Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

lafors

The missus car A3 (2.0 tdi bkd) went into limp mode last week then started making funny noises (her words), please not the turbo!!

So the first day I've had off with no rain so under the car and crossed the fingers for a split pipe....


Wohoo, sort of. Intercooler pipe completely split.
€114 from Audi, cheaper for after market part, will order it up and fit this week hopefully.

Greyfoot

My boss is famous of wrecking his Subaru on every single track day he participates in. (or more like his "tuner")

Got my head around to tear down his first lump..



Obvious failure of stock oil pump on a car pushing 400 ponies..

shietpilot

Boxer engines are so interesting.

I remember watching a rebuild video on YouTube. Gotta love the sound of uneven headers :pac:

fancy pigeon

Just a small service on a normal car


Fuel filter was handy, plugs were mostly easy just the rears had extra stuff to remove to access


Cleaned the battery tray drain too as it was clogged


More small bits and bobs to do

shietpilot

Jaysus, surprising that it's not a diesel :P

dmaprelude

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Just a small service on a normal car

Fuel filter was handy, plugs were mostly easy just the rears had extra stuff to remove to access

Cleaned the battery tray drain too as it was clogged

More small bits and bobs to do

300zx nice! have one myself

fancy pigeon

dmaprelude wrote: »

300zx nice! have one myself

Yaaaaaaay more than just me! Yours a twin turbo?

dmaprelude

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Yaaaaaaay more than just me! Yours a twin turbo?

It is indeed

bmstuff

Steering wheel retrimmed and M5 mirrors retrofitted...

OldMrBrennan83

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crasy dash

Just curious how is the metal skin removed?

dr.fuzzenstein

Yet another wheelbearing on the cmax, I can do them inside 2 hours now. It can be done faster, but its very important to clean every tiny bit and bolt as you go along, or next time you'll be at it a minimum of 4 to 6 hours.
And the hose from the intercooler to the air intake has split, so that's next on the list.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

Replaced rear wiper motor.

Soldered low brake pad warning wires together to switch off dash light.

Opened up xenon headlamp with heat gun to glue broken projector shroud in place.

Topped up all fluids and checked tyre pressures.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

Replaced rear wiper motor.

Soldered low brake pad warning wires together to switch off dash light.

Opened up xenon headlamp with heat gun to glue broken projector shroud in place.

Topped up all fluids and checked tyre pressures.

Great days work. Fair play.

joujoujou

Yesterday's purchase:



'twill be alright for a year, hopefully.

dr.fuzzenstein

Is that on right now? Will have to get myself down there. Been running that stuff for ages now in my car.

joujoujou

Yep, it is.

http://www.halfords.ie/motoring/engine-oils-fluids/engine-oil?brand=Halfords&size=4+litres&initMin=0&initMax=75&cm_re=Carousel-_-Position1-_-halfordsoil

dr.fuzzenstein

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Is that on right now? Will have to get myself down there. Been running that stuff for ages now in my car.

Traffic on the Ballysimon rd is ridiculous.

Atlantic Dawn

joujoujou wrote: »

Yesterday's purchase:



'twill be alright for a year, hopefully.

Were OPEC on the phone to you afterwards

Hal1

They will be trying to sell you shares next . Did halfords throw in a fuel filter at least :?

CIP4

I'm struggling to see the logic behind buying 10 bottles just because they were cheap I mean if you change the car it may not take that grade oil and unless your doing insane mileage or servicing the car every 2k miles I can't see the point only my opinion though. But to me a year supply would have been enough to buy considering its on sale at least once a year. Great price the oil in saying all that.

joujoujou

Engine burns 0.75l of oil a week. Changing a car is not an option. And nobody would make an engine rebuild even for a 5 years worth of oil.

So that's simple maths. :]

CIP4

joujoujou wrote: »

Engine burns 0.75l of oil a week. Changing a car is not an option. And nobody would make an engine rebuild even for a 5 years worth of oil.

So that's simple maths. :]

Ah ok makes a lot more sense now. I never even considered the car burning oil sorry. I've never experienced it so would forget and only think of oil as being used during services. My bad

Hal1

That's a fair drop of the black stuff. Although it's something I have to keep an eye on now too. What would be the best way to cure oil burn though, replace piston oil rings? I know it wouldn't be an economic repair option and would easily be equal to the value of an old family runabout car.

joujoujou

At least oil rings. But, as I mentioned, it's too expensive. And unfortunately I've not enough experience (not enough patience either) to DIY that. Ahh, no facility either - all I do, I do under the open skies, so very weather dependant, if you know what I mean.

CJhaughey

joujoujou wrote: »

At least oil rings. But, as I mentioned, it's too expensive. And unfortunately I've not enough experience (not enough patience either) to DIY that. Ahh, no facility either - all I do, I do under the open skies, so very weather dependant, if you know what I mean.

Its a pita working outside this time of year.
Its usually the piston oil drain holes that give trouble on those, I have seen plenty of them where they just gummed up solid and thats what causes the oil consumption issues.
There was at least 3 revisions of the piston to correct the too small and too few oil hole problem, the later ones have massive holes compared to the early ones and a lot more as well.
If I was gong down that road, I'd be putting in new 1ZZ pistons/rings/rods/crankshaft and making it a 1.8.
That series 1ZZ 3ZZ and 4ZZ were modular engines as the bore is all the same @79mm but the stroke is different.
2ZZ is a different beast.

joujoujou

If I was able to, I'd go the same route.

Apart from all the bits you mentioned, injectors, camshafts, exhaust and fuel pump must be swapped as well (read it somewhere). And it's highly recommended to upgrade front brakes to stop such a beasht.

GvidoR

This weather is horrible. It's wet and gets dark so quick. Without a garage it's a pain to do anything. At least I got my dash cam wiring hidden today.

dr.fuzzenstein

Well, over the last week I put in a new rear wheel bearing, patched up the hose from the intercooler to the air intake, put in a new idler gear for the fan belt (wheel has to come off and wheel arch liner has to come out) and had a rear tire patched. The old Dieselselbstzünderdirekteinspritzungabgasturbienenpersonenkraftwagen is ready for another few million kilometers.

CJhaughey

joujoujou wrote: »

If I was able to, I'd go the same route.

Apart from all the bits you mentioned, injectors, camshafts, exhaust and fuel pump must be swapped as well (read it somewhere). And it's highly recommended to upgrade front brakes to stop such a beasht.

Nothing else apart from Rods/pistons and Crank/bearings needs changing, same injectors cam and exhaust all standard and work fine.
Maybe brakes might be a good thing at the same time but the rest is not necessary.
Valve lift and timing is the same, the 1.8 pistons are shorter than the 1.4 so no interference and the compression ratio is kept standard.
If you use 1.6 or 1.4 pistons they have a higher gudgeon to crown height and make the compression ratio too high for normal running.