Recent content by vath

Had to do the headliner last year and I decided to dive into the front door upholstery this year. I have the entire door panels off and have a question on how many of these plastic sonic welds need to be cut out in order to remove the piece which holds the foam. I know I have to cut out the...

Changed the oil in the GTI yesterday at 112,500 miles... However, it seems I opened and closed the hood 1 too many times and caused a super hidden electrical short which threw 4 fault codes, disabled airbags, blew the heated seat fuse, and disabled the A/C compressor.... I just wanted to post...

So for about a month I've had a fuel vapor leak come outta nowhere... Well it's coming from the intake manifold area, but it just started without any symptoms or check engine lights or fault codes or abnormal fuel trims. The ONLY symptom it may have is mild sporadic backfire at idle when...

Turbo Charge Pipe: http://www.awe-tuning.com/tsi-turbo-outlet-pipe-top-black-finish Throttle Body Air Charge Pipe: http://www.neuspeed.com/106/0/0/1615/480268-hi-flo-air-charge-pipe.html looking for a deal... :biggrin:

I've searched the internet high and low... I cleaned my intake valves this week and within the Fuel Injector seal kit was this black/silver piece. However, the part that was on my injectors was much shorter and yellowish plastic. I wish I took a picture, but unfortunately i didn't and can...

centered in the picture, behind the intake manifold support bracket... between and below cylinder ports 2 & 3 (yellow and brown wires)

Does anyone have a list of BOSCH part numbers for the 3 O2 sensors? I'm searching high and low, but can't find a list and RockAuto is not perfectly clear... 2009 TSI CBFA Bosch O2 sensors 1st: Bosch 17266 2nd: Bosch 16986 (needs plug modification) 3rd: Bosch 16066 (direct replacement) or...

anyone unloading? 2009 2-Door Manual Trans

I got towed out the other day and i didn't see where the tow truck operator took this from... :iono:

At first I thought it may have been a loose oil filter seeing how I recently just did a change a few weeks ago, but after snugging that down, I'm still getting a decent amount of oil showing up and working it's way down and mostly dropping onto what I believe is the A/C compressor and bracket...

I just wanna remove the spring loaded flapper so i can put in a USB charger and still be able to close the compartment... I tried to wiggle it off, but i don't wanna break it off... yet

3rd gear pull, hit WOT at 1600rpm and not too much excitement :mad0259: I've noticed a huge lose in fuel economy and seat of the pants fun... APR stage 1 with APR Downpipe to stock exhaust BSH intake Noise Pipe Delete/Plug penny for your thoughts? eng spec actu N75 rpm mbar mbar % 880...

I'm gonna get my Clutch Masters FX-250 installed at some point to over come the slippage while in stage 1 with a BSH intake and APR downpipe... and while it's in the shop i'm considering having them flash me to APR stage 2... but I'm a daily driver and I think if there is a loss in low end...

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Hey guys, I really wanna get the APR downpipe installed that I bought used back in November, but I currently don't have a 3" to whatever reducer. I also am not sure if the stock exhaust would have to be cut to accommodate the downpipe. Original plan was to get the Borla 140248 cat back, but I...