CowTownRacer
Drag Racing Champion
The old jack bar as breaker bar tool. I have a couple in my toolbox as wellThis makes it easy btw:
Only issue I ran into was the rear clamp being rusted so i cut it with an angle grinder
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What did you do to your MK6 today?
- Thread starter LightningRhod
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Just @ me next time dude
Genuinely very glad you didn't run in to issues. No amount of PB was going to help me seat a socket on the sleeve clamp nor pop a nut with a 7" handled wrench. Just popped over to the next page and saw you avoided those struggles Interesting to hear no CELs with no spacers. Are you CBFA? Running Stg2 software?
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Today I got my intake stuff buttoned up and popped the terminals out of that broken connector for the DV. The Aussie/Kiwi video was super useful, the bobby pin tool worked like an absolute dream. Realized I had made an absolute amateur boneheaded mistake while I was down there, though: ordered 1J0973722 from ECS based on appearance and memory. Needed to order 1J0973722A. Completion waits at least another day... going to call some dealers to see if they have one I can pick up.
CowTownRacer
Drag Racing Champion
I didn't have any CELs until I upgraded to the K04. But I was fine at stage 2.
synthetikv
Ready to race!
you drive around a bit? dp cel was never instant on for me. usually after driving like 20 miles or so.
CowTownRacer
Drag Racing Champion
I was stage 2 with no CEL for around 4-5 K miles.
synthetikv
Ready to race!
well yeah, all stage 2 software clears the cel as far as i know
CowTownRacer
Drag Racing Champion
My understanding is that it doesn't for a lot of people.
synthetikv
Ready to race!
pretty sure all the major brands do since they all require a dp for stage 2 (apr, uni, ie, giac, revo). maybe some cobb ots tunes or protunes don't, i think you have to request it from stratified (if thats where you get your protune from) but i'm not 100% sure on cobb stuff as i haven't messed with it, but i was looking into it for awhile and i'm pretty sure thats what they told me.
my mk6 gli was stage 2 apr for 20k miles, never threw a cel. current gti is stock with dp throwing cel 20-50 miles after i clear cels (put dp on 2 years ago, then put around 2k miles on the car over those 2 years so didn't want to dump money into a car i wasn't really using) although IE tune is coming as soon as their stuff's off backorder.
my question was more for Joe_Mama, with dp and stage 1 software though.
my mk6 gli was stage 2 apr for 20k miles, never threw a cel. current gti is stock with dp throwing cel 20-50 miles after i clear cels (put dp on 2 years ago, then put around 2k miles on the car over those 2 years so didn't want to dump money into a car i wasn't really using) although IE tune is coming as soon as their stuff's off backorder.
my question was more for Joe_Mama, with dp and stage 1 software though.
uglybastard
Autocross Champion
with a spacer on the O2 no CEL before i was tuned.
snobrdrdan
former GTI owner
I thought you were boycotting USP after the Stage 2 pipe fiasco/drama?
torga
Autocross Champion
My GIAC tune does not turn off or clear the CEL.
Blaznjoe
Drag Race Newbie
Strange! I’m GIAC Stage 2 and the installer told me it will code out the O2 sensor. I have no spacer on my downpipe and my VAG-COM always shows “readiness”. I’ve passed California smog twice already on Stage 2. (I carefully select smog shops that don’t have a lift or deep recessed ground access in the garage
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Joe_Mama
Autocross Champion
If you check the follow up posts they reached out to me and fixed the problem. Ive placed like 2 or 3 more orders with them since