Stupid question: those who've turned off their Soundaktor or eliminated their intake sound tube and were still on the stock exhaust... how much engine noise still comes through?
I'm really sick of looking at and working around the sound tube, so I think it's about time I get rid of it. I've kept it because I don't mind how it sounds but it always seems to get in the way when I need to do anything.
If I can get this busted Neuspeed Power Module I picked up to work I might be able to get more than a faint whiff of turbo noise into the car. Its ground wire needs a new terminal and the MAP sensor plugs are both broken... parts are in the mail.
Should keep me happy for a while so I can just go straight to a K04 pending the results of a future compression test and positive oil analysis.
So I'm looking at the noise pipe to come up with a "creative" (cheap/lazy) way to do it, if I keep the plastic part which connects to the bracket attached to the alternator, I can just shove a ~1.5" freeze plug in there and maybe go over the top with a rubber PVC pipe cap and tighten it all down with a good hose clamp so there's solid friction resistance both inside and outside of the pipe to prevent it from flying out. For the hole on the firewall I think I can just shove a couple of socks in there for sound deadening and cap it with a 2" rubber PVC pipe cap. Total price... ~$10. Ugly to look at but I can do it the next time I get a couple of hours to hang out in the garage and swear at the car.
I'd like a proper metal pipe, but that's pretty low on the list of things to pay for. If I get tired of looking at it I can call a few local scrap yards and see if they have any Tiguans or CCs being scrapped.
Installed the CTS Aluminum Radiator today. My ride was due for a coolant flush so decided to swap out the radiator and do the coolant all at once. Also installed the Cast Aluminum IBED connector.
My wife got rain water down my window switches again and ruined them. I replaced the window switches and mirror control knob and the windows are fine again but the mirror switch replacement didn't fix it.
The issue is the mirror knob (both old and new) will move both mirrors left, right, and up but not down. When I press down the mirror tilts up.
Codes coming back say implausible signal from the mirrors.
Since it isn't the switch I'm guessing it is the wiring, or the connector going to the switch
anyway if anyone has had similar experience feel free to chime in
My wife got rain water down my window switches again and ruined them. I replaced the window switches and mirror control knob and the windows are fine again but the mirror switch replacement didn't fix it.
The issue is the mirror knob (both old and new) will move both mirrors left, right, and up but not down. When I press down the mirror tilts up.
Codes coming back say implausible signal from the mirrors.
Since it isn't the switch I'm guessing it is the wiring, or the connector going to the switch
anyway if anyone has had similar experience feel free to chime in
I planned to check the pinning on the connectors and giving them a quick cleaning. Then I'll be checking the wiring at the door and in the mirror mechanism
