening. Guess I'll be ordering Amazon or ebay's finest. Found one for 20$ a month ago. Think I can find one for less??

 

[burpod]

Today I put my VCDS and MPPS cables into a hard sided padded pistol case for safe keeping.

How about a holster for them? Ready to flash 24x7

 

[burpod]

My rear passenger wheel bearing has gone from growling to howling, and I can't stand it any longer. I can hardly listen to music its so loud. I have to turn the volume so high it's deafening. Guess I'll be ordering Amazon or ebay's finest. Found one for 20$ a month ago. Think I can find one for less??

Do yourself a favor and get a pair of FAG bearings from fcpeuro for About 70$ each. Rather than random China that might conk out in 10k mi

 

[GlowBugTDI]

Do yourself a favor and get a pair of FAG bearings from fcpeuro for About 70$ each. Rather than random China that might conk out in 10k mi

I appreciate it buddy, but it's more then I want to spend currently. Last time I did rear bearings I put 30k+ before selling the car and they were ok. Who knows how long they had left, but...
At 20$ I'll gamble, they basically just have to Flintstone along. Front wheel bearings are a whole other story. For now I just need something to get me another year or two. Sadly I'm not sure how many more years this car has left. I'm hoping for 5-8, but she's falling apart. Sadly I think her beauty days are over, she's a work horse now. The interior is falling apart, and the rust has set in beyond what I have time/resources for. I think she's to the point of seeing how many years and miles I can get before its rotted out. Then I get my wifes wagon as long as it doesn't wreck I plan to treat that car like IBW.

 

[GlowBugTDI]

Speaking of the wagon I was at the local upull yesterday and found a clean 2014 jetta wagon dsg (cp4 failure maybe? Idk). I can get everything for sub $400.... kind of want to attempt a dq250 swap into the blue lagoon. Its tempting... but that's a lot of work to end up with a dead trans or mech unit.

 

[IndigoBlueWagon]

Then I get my wifes wagon as long as it doesn't wreck I plan to treat that car like IBW.

Lol. IBW is covered in salt right now, along with a little mud from me visiting a friend in Maine who lives on a dirt road. But it did cross 499K miles over the weekend.

 

[PakProtector]

How about a holster for them? Ready to flash 24x7

From The Gunslinger, you'll want a docker's clutch...

The un-tuned TDI fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed....

Douglas

 

[Mozambiquer]

My rear passenger wheel bearing has gone from growling to howling, and I can't stand it any longer. I can hardly listen to music its so loud. I have to turn the volume so high it's deafening. Guess I'll be ordering Amazon or ebay's finest. Found one for 20$ a month ago. Think I can find one for less??

Just get an OEM one they are only $35 or so. And way better than the garbage aftermarket ones.

 

[csstevej]

Started ripping the dash apart on my DD to get to the heater core , I now have a total of 3 spare heater cores including the one I’m doing now for the family fleet…….
It’s not a matter of if it will go…… it’s when…..
They seem to let go when winters have been starting .

 

[PakProtector]

At least the inlets are fairly high in the car so you won't lose all that fine pink stuff before a timing belt job requires most of it to go away...

Douglas

 

[norbert77]

New flex pipe and front joint

My mystery knock may be found, the sway bar is shifted toward the driver side and is touching subframe on passenger side


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