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

**goodfella** · 14-02-2010, 01:39 PM

Wow.. thats an impressive tasklist! I guess the 2-4k issue has been fully resolved now!

**JustCruisn** · 14-02-2010, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by kaneda

Replaced battery after having to call in US air support last night to get me going......
A little concerned about how hot the first 2 wires comming off the fuse block on top of the battery get tho

Check that those bolts in the fuse box are tight and they don't move at all. If they get lose its arcs that causes heat which will then burn the wire. By the time the fuse burns the box has already melted.

**Big Yellow** · 14-02-2010, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by vw_engolf

What have I done to my mk4 (golf/bora) today? is probably stretching it but over the last couple of weeks the R has been sitting with Lucas from Eurospeed. Drop in performance started towards the end of last year with the engine underperforming between 2000 and 4500 rpm. 4 hours of diagnosis and the major culprit is a damaged seal and oil in the supercharger. With one problem leading to the next, a 75,000km service looming and the need to remove the s/c for fabrication and reconditioning, the opportunity was taken to give the R a good working over replacing and/or upgrading various components:

Completed

264 deg Sport Cam shafts
Oil Filter
Fuel Filter
Cabin Filter
Valve Cover Gasket
Penrite Sin Oil
VF Billet Bypass Vales
VF Supercharger Belts
VF SC Silicone hose kit with Clamps
VF SC Pulley
VF RHS Engine Mount
VF LHS Engine mount
K&N Filter wash and re-oil
Techtonics Exhaust
NGK Platinum Spark Plugs
Nulon Red Concentrated Coolant
Haldex oil
Haldex filter
Mass Air Flow Meter

Remaining

GIAC Race GAS tune
Fabrication to the Techtonics exhaust

Lucas from Eurospeed was recommended to me by another member of the forum community and I can’t speak highly enough regarding his knowledge, workmanship and communication.

Good stuff Al!!

There were many late nights spent on this car and lots of scraped fingers and arms getting into all those tight spots!!

Have fun with it!!

**graeme86** · 15-02-2010, 01:23 AM

Tweeked the hex in cluster again for my temp gauge...reading was out about 2 degrees before...now spot on with VAGCOM reading.

**Mr Messy** · 15-02-2010, 04:28 AM

Had the police dust my car for prints.
Why? I was in town for the Bathurst 12 hour when somebody thought they'd like the Golf R32 parka sitting on my back seat. The buggers smashed a rear door window and rifled through the car, taking my GPS and a couple of other things as well.

I got done for speeding about four hours before the break-in too. 10 km/h over trhe limit in the Blue Mountains... $198 fine I think.

**fuzion** · 15-02-2010, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by Mr Messy

Had the police dust my car for prints.
Why? I was in town for the Bathurst 12 hour when somebody thought they'd like the Golf R32 parka sitting on my back seat. The buggers smashed a rear door window and rifled through the car, taking my GPS and a couple of other things as well.

I got done for speeding about four hours before the break-in too. 10 km/h over trhe limit in the Blue Mountains... $198 fine I think.

bad.. baaad weekend for you dude.. sorry to hear! sucks balls.

**JVLR32** · 15-02-2010, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by Mr Messy

Had the police dust my car for prints.
Why? I was in town for the Bathurst 12 hour when somebody thought they'd like the Golf R32 parka sitting on my back seat. The buggers smashed a rear door window and rifled through the car, taking my GPS and a couple of other things as well.

I got done for speeding about four hours before the break-in too. 10 km/h over trhe limit in the Blue Mountains... $198 fine I think.

oh thats messy....not good,u were insured?

**Mr Messy** · 15-02-2010, 08:39 AM

Yeah was insured for the glass but not contents.

O'Briens are replacing the glass at no cost to me - not even an excess!
P.S in case you're wondering, the rear drivers' side door glass (that goes up and down, not the fixed bit) on a Mk4 is worth $495. :O

**Manaz** · 15-02-2010, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by Mr Messy

Yeah was insured for the glass but not contents.

O'Briens are replacing the glass at no cost to me - not even an excess!
P.S in case you're wondering, the rear drivers' side door glass (that goes up and down, not the fixed bit) on a Mk4 is worth $495. :O

Check your policy - there's generally some allowance in a standard policy for valuables in the car. Whether you can prove they were there and thus get insurance to pay out may be a different issue...