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Re: A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?
« Reply #130 on: 22 October 2012, 21:58 »
THS Performance mounts are well worth the money  :smiley:

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Re: A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?
« Reply #131 on: 22 October 2012, 23:35 »
I had VF engineering engine mounts on the ED30. A really good upgrade compared with some other makes. Not too harsh, some of the other makes were basically solid mounts and the NVH is awful on them. :smiley:
THS Performance mounts are well worth the money  :smiley:

I'll have a look at both. I've got Super-Pro bushes on the suspension as they were recommended, but am well up for trying something different.

Hurdy - I take it NVH is some abbreviation for noise and vibration alike?  :embarrassed: Please fill me in>
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Re: A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?
« Reply #132 on: 23 October 2012, 22:56 »
I had VF engineering engine mounts on the ED30. A really good upgrade compared with some other makes. Not too harsh, some of the other makes were basically solid mounts and the NVH is awful on them. :smiley:
THS Performance mounts are well worth the money  :smiley:

I'll have a look at both. I've got Super-Pro bushes on the suspension as they were recommended, but am well up for trying something different.

Hurdy - I take it NVH is some abbreviation for noise and vibration alike?  :embarrassed: Please fill me in>

NVH stands for noise, vibration and harshness. It is what manufacturers try and reduce as much as possible. :cool:
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Re: A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?
« Reply #133 on: 25 October 2012, 09:59 »
Nice one brother. It's like having my own Gti encyclopedia with you answering questions left, right and centre. Cheers dude.  :smiley:
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Re: A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?
« Reply #134 on: 29 October 2012, 20:23 »
Managed to resolve this issue regarding the humming/farting noise under deceleration. It was the weld seam on the silencer box, it was completely gone, so I must have twitted something really hard or bonked it on a speed bump, but regardless it was flapping about like fart in the wind. Got the seam re-welded to the max for £20 donks. Bonus!
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Re: A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?
« Reply #135 on: 02 November 2012, 11:09 »
It seems I'm having a sh!tty run of luck at the minute  :sick:

Got in the car the other evening after a heavy downpour and after about two miles of easy driving, the car started to misfire really aggressively under load. It didn't seem to matter how lightly I tethered the throttle, whether it was low revs or mid range, there was a massive misfire and the exhaust felt like it was gonna shoot straight out the back of the motor!
After 800 yards or so the 'engine management' light began to flash intermittently. I managed to crawl home at a snails pace and the car continued to misfire like a thingy all the way home!

Next day I drove over to a friend's garage to have the car scanned, it was relatively well behaved on the 10 mile journey it didn't really miss a beat and the idle wasn't lumpy at all! I started to think it could have been the damp from the heavy rain and that the engine bay hadn't heated up sufficiently to clear it out.
As soon as I got there, the scanner got plugged in and I took it for a drive to try and replicate the misfire so it would pick up a 'fault code'. I drove around for nearly an hour and the thingy just wouldn't misfire  :whistle:
 
So I left the garage with the diagnosis that it probably was coil packs and/or spark plugs, but had no choice but to drive away (I hate that feeling of knowing that something is probably wrong, but the car is taking the piss out of you and you're ultimately just waiting for it to fail).
Ten minutes into my return journey, the car started to jerk back and forth, like Jimmy Savile at Broadmoor. I just couldn't believe it. I was thinking just my luck  :sick:
When I arrived home, sorry I should mention I barely made it home at this point, for fear of every time I touched the throttle the car started to go in 'spaz mode'. The idle was lumpy and 'hunting' all over the place and the 'engine management' light was flashing constantly.

Needless to say I've got my friend coming out today to fit a new set of coil packs and a new set of plugs. Hopefully problem will be resolved. I hate nothing more than having a poorly car  :whistle:
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Re: A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?
« Reply #136 on: 02 November 2012, 14:29 »
 :grin: :grin: :grin:

Cylinder 4 fault - Coilpack and spark plug thoroughly f**k*red!



All coil packs replaced and a brand new set of NGK platinums.

Problem solved.

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Ps. 3 old coil packs in the boot for safe keeps!

Pps. The coil pack in the photo has a serial number of (VW AG 07K 905 715). According to the web these aren't even the correct ones for my engine model and yet they are the ones that VW put in, when my car went for the initial recall. wayne kerrs! The Bosch ones I have replaced them with seem altogether more sturdy and have a rubber sleeve that comes all the way down to the tip of the spark plug, so hopefully no moisture will get into these and render them useless!
« Last Edit: 02 November 2012, 14:37 by MS1COYS »
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Re: A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?
« Reply #137 on: 04 November 2012, 12:34 »
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« Last Edit: 04 November 2012, 12:37 by MS1COYS »
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Re: A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?
« Reply #138 on: 04 November 2012, 15:16 »
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You going to bringing this to the attention of the VW garage who fitted the incorrect coilpacks?

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Re: A Wolf in Sheep's clothing?
« Reply #139 on: 04 November 2012, 15:55 »
:shocked:

You going to bringing this to the attention of the VW garage who fitted the incorrect coilpacks?

Yeah I already have and they are going to be contacting me in due course to try and resolve the issue. The only problem I have is that I currently do have an engine cover so water ingress was a definite probability and more than likely played a part in the failing of the part.
Having said that, VW shouldn't have really fitted incorrect parts and secondly since the new coil packs have been put in, there has been a noticeable difference in smoothness in running of the car and the 'tick' from the injectors seems to have gotten quieter. Maybe some of this is also down to replacing the Denso plugs I had for NGK Platinum's, they seem to be an overall cleaner plug.

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