Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

Fair man for the hand jobs alright

:pac:

Today I lost my timing belt virginity!

Changed the belt, water pump, and tentioner on my sisters Punto. Also did a coolant flush. Took me about 5 hours though . Dgt could probably do it in about 45 minutes

Also discovered that there was barely a mark of oil on the dipstick :rolleyes:.Toped it up and will probably change it next weekend along with a throttle body clean. Should probably change the gear oil too:)

Past my NCT.
TWO MORE YEARS, TWO MORE YEARS!!!

i am really wanting a dash cam! cool job.

went through head wrecking work. vw passat , b5 , 2001, 1.9 tdi , had no heating inside, all coolant was pushed out from system, very similar to head gasket failure, or to failed water pump but not all symptoms in present.

There was diesel in coolant , which was due faulty diesel heating sandwich on top of diesel filter, all rubber seals gone, will have to replace them all in cooling system.

So the real problem with cooling system was thermostat, which fell apart caused by diesel in coolant ... and previous owner was driving for good while.



wonder , where to get o rings for cooling system. local motorfactors didnt had them.

Interslice wrote: »

I got o-rings from the main dealer before. Was about 5 euro for 2 though.

You on vagcat? handy site. The other option is to check the size on there and buy a full set that contains those sizes.

Can be tricky to register so here's the pic.


http://www.vagcat.com/epc/cat/vw/PA/2001/226/49/2837423/

Thanks for picture. Very handy. Got registered in that forum. No hassle at all. Thanks.

Gave the car a wash, detar and a light clay then spent most of the day applying 2 coats of Gtechniq EXO. Worked in the dark for 2 hours of it with a halogen lamp. The roof and bonnet have yet to be done. It's looking slick though

CianRyan wrote: »

If that oul lad could see his car now. Hahaha

Haha, or the drips of oil on my drive as it reeeeeaaallly needs a new rocker cover/gasket.

Oh and I practically burnt out the clutch drifting on a private field.


And, with the fuel pump turned up she is a smoke machine, even at idle!

Scortho wrote: »

When's she getting straight piped

Ask our resident dr frankenstein of cars, DGT , if he has any more coat hangers around :P

Seriously, I want to keep it in a state that it is easily temporarily modified back to pass the NCT.
At the moment it is only the fuel pump I need to turn down.
Next step is to de-cat.

Wow well done Marcin! You did all that work and it made fvck all difference :P

Marcinek_55 wrote: »

When i'll see you driving during some night i will turn all my lights on to show you the different

Sure you wouldn't see him if you had lights on, the glare off his car :P (dints on the door aside )

Checked the fluids, and then hovered and washed the Lady.

CianRyan wrote: »

Standard VTI?

Ultra Standard VTi.

With a factory radio and all the jazz that "normally" shouldn't be there from the second owner down.