I see the light at the end of the tunnel...
Yes, another car entry, but WAIT. This might be the last in, I hope, a good while. After MONTHS of constant tweaking, diagnosing, and repairing, I think....No, I'm SURE I've come to the final solution. Firstly, a weekend update:
1. O2 sensors; passenger side - 18 minutes, driver's side - 5 hours of total lower back agony, busted knuckles, and sweat. It's done though. Scanned the ECU and for the first time in THREE YEARS....NO ERRORS!!!!!!! The journey to get here was certainly long and expensive enough!
2. Pressure tested the motor. Borrowed theCraftsman's Porter Cable 165 PSI air-compressor and hose.
Connected it to my AWE Tuning intake pressure tester.
Slowly increased the pressure to 25 PSI (the guide said 3 PSI is fine, but I wanted to blast it out! and my pressure tester rocks)...and VIOLA, using a stethoscope I found an 8 PSI leak!
You have to understand, that is simply MASSIVE as leaks are concerned. I determined the leak was coming out of the driver's side hard plastic up-pipe into the throttle body, the LAST place I thought I might find a leak. I plugged it with my thumb and pressure built to 25 psi and held. Looks like the leak had been there for some time too. Crazy that my mechanic and I had missed something so obvious.
I'll need to get a new up-pipe and swap it out, but for now I've sealed it as best I could with some metal tape, then heat tape, then several feet of good-ole duct tape. Should hold until I get a new APR ALL ALUMINUM BI-PIPE!
...it is the MOAB of up-pipes, the Wave-Motion-Cannon of up-pipes, the Black-Hole Bomb of up-pipes,...well you get the picture. But EIGHT PSI!...I'm surprised my car even ran at all! EIGHT PSI is over 100HP!!! I want my 120 horsepower NOW NOW NOW!!
So the car is running supremely smooth, even with the duct-tape fix. Hasn't ran this smooth since I got the car with 8000 miles on it...actually, it runs better now! Even then it pinged an error code here and there; a tiny misfire, a catalytic converter warm-up issue, etc. Now though....None. I'm crossing my fingers cause I'm tired of all the work...and I'm sure you're tired of all the car blog entries.
Later....
1. O2 sensors; passenger side - 18 minutes, driver's side - 5 hours of total lower back agony, busted knuckles, and sweat. It's done though. Scanned the ECU and for the first time in THREE YEARS....NO ERRORS!!!!!!! The journey to get here was certainly long and expensive enough!
2. Pressure tested the motor. Borrowed theCraftsman's Porter Cable 165 PSI air-compressor and hose.
Connected it to my AWE Tuning intake pressure tester.
Slowly increased the pressure to 25 PSI (the guide said 3 PSI is fine, but I wanted to blast it out! and my pressure tester rocks)...and VIOLA, using a stethoscope I found an 8 PSI leak!
You have to understand, that is simply MASSIVE as leaks are concerned. I determined the leak was coming out of the driver's side hard plastic up-pipe into the throttle body, the LAST place I thought I might find a leak. I plugged it with my thumb and pressure built to 25 psi and held. Looks like the leak had been there for some time too. Crazy that my mechanic and I had missed something so obvious.
I'll need to get a new up-pipe and swap it out, but for now I've sealed it as best I could with some metal tape, then heat tape, then several feet of good-ole duct tape. Should hold until I get a new APR ALL ALUMINUM BI-PIPE!
...it is the MOAB of up-pipes, the Wave-Motion-Cannon of up-pipes, the Black-Hole Bomb of up-pipes,...well you get the picture. But EIGHT PSI!...I'm surprised my car even ran at all! EIGHT PSI is over 100HP!!! I want my 120 horsepower NOW NOW NOW!!
So the car is running supremely smooth, even with the duct-tape fix. Hasn't ran this smooth since I got the car with 8000 miles on it...actually, it runs better now! Even then it pinged an error code here and there; a tiny misfire, a catalytic converter warm-up issue, etc. Now though....None. I'm crossing my fingers cause I'm tired of all the work...and I'm sure you're tired of all the car blog entries.
Later....
posted by supergoober at
11:03 AM
4 Comments:
What was the name of the software you used for testing and is it vehicle-neutral?
Su'p Duff. It's called Vag-Com from Ross Tech. Nope, it's not generic. Only for Audi, VW, and Seat. About 300 bucks. Total overkill for most folks but not in my case. Good luck.
two words: Money Pit...
But then again, you are the GOOB!
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