What did you do to your Polo today?

[rgvlee]

Gave her a clean and replaced the passenger side mirror (which fell of ages ago as they do)
I didn't bother plugging the heater wires back in given this is the cause of them letting go. Anyone else run like this? I just taped them up so they don't cause any issues.

[Blue9N3]

Got my cheapo SAAs pod filter and silicone elbow to make a pod in a box, for no other reason than to make whooshwpppsh noises.


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[rollehgoo]

Finallt got some TT Ronals on.


Sorted the bay a bit more as well.


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[TDIfan]

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So I end up buying the pipework kit from the Darkside guys
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Got the hard pipework fitted a few weeks back
Car feels more responsive
Plus I get more induction noise







Then I was going to take the intake manifold off for a decarb last weekend
Soon as I touched the bolt on the right of the manifold I know something's wrong
The washer was hanging on the bolt!! That bolt was loose!!!



Then I took the manifold off and there are trace of oil on the head around the port that has that loose bolt
You can see the exhaust manifold nut was cover with oil too, but they aren't that wet



This is how it should look
Well, not that thick layer of carbon



Looning at the bolts and only that one is covered in oil
That makes me wonder



More evidence of an old oil leak on that side of the manifold
I'll talk about this later





Anyway this is how the manifold looked like
Hmm sludgy hey



And this is the result during the week
A good bath in the heavy duty kerosene wash and a good blast in the sandblaster
Still have some carbon in it but there is nothing else I can do
Also resurfaced the mating surface with some 600 grade sandpaper

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Plus there was already a not very loud air leak since I took the pipework apart to solve some chafing issues on the MAP sensor
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Well, back to that oil leak
Thinking about it after I was done I've got everything linked together
Some of you may know about my fun story with the rocker cover
Where the oil was pouring is actually just above that bolt
Over oil penetrated the thread and the diesel vibration made that bolt vary easy to work itself loose
That made the manifold leaking at that side and that's where the air leak came from




And now I'm stuck waiting for the gasket
Hopefully I'll have it delivered this week so I can put everything back to confirm my diagnosis
And to fully test the hard pipework

[Eddy]

Also resurfaced the mating surface with some 600 grade sandpaper

Hoyhoy.

I'd get the manifold surface professionally linished while its off, much better, just to make sure.

[Blue9N3]

Put car back to stock, drove to mechanic. Got it back, drove it on stock, then put it back to 98 tune and man! Seriously, how does anyone put up with a stock Polo gti???


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[TDIfan]

Hoyhoy.

I'd get the manifold surface professionally linished while its off, much better, just to make sure.

With professional guidance, I tapped two sheets of sandpapers to a big flat surface and sand the manifold on it
Plus the manifold was only about a 10th of a mm wobbed so it should be any issue

[MattSA9N3]

Needs lowering but the TT wheels are on.

[seangti]

Got my gearbox back from having the wavetrac LSD installed last night. Had new seals and bearings installed while it was open, along with ARP crown wheel bolts and whatnot, synchro's and gears were all good so they've stayed. Will get the box back in tonight/tomorrow and off for a drive ASAP. Can't wait.

[sambb]

Installed a new radiator. Can't say I've ever encountered a radiator job before that required the entire (and I mean entire) front of the car to be removed. Incredible! Would fly (relatively speaking) through that kind of removal if I do it again but first time round it was a nightmare.