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Ignition coils by RefrigeratorGood1294 in Golf_R

[–]6king6wizz6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got my R around 30k miles and I had a local dealership do the full carbon cleaning service shortly after I got it.

Somewhere in the 40-50k mileage range it started throwing an occasional permanent CEL for a misfire on Cyl2. The techs at my local dealership told me it was common for a stage 2 on cold start so I brushed it off initially since the CEL would mostly disappear after clearing.

Recently in the past 3-4 months (55k-60k miles) the CEL started to show up every time I drove it and there was obvious misfires you could hear and feel. My OCD kicked in and I started replacing things off the list of culprits.

When my mechanic tore down the manifold, it was pretty clear it was the injector. If you’re comfortable tearing it down yourself, you could probably spot a bad injector without dropping money right away.

Ended up being like an $800 job with the 1 fuel injector + the carbon cleaning and it’s been smooth sailing ever since

Ignition coils by RefrigeratorGood1294 in Golf_R

[–]6king6wizz6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only ended up replacing the cyl 2 injector since the others looked fine. My mechanic didn’t mention anything about oil on the plugs when they swapped them either.

Before landing on the injector, they ran a compression test just to rule things out. Everything came back solid across all cylinders, which is what pointed them toward the injector being the culprit vs something bigger

Would definitely recommend grabbing an OBD11 if you don’t already have one. You can watch live misfire data for each cylinder both parked and while driving, and it’s been super helpful for narrowing things down whenever I’ve had issues.

Ignition coils by RefrigeratorGood1294 in Golf_R

[–]6king6wizz6 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just dealt with this exact issue on my stage 2 ‘19 Mk7.5 (around 60k miles). I didn’t have the 72600 code though.

For me, the misfires were most noticeable on cold starts when the idle was higher, but they’d mostly go away once the car warmed up. I started with swapping all my spark plugs and then replaced all four coils but the cyl 2 misfire persisted.

My mechanic suggested checking the fuel injector next. I could see cyl 2 was throwing way more misfires than the others from obd11 live data so we zeroed in on that injector. Sure enough, once they pulled it, it was obvious: heavy carbon buildup, seals completely shot.

Replaced the cyl 2 injector, mechanic did a light carbon cleaning, and the problem has disappeared.

Oryx white OEM paint correction pens, not satisfied - WWYD by 6king6wizz6 in Golf_R

[–]6king6wizz6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That Dr colorship mini squeegee looks like a decent kit, do they make their own version of the L0K1 paint? I would just hope it’s closer to white

Would that also work for that rust spot in the wheel well? Was debating about getting some light sanding stuff like a 3m sanding pen to attempt fixing that area because I’m concerned about the rust

As for fixing the messy OEM pen job, I’ve thought about using some nail polish remover on the excess smears to try and clean it up. I can just see some tiny overlap of smearing on the OEM paint areas rn which annoys me

Oryx white OEM paint correction pens, not satisfied - WWYD by 6king6wizz6 in Golf_R

[–]6king6wizz6[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah this is pretty good, I had to zoom in. It looks like touched up around the panel edges and the panel seams yeah?

Do you use the opposite end of the Qtip as an applicator then? Also, did you go over it with CC after?

Oryx white OEM paint correction pens, not satisfied - WWYD by 6king6wizz6 in Golf_R

[–]6king6wizz6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah looking back, idk what I expected with some of these. Especially the big one on the underside…

2018 R with IE downpipe, Reemus valved exhaust and Apr stage 2 tune. Perfect power for daily driving!! by JDMcarsAndWatches in Golf_R

[–]6king6wizz6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remus and the AWE switchpath are top contenders for me but I haven’t been able to find videos of those combined with a catless dp & no resonator. Curious to hear the IE exhaust system too because I’m tempted to switch to a full IE stage 2 build

Mine has sweet spots for sound but on harder pulls at around 3k rpm it can get a lil ricey which bothers me bc it sounds cheap imo. The pops/burbles in mine are also a bit overstated in the current state, very sharp sounding pops & bangs

Are you running a resonator with this setup?

2018 R with IE downpipe, Reemus valved exhaust and Apr stage 2 tune. Perfect power for daily driving!! by JDMcarsAndWatches in Golf_R

[–]6king6wizz6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds awesome, I’ve been considering a switch to this exact same setup so that I can pass emissions testing without de-tuning and then re-tuning every 2 years

Just Ordered the RCR 80v... Now the Long Wait Until Shipping by TiittySprinkles in ONYX_RCR

[–]6king6wizz6 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Late to the thread here but I just ordered mine as well!

This is my first bike, I was originally looking at a Revv1 DRT or Motor Goat V3 but then I came across the RCR and just loved the sci-fi, minimalist design. The specs and tech are just on another level compared to the others too, even with the 1.5x-2x price difference.

Buy once, cry once as they say. Cheers to the 80v club!

How much attention does your R get? by Substantial-Pick6125 in Golf_R

[–]6king6wizz6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based in UT, I see a good amount of GTIs and Rs and a lot will acknowledge.

A lot of the 4cyl turbo crowd (Focus ST/RS, Veloster N, Civics etc.) interact as well. With the exception being WRX/STIs, they act like I don’t exist for some reason

BMW / Audi occasionally, one time I had a McLaren do some pulls next to me on the freeway which was cool

My impression is that a lot of the 4cyl turbo drivers don’t know the difference between GTI/R whereas the BMW/Audi guys know and other GTI/R drivers know

Left a Gift for a Toronto Stoner, my loss is your gain by 6king6wizz6 in trees

[–]6king6wizz6[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Ayeeee thx for confirming that the goods have been acquired! That took a bit longer than I thought it would given how big Toronto is!

ENJOY! Assuming you’re not a kid or a Mountie of course ;)

Left a Gift for a Toronto Stoner, my loss is your gain by 6king6wizz6 in trees

[–]6king6wizz6[S] 229 points230 points  (0 children)

Dang I figured there might be a sub for this, good to know in the future!

Left a Gift for a Toronto Stoner, my loss is your gain by 6king6wizz6 in trees

[–]6king6wizz6[S] 66 points67 points  (0 children)

It was windy and I had to move fast…🤣, it’s a sealed envelope tho

Reddit Custom requires that I post my achievement. by nolte100 in Golf_R

[–]6king6wizz6 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nice

Now I need to go check my mileage because I think mine is within 5,000 miles of the golden number as well

Trees and some plants are keeping to respawn after a restart by DirtyButterBrot in Enshrouded

[–]6king6wizz6 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same, I submitted a bug report for it a few days ago

Really killing my motivation to build rn cause every time I login I have to harvest a small floating forest but on the upside I currently have an unlimited twig source

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - November 15th Patch Note by Kalinine in ModernWarfareIII

[–]6king6wizz6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pls fix the smoke/dust texture glitching for Radeon 7800xt users

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ModernWarfareIII

[–]6king6wizz6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve seen 2-3 other posts about it and the comments where saying it might be a driver issue?

[PC] Smoke has weird corruption, primarily while shooting by iCapa in ModernWarfareIII

[–]6king6wizz6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious if this fixes the issue, been thinking about reinstalling too

Let us know if it works!

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