What did you do to your MK6 today?

[MrFancypants]

I seem to need an 02 sensor every couple of years. Thankfully they're not too expensive or hard to replace

yeah, I just had a thought though... the last time I drove it was nearly a week ago and I had some roadkill bounce off the bottom of the car. I wonder if that damaged anything. The code for "bank 1 sensor 1" is static, while the code for "bank 1 sensor 2" is intermittent in addition to the voltage discrepancy.

Before I spend any money I'm going to get under the car to have a look at the wiring to see if that dead animal damaged it.

Hopefully my sick kid will be back in school tomorrow so I can have a look at it. Fortunately the car still runs and drives as it should... smooth, good power, and good fuel economy.

 

[MrFancypants]

I can't get the car on stands today so I poked my head under and I was right... The dead animal damaged the wiring. It's hanging under the car, the sheathing is cut, and I can see wires.

 

[MrFancypants]

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[Knotical]

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That'll do it. Handy with a soldering iron?

 

[MrFancypants]

That'll do it. Handy with a soldering iron?

I’m just going to replace it. It’s cheap enough that if I’m going to go through the effort I may as well install a fresh part.

Also the part of the line behind the brace is wrapped in roadkill meat… I don’t care to unwrap it. Also I do suck with a soldering iron even if I could bumble my way into an effective repair, but I’d probably use a heat shrink butt connector anyway.

My poor car just can’t catch a break.

 

[Knotical]

Surprise mod today, got that custom two tone headliner

Probably going to rip it all the way off and deal with it in a few months

 

[tdream1]

Upgraded RNS-510 with MIB2 PQ head unit.

 

[Cwmk6]

I put in the "oem" NGKs about 7k miles ago, I'll check the gap today. I put new headlight assys on the other day, went with Supernova again. The previous owner had the DRLs coded to the fog lights, so I'll need someone to change that back for me to get the DRL LEDs on the headlights working. But as of now they look blacked out, it's pretty cool, they're the all black version. If you remember Helix headlights, they look like that, but all black. I'm pretty stoked.

 

[MrFancypants]

I put in the "oem" NGKs about 7k miles ago, I'll check the gap today. I put new headlight assys on the other day, went with Supernova again. The previous owner had the DRLs coded to the fog lights, so I'll need someone to change that back for me to get the DRL LEDs on the headlights working. But as of now they look blacked out, it's pretty cool, they're the all black version. If you remember Helix headlights, they look like that, but all black. I'm pretty stoked.

My OBDeleven has more than paid for itself, and it’s pretty easy to swap the DRLs between fogs, headlights, or off with it. I basically keep it plugged in 100% of the time so I can check codes while driving… because these days my CEL is lit more often than not.

 

[Knotical]

Headliner came down today. Vacuuming off all the loose foam.

A little annoyed, but at the end of the day it's a minor issue on a 10 year old car so not too upset

 

[2012TP]

Noticed damp floormats then saw a drip. Sunroof drains were clogged so hit them with some compressed air, then pulled the cowl and cleaned the drain tube.

 

[Knotical]

Still trying to track down an intermittent power loss. Busted out the boost leak tester and.... won't hold a single PSI

Edit: I think my little 12v compressor is just too small. Builds a little pressure if I plug the PCV and oil cap. All the charge pipes look good, don't see anything that would cause a massive leak

 

[Cole2999]

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

 

[Knotical]

Cleaned the air filter and MAF, realigned the shift cables, reflashed the tune with some fault codes disabled, drives nice now. No more trouble getting into 2nd or 4th and no power cuts

 

[MrFancypants]

Changed the O2 sensor and I'm still getting the codes. All I can guess is that maybe there's some corrosion in the plug that wasn't an issue until I broke the contact between the old plug and the wiring harness. That connection being under the car is probably not ideal even if it is somewhat protected by the plastic cover, I'm sure water and crud from the engine bay still gets in there. There was no visual damage to anything other than the O2 sensor wire.

I guess I'll go back in and clean the connections later and maybe swap in a new plug just because I can.