Happiness to sadness

Updated parts list from home depot

1/2 heater hose 6 feet long (only length they had)
3/4 heater hose 10 feet long
3/4 plastic t-fitting
3/4 to 1/2 reducer
Vacuum caps in varies sizes

All parts installed and good to go. Pictures to come.

I got a chance to install new plugs and reseal the new valve cover gasket.

Started her up last night. Rough idle to start then smoothed out. I let it run for about 10 minutes before taking it for a drive. Got it out and then 15 minutes down the road the Oil Pressure Light came on yet again. It was a happy moment that got turned to poop.

So I am back to the drawing board with the oil pressure issue.

Key ring fix!

So while I am waiting for parts to be shipped, I decided to finally after 2 years to fix my VW key.
I found a link off VWVortex forums to fix this.
Here it is:
http://stinogle.com/2009/02/12/fixing-a-vw-key-ring/
It is a nice step by step to drill a new hole into the key to attach a key ring.
And here are my bad cell phone pictures. Enjoy!

New list of parts

Catch can setup steps to change out the PCV valve system.

I got the catch can off Ebay about 2 months ago. I got a cheap $20 one. It will do the trick.
Then this week I ordered these:
A block breather adapter for the PCV. 034 Motorsports has the direct fit for my car.
http://www.034motorsport.com/product_info.php?cPath=28_61&products_id=392

The to run off that I picked up this gem. I wanted a 90 degree so that I dont have to try to bend the heater hose:
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=EAR-984212ERL&N=700+4294733687+115&autoview=sku

Definitely not happy with the price, but it was the only one they had that was able to ship now. Everything else I would have to wait a month for.

So now I have a list for home depot to pick up some heater hoses and etc. Here it is:
1/2 heater hose 2 feet long
7/8 heater hose 3 feet long
3/4 heater hose 6 feet long
3/4 plastic t-fitting
3/4 to 7/8 reducer
3/4 to 1/2 reducer
7/8 to 1/2 reducer
Vacuum caps in varies sizes

To clamp everything I took my co workers advice and am going to pick up some high temp zip ties. It will 1. be cheaper and 2. have a cleaner look.

Pictures to come once everything is gathered and ready for install.

Not quite there yet

Spend a day off from work Friday and got everything back together in a timely manner. New line in and all turbo parts reassembled. Bad cell phone pic of the engine bay with the new feed line line is highlighted by the yellow arrow.



When to start the car and was giving a rough idle. Then it stalled out. It did that twice before throwing a blinking check engine light. But it did start and rev'ed nicely.

So, I had a friend come over and scan it and was throwing misfires on cylinder 1 &2. Swapped coil packs with cylinder 4. Then was still throwing misfire in 1. I took out the spark plug to find it and the rest of them covered in oil. I check the newly installed valve cover gasket and it was not leaking down into the cylinders.

So now I am either looking at a faulty PCV system or failed piston rings. I am hoping for the PCV system fail. Fingers crossed yet again.

If it is the PCV the solution will be a new valve and a catch can set up to catch the excess oil.

Ready to get dirty yet again.

So this weekend has become d-weekend. I will be putting the car back together with the newly installed oil feed line to the turbo. So to be honest, I am excited.
If the oil pressure light comes on still after everything, then a friend suggested a engine flush chemical to flush out all the oil sludge. That could be causing the main issue. Now I am nor will not be disappointed if the new oil line does not fix the issue since it was leaking and its better to have changed it.
So I will keep this posted on the outcome. Pictures to come.

Needed some more inspiration

So while I am counting down the days until I can get back to work again on the GTI. I needed something to bring me back to why I am still doing all this besides the most obvious of needing the car working. I took a scroll over the old Vwvortex and was looking around at some MK5. I saw a stock one this morning on my way to work and noticed how nice they look from different angles. I went right to the classifieds on the vortex. If you want to see a good collection of pictures of cars, go the classifieds. Most people who really want to sell their car will put as many pictures as possible of it up.
So then I came upon this beauty.



The full classified can be found here:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4179388
Along with some other amazing shots of it.

The full details of the car are listed there as well. The height is nice for the shots, but I would want to raise it up some for daily driving. The BBS CHs look incredible on the Candy White paint. Scroll down to the rolling shots in the link. One of those is now my background at work.

Oh well. I would end with saying maybe one day, but after the recent ordeal, blood, sweat, tears, and money that have gone into my MK4. I will not be getting into another VW again. Unless one falls into my driveway, then who am I to complain.

GTI: 0 Me:1 big 1

So I bring good news. The bolt has been defeated. The JB Weld did not hold as I had hoped and thought it would. Once that had failed, I took a scroll up to my local Sears and picked up a vice grip $9 and a set of bolt outs $3o. The vice grip did nothing but strip the outside of the bolt some more. The bolt outs however did some magic and got the bolt to turn and then come out.
I recommend these:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00952166000P?mv=rr



And lastly, the bolt.





So now I have the task of putting the car back together. That is, once i get the turbo out and replace the oil feed line.

Possible problem solved

Well thanks to a friend's idea. I used JB Weld to secure a older allen key wrench into the bolt. It is setting now. I placed it in there last night around 6pm. So by tonight it should be good to go as in come out of its hole. But with the pending doom of weather that looks to be coming my way. I may not get to it until next week. I hope to at least try to turn the wrench and remove the bolt tonight or tomorrow morning.

In other news, I was able to get the corrected fitting to the oil tap on the oil housing. Its a 12m to -4AN fitting. Normally runs about $12.99 plus shipping from Integrated Engineering. Great guys there and helped me out with finding the correct bolt. I had purchesed a 10m to -4AN and that was too small. Then I was pointed in this direction below.
http://www.intengineering.com/M12-to-4-AN-Oil-Feed-p4452259-1-2.html
Goes to show, don't believe everything you read on Vwvortex.

That is all for now. Peace!