82 Cabriolet S3 TFSI TSR conversion (wide arched)
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82 Cabriolet S3 TFSI TSR conversion
Did you get your CV sorted?
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Joe90k said
Looks lovely mate, really stunning in the sun, shame about the overspray on your sump, or is it a reflection?
Did you get your CV sorted?
That's the overspray mate. Waiting to see if he sorts it out once it goes back to the bodyshop. Mike is coming up on Sunday to measure up the driveshaft for me. Hopefully have a new driveshaft in a week or two.
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Managed to get the shaft fitted today and have been out and about without any problems. I want to get a few hundred miles on the car before having a custom shaft made up , just so I can be sure it's working well before I she'll out the cash.
In the meantime I've made up a new parcel shelf and trimmed it in vinyl and I'm in the process of of mocking up the dash. Dash looks a bit of a mess at the minute but once I've got everything where I want it , I'll trim it in the same vinyl as the parcel shelf.
Still not got the car back up to the bodyshop yet and not sure when I'm taking it up now as I've got a lot on over the next few weeks.
Next step is to try and get the interior sorted.
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Really glad you got the drive shaft issue sorted, I bet you're relieved now
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Really relieved with the shaft. Hopefully that should be the last running issue. Fingers crossed !!
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Next on the to do list is to get a new fuel pump as the one on the car sounds shot. Buzzing and whining once the car is at a standstill after it's warmed up.
Looking into getting a bosch 044 pump as it looks like a pretty easy swap as I've got all the connections where the shot pump is.
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Andy
LINCOLNSHIRE REGION - https://www.facebook.com/groups/467122313360002/
1983 MK1 Golf GTI Campaign Model - Under (looooong) resto!
1962 Rover P4 80
2002 BMW 745i
2008 BMW Z4 2.5Si
LINCOLNSHIRE REGION - https://www.facebook.com/groups/467122313360002/
1983 MK1 Golf GTI Campaign Model - Under (looooong) resto!
1962 Rover P4 80
2002 BMW 745i
2008 BMW Z4 2.5Si
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So on to today. I'd ordered some an-10 braided hose and an-10 fittings as well as a 180 degree an-10 connector which will stop the kinking on the way back to the pump. Ordered some an-10 to straight 1/2" & 3/8" fittings to swap onto my sytec filter. Didn't realise that the fittings are too big and that I needed an-10 to 1/4" fitting which do not exist so have had to now order a different filter with an-10 ends on it.
At that I pulled off the wheel lining hat houses the breather pipes and to my surprise I found this !
Had a poke about and managed to cut it back and I'm going to patch it up on Sunday if I get a chance.
Just waiting on the new filter now and a couple of extra fittings to try fitting the pre filter again.
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Dont know if you have wiped the inner part of that CV clean or not ? but it certainly looks like when you have done up the allen bolts it has pushed the CV up against the diff and then proceeded to pull the outer back up the shaft meaning its not sat snug, this is why torqueing the allen bolts is so important, but also it needs to fit !Baggie82 said
You can check the engine mount position by balancing the engine on a flat peice of ply and a trolley jack (so the engine can move sideways a small amount, then unbolt the engine mounts from the car taking the bolts right out, then bolting the driveshafts up without cranking on them hard, the driveshafts will dictate where the engine should be sitting, then just check to see if the engine mount bolts will slide through with minimal effort.
PITA i agree but it has to be done
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I've had 20mm taken off the shaft and it's running fine so far. I'm still running it in at the moment before having a new one custom made.
unityjon said
Dont know if you have wiped the inner part of that CV clean or not ? but it certainly looks like when you have done up the allen bolts it has pushed the CV up against the diff and then proceeded to pull the outer back up the shaft meaning its not sat snug, this is why torqueing the allen bolts is so important, but also it needs to fit !Baggie82 said
You can check the engine mount position by balancing the engine on a flat peice of ply and a trolley jack (so the engine can move sideways a small amount, then unbolt the engine mounts from the car taking the bolts right out, then bolting the driveshafts up without cranking on them hard, the driveshafts will dictate where the engine should be sitting, then just check to see if the engine mount bolts will slide through with minimal effort.
PITA i agree but it has to be done
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Dirrt said
I see you mentioned a fuel cooler, do the original TFSI engined cars have one?
I don't think they did , but don't quote me on that. Was having a read around the net and was saying that the pump gets quite hot and when it's returned to the tank it can vaporise once the car has warmed up.
Hopefully it will be a simple fix. Had the same problem with the old pump that was fitted and I thought that the pump was shot. Obviously not !
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Dirrt said
I see you mentioned a fuel cooler, do the original TFSI engined cars have one?
May also be vapour lock as I don't think there is a return from the engine to the tank. There is a return line going into the tank but it looks as though it's coming from the fuel filter.
Hopefully all will be revealed tomorrow .
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Dirrt said
Any update?
Hey dirrt !
Still got the issue with the fuelling but the car is still drivable. Took it to dub unit in tamworth and Matt basically said that I'd self diagnosed the problem. Think the option will be to run a swirl pot setup and maybe a fuel cooler. Matt is gonna give me a call when he has a plan so will update then.
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Dirrt said
That's a lot of issues after TSR carried out the conversion.
I agree I don't think they even test driven the car at all.
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