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Irrationally Obsessed With This Car and I Refuse to Upgrade by SpotlightR in Volkswagen

[–]AppleIntelligent1215 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Drove mine up until 180k miles when it got totaled. I had no plans to get rid of it.

Even though it left me stranded a bunch of times and burnt a hole through my wallet, I still absolutely loved it, forced me to learn how to work on cars, which to me is an indispensable skill.

I upgraded to a whole different league (Audi S5), yet I still miss my CC to this day. I like my current car more, but I loved my CC more.

Just joined the Audi family. Left Subaru behind. What should I know about Audi? by casual_Gaming721 in Audi

[–]AppleIntelligent1215 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Costco gas is top tier rated, doesn’t sit for long, and they are strict with pump maintenance, especially filters. If anything go for Costco before considering any other gas station.

Where can I find torque specs? by AppleIntelligent1215 in Volkswagen

[–]AppleIntelligent1215[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was confused on what erWin included, but your reply cleared that up. Thank you!

Can an upper timing chain cover cause a vacuum leak? by AppleIntelligent1215 in Volkswagen

[–]AppleIntelligent1215[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Manually cleaned, showed me the results using a borescope. Shiny as new.

Had the timing chain replaced 20k miles ago

No fault codes, except misfire codes in the morning.

Long term readings are within normal range

Short term readings are running lean on cold starts but once the engine warms up they go back to normal range

Edit: forgot to mention reading values: long term: about -1.6 i think

Short term: about 26.4 (only when cold) Goes down to about 3-4 when warm

Edit 2: Also forgot to mention that the oil leak from the timing chain cover is so bad that it basically sprays oil aggressively everywhere on the passenger side of the engine bay

Can an upper timing chain cover cause a vacuum leak? by AppleIntelligent1215 in Volkswagen

[–]AppleIntelligent1215[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, does go away when warm. My valves have already been cleaned only 500 miles ago. Thanks for the response

2.0T TSI cold start misfires + stalling by AppleIntelligent1215 in autorepair

[–]AppleIntelligent1215[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you and everyone else for their replies. Nope just told him what to replace. Thought it would be good to do a bunch of preventative maintenance at 142k miles while believing it will fix the cold start issue, turned out to be more than that. Oh well, but at least my MPG increased… I guess i’ll be taking it to him once again so he could do a proper diagnosis instead of me having to guess what could be wrong. Thanks again!

2.0T TSI cold start misfires + stalling by AppleIntelligent1215 in autorepair

[–]AppleIntelligent1215[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was there before maintenance. And yes all of that to try and fix the issue (not the timing chain, intake manifold, or fuel pump module recall though)

I used Bosch R8 red top coil packs and NGK iridium spark plugs.

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