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Damn. Well, here's hoping the turbo isn't dead 🤞

Wrapped up my turbo install, started the car, and I was pulling vacuum Dropped it off at the shop two hours later. I didn't have the money to risk damaging the turbo by not knowing what I'm doing. If the turbo's bad, though, I was looking at a K04 and learned that they don't need a tune ? I...

Is this the noise you're talking about? I do see how it could be a whistling gasket... It would happen inconsistently at high load, especially in higher gear. Man, I'm not sure if I hope that is or isn't the issue... I already swapped my old turbo in, but it's pulling vacuum the first time I...

Turbo officially fully disconnected, but not out. I have one bolt on my heart shield that I stripped. I tried wedding the turbo out through the bottom but the subframe is in the way. I'm thinking I need to sharpen the star of a T45 and hammer it into the bolt. As for why my turbo died, I'm...

No, the rod is almost freely moving inside the bracket, the threaded rod is grabbing enough to shift but I was able to pull them apart. I didn't know how to convey that well with just pics

Doing a big job on the car to replace a failing turbo. I have a growing list of goals: turbo, first and foremost. My gas mileage has dropped by 30%, it took me 6 gallons to do ~135mi; I'm not certain this is turbo related, but in the last few weeks the turbo has started whistling higher (on top...

Well I'm at my garage away from home and I'm amazed that this car is alive sometimes. Here's some discoveries I made while pulling it apart to replace the turbo: This line was completely pinched. Likely was me, could've been the mechanic, hard to know at this point. It's destroyed but I...

Nope, not something I've worked on yet. My right squeals, but I like it so I can listen for my windows closing when I use my lock button.

I used this guide for removing the panel. It's pretty much surface level complexity, however this guide doesn't talk much about the speakers themselves, and the rivets are the hardest part about the job. Mine melted through the plastic speaker frame and made a small mess of the door, but even if...

Yesterday I met up with another forum member who gave me their old AC kit. I'll probably do that before the turbo, but I might do them at the same time for the extra clearance. Thanks @smanierre Replaced my door speakers today. Really wasn't bad, the only casualty of the whole job was one...

Well life got the better of me for awhile, and my car isn't much better. I nicked my fuel line in march, and my turbo has started failing as of a month ago--I get a high-pitch screech under heavy load in boost. I'm fairly sure it's shaft play causing the impeller to get a haircut from the...

My turbo is dying. I hear screeching under load, especially in high gears. Engine and turbo are from a 2015 CC with a CBFA code. I have a spare turbo (2011 GTI, CBFA), and my goal is to repair the turbo if possible, and replace it if not. I've never worked on a turbo, so I'm not sure exactly how...

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you 👍

Mid March I noticed my passenger side skid tray had turned into a snow shovel, blowing out the tray around the retaining fasteners in the front. I was at work and didn't have access to a jack, so I reached under and cut through the tray. Well I nicked one of the fuel lines, the green one IIRC...

My boy officially no longer smells like a go kart :( stock downpipe went on and coolant plug was fixed. Amazing how much of a power difference adding a catalytic converter makes, it's noticably lacking now. Still can't pass inspection because of P0491 🙄 there's no simple way to bypass that...

Car lost a liter of coolant that I filled yesterday. No problems until the light came on yesterday and in 24 hours it emptied to lower than it was. Likely a loose hose somewhere; I'll deal with it this weekend, my commute is >1mile. @MrFancypants I absolutely recommend the Corolla hatchback. My...

Winter boots went on yesterday, and checked my spark plug gaps/sockets. No water or oil (couple drops on a rag under plugs 1 and 3). All under or approximately .03", except plug 3 which was just under .04". I checked the discoloration, too, and the electrode is pretty much uncolored. Car...

Never thought I'd see the day I cursed my GTI for having too many pedals, but I suppose rolling your ankle will make that happen

Put a couple hundred miles on driving to a wedding a few states over, and I'm enjoying it so much more than when it was stage 2. Cold, wet driving on the way back and yet my summer tires never broke loose. Man I love this car, even if it's a money pit

Detuned to stage 1+ (stage 1 but it's 93oct) and the car feels so much more stable. I don't think I'm going back to stage 2 for a long time, at least until I have a second car. It's less jerky, there's no funny business in the idle (I would get random misses before) and it just feels smoother...