What have you done to your mk4 (golf/bora) today?

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Originally Posted by JustCruisn

I drove my car today. First time since it went away on a tow truck many weeks ago.
But the original problem I had was a strange knocking/rumbling noise, that has not gone away.
The noise is probably a wheel bearing or CV it will go back next week for full diagnosis, but I have been assured that it will not blow up.

What got fixed was the damage caused by the shearing of the rivets on the crown wheel.
I also had the tappet cover gasket done, it was leaking oil around the coil packs. And the power steering pressure sensor was leaking a bit too.

So no more buses for me !

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Good to hear you are back in action!

How much did the rivets damage cost? I forget, was this on a 1.8T AGU engine & gearbox?

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Originally Posted by kenbot

Good to hear you are back in action!

How much did the rivets damage cost? I forget, was this on a 1.8T AGU engine & gearbox?

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Yep AGU and 5 speed 02J box.
The bolt kit was $330. It is the same problem the 1.6 golfs have. This is the 1st my mechanic has seen in a 1.8T. Yes I do give it a lot of stick, I quite often rev the **** out of 1st to redline ( I never up the revs and dump the clutch however). I have bigger heaver wheels too.

I needed a speedo drive gear also, $44. This took 3 weeks from Germany, no one stocks this in AU or Asia.

9 hours labour also.

That scares the **** out of me. But it seems to be a lot rarer on the 1.8T gearboxes though..

Most people have never had to think about it, and they are putting so much more power through the 1.8T ones than the little 1.6L's, without failure too. They'd HAVE to be stronger than the 1.6L ones wouldn't they? Otherwise every 2nd 1.8T modder would be throwing gearbox rivets right?

My gearbox code appears to be: EVS

Got FUNK?!

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...11250000-1.jpg

Soon to be wired to a random Funk selection.

Haha, awesome.

I need a funk switch!
Gave the bora a wash, think its the first time since GAD, whoops

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Originally Posted by kenbot

That scares the **** out of me. But it seems to be a lot rarer on the 1.8T gearboxes though..

Most people have never had to think about it, and they are putting so much more power through the 1.8T ones than the little 1.6L's, without failure too. They'd HAVE to be stronger than the 1.6L ones wouldn't they? Otherwise every 2nd 1.8T modder would be throwing gearbox rivets right?

My gearbox code appears to be: EVS

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The box will be the O2J if it is 5 speed. This has been used on dozens of models for many years.
Here is some light reading
020diff
VWVortex.com - Exploding 02J Transmission--Anyone Know What Might Have Caused This?

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Originally Posted by RolfGolf

Got FUNK?!

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/foru...11250000-1.jpg

Soon to be wired to a random Funk selection.

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that pic just gave me an idea - retrofit seat warmers!

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Originally Posted by Stan

that pic just gave me an idea - retrofit seat warmers!

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I bought a loom off eBay.co.uk which came with switches - you can get the same from Kufatec.de (I think that's the link - lots of good retrofits on there!) - Kufatec might be cheaper depending on the value of the Euro etc ... The looms are lhd so you just need to remember that when you wire up the switches - ie. just swap the leads to the switches and you'll be right. If you have GTI seats, you'll have the heating elements in them - if not, you can get the loom, switches and heating elements as a kit too.

There's a good how to on here which shows fitting the heating elements to the seats as well as running the loom.

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/forums/f14/irish-vw-bora-150pd-sport-going-quiet-pic-heavy-one-74988.html

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Originally Posted by RolfGolf

I bought a loom off eBay.co.uk which came with switches - you can get the same from Kufatec.de (I think that's the link - lots of good retrofits on there!) - Kufatec might be cheaper depending on the value of the Euro etc ... The looms are lhd so you just need to remember that when you wire up the switches - ie. just swap the leads to the switches and you'll be right. If you have GTI seats, you'll have the heating elements in them - if not, you can get the loom, switches and heating elements as a kit too.

There's a good how to on here which shows fitting the heating elements to the seats as well as running the loom.

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...one-74988.html

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oh might have to check if my recaros have them then