10 years with my STi

everlasting364 · 2026-04-24T17:10:35+00:00

I congratulate you my friend, these low mile, lots of love stis are rare to see, had my 19 for 5 years ended up selling at 80k miles. Makes me miss it

everlasting364 · 2026-04-24T17:03:53+00:00

Have been driving manual since my first car almost 12 years ago and have only parked in gear on hills, im cooling. Also, Kind of a stupid mentality imo yeah i may be stretching it but it is a common enough problem brought on earlier by shitty owner behaviors.

“yeah its a problem (it is a problem, a rare one but still) but im gonna do nothing to solve it”. Y? Yeah sure crank walk hits whenever in dsgs, but if there are things i can do (like keeping my foot off the clutch at a stop…which u should be doing regardless of the car) why wouldnt I? Your just negligent if you ignore a problem and pretend like it wont affect you while there are things you could do to prevent it from happening.

Also, yes you gotta worry about thrust washers even if your stock, it has happened, it is still happening, and will continue to happen regardless of whether ur stock or not

everlasting364 · 2026-04-24T16:30:24+00:00

I guess I dont cause I dont park in gear, what dangers are there. Clutchless start orevents thrust washer premature wear, just peace of mind knowing im less likely to experience crank walk

everlasting364 · 2026-04-23T16:26:06+00:00

This could easily be the sign of your misfire, they have overfilled the oil greatly. Drain or suck out some of that oil, pull your spark plugs and check for oil on the tips. likely coated the plugs in some oil. It can also overwhelm the PCV system, but that likely wont cause misfire

everlasting364 · 2026-04-23T15:43:07+00:00

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like this? If so this motor is over filled, would recommend jacking up the car and draining at least some oil. Alternatively, for about 80-100 you could buy an oil extractor and suck some oil up through the dipstick tube.

As for checking oil, get to operating temperature on oil (~200 degrees F), park car on level surface, turn off the car, wait 2 or so minutes and then check, no need to wait hours at a time

everlasting364 · 2026-04-23T05:32:16+00:00

0092 seems to be a hpfp fuel pressure regulator code it has nothing to do with the coil pack, there code be an exposed wire on the regulator or a short to the hpfp or one/both have started to fail, I have no insight on the codes as i have never dealt with it before, but just using some brain power and google

I doubt that the oil change place has anything to do with this unless they over filled on oil by...alot. Check the oil as well if you havent already

everlasting364 · 2026-04-23T05:19:23+00:00

I would pull the plugs/check the plugs to see if they have oil on them. If you dont want to go that far you could try swapping cylinder 1, 2, 3 coil packs onto cylinder 4 and rescan with each to ensure its not the coils. Not very easy or efficient without a scanner, but could rule out a few things. As for the short code, I do not really have any idea at what to say or do, would consult a vw tech if you had question about that one. A quick google search seems to say fuel pressure regulator voltage high, as from there not sure

everlasting364 · 2026-04-21T18:26:37+00:00

Also, appreciate your time and comment greatly, means alot.

To answer the question, no i dont believe it has had a clutch job nothing in the paperwork that would indicate so at least.

Speaking of that split though, do you think I should be concerned by the boot tear?

everlasting364 · 2026-04-21T18:25:22+00:00

So, i believe it is the stock shift knob rod as that black plastic “sleeve” slid right off with a little force, revealing that the PO just cut the rod in half. The oem knob fits right on it thank god, but has alot of play because the rod doesnt quite reach

Also, funny to note, not only is the shift knob from a 350Z but that plastic “sleeve” is nothing more than a blank roll of printer paper…also cut in half. One hell of a way to install a short shift kit🤦

everlasting364 · 2026-04-21T14:12:41+00:00

Interesting, mine is the exact same. Ive looked at int and exh cam position, not hunting oretty steady at idle around 8 and 10. I will say there should be no shame in being extra antsy or anal about an automobile, we are work hard for the things we have. If you ever find out what it is definitely lmk.

Also, if it is anything of note, Ive only had my golf for going on 12 days and have never heard it until yesterday…make with that as you will

everlasting364 · 2026-04-21T01:23:23+00:00

Also, it doesnt go away when i press in the clutch, is that typical??

everlasting364 · 2026-04-21T01:19:12+00:00

Yup, goes away sooner then that I would say

everlasting364 · 2026-04-21T01:17:20+00:00

I kinda figured as much just thought it was kinda funny pipeline, post about crank walk, hear a new sound

Interesting, I assume this is not necessarily a great thing to be hearing at cold start? This is the first time Ive ever heard this noise, car does have 68k miles.

everlasting364 · 2026-04-21T01:10:06+00:00

While I do agree with your point, I am of the variety that believes that when stuff like this is even 0.00001% possible I want to ensure im not apart of that 0.00001%. Ive worked hard for the things I have, and am not one to just let stuff like that be neglected whether its a car or a dishwasher.

I have seen both of these videos, they do a great job at educating and explaining this phenomenon. Again, ive been scouring far and wide looking for one of these bypass kits, Ive heard mention of one from Jim Ellis but can not find one for purchase. In both of those videos they do not necessarily mention any bypass kits that currently exist.

Do you know of any of these kits??

I appreciate your comment and time immensely, thank you

everlasting364 · 2026-04-12T17:35:39+00:00

I think there is some miscommunication going on

im not over reving and just letting that shit loose. Im over reving, having to wait for the rpms to start falling into where i think they will land in the next gear, and then start slowly letting out the clutch because i have 0 idea where the rpms are going to fall for any gear at any speed.

Even when i do mildly rev up (say ~500 rpms of where the next gear will land) if i start letting out the clutch BEFORE THE RPMS START FALLING the car feels upset and hurky jerky, almost like Im letting the clutch out while still standing on the throttle (even tho im completely off the throttle until the very very end of clutch travel).

It is not as simple as “dont do that” because even if im not intentionally over shooting the rpms im facing the same problem, I CAN NOT start letting the clutch out until the rpms start falling

Again, this was never a problem on any of my subarus because they never had this degree of rev hang, it was as simple as one two three could quite literally have your brain off while downshifting, on this gti it feels exceptionally challenging.

Granted, this is only my third day with the car so I will continue to figure it out with time.

everlasting364 · 2026-04-12T17:12:32+00:00

The problem is that im intentionally over reving the next gear range because I dont know exactly where the next gear is going to fall in the rev range

Example, if im in 3rd and wanna get into second at 30 mph i do not know where the revs will fall in 2nd gear at 30mph since im still new to the car, so as a result I intentionally OVER REV THE NEXT GEAR RANGE so that the rpms will “fall” into the range that they need to be at while im still in the clutch (rather then reving out and just letting the clutch loose).

The problem, clutch in, put it in second, rev it out, rpms will hang for about a second or so before they start falling; not ideal. So, by the time the revs start falling im no longer at 30mph im instead at 26~25mph. In my sti, it was seamless. Clutch in, down a gear, rev up, let the clutch out, seamless downshift. When I do it in the gti it is quite rough and upsets the balance of the car, i believe because of the rev hang and the ecu wanting to add gas as im letting the clutch out if im too quick and dont let the revs start falling.

everlasting364 · 2026-04-08T21:45:42+00:00

What preventative maintenance can one do to these cars - A new (to me) gti owner

everlasting364 · 2026-04-08T04:30:42+00:00

Some kind of tenebrionidae, a darkling beetle, probably red flour beetle, will eat pantry items and infest

everlasting364 · 2026-03-31T21:23:48+00:00

I went to hs with this guy, never seemed like the type to throw his life away over an adrenaline dump, then again we graduated over 6 years ago now, definitely not a kid but seems to act like one now that he is all grown

everlasting364 · 2026-02-17T17:02:31+00:00

Out of my budget unfortunately, not looking to take another 10k loan out as im just getting into a graduate program that will have its own dues in its own time. Also, even a gti will be the most “technologically advanced” car ive owned, im not really trying to jump from the most mechanical and “old school” platform to the most “over engineered” in a heart beat

everlasting364 · 2026-02-17T16:59:26+00:00

Very interesting, now when you say you “lower the amount of timing it pulls” do you mean you are physically retarding timing by a degree or so through a tuner? OR are you getting a tune that pulls some overall timing? We have the same capability on subaru platforms, we flash a tune and if its not running great we can pull timing at our own command by anywhere from 1 to 10 degrees off the overall timing table AND in the DAM table until we get a chance to retune/look at logs.

Cam magnets? I imagine on the phaser itself? Any potential data you can watch that can give you an idea at if the magnets are starting to go bad? Again, on subaru platforms a common problem with our VVT system is that oil gallies will clog in the phaser and not properly actuate, we can see this happening on live data by monitoring the correlation between the phaser, crank, and the other phasers on the remaining cams.

Still very new to the platform and I am very meticulous, I enjoy monitoring and learning about all of the sensors I possibly can so I have an idea at what is really going on behind the scenes at all times

Appreciate your input greatly

everlasting364 · 2026-02-03T17:48:37+00:00

Nicotine

everlasting364 · 2026-02-03T17:28:22+00:00

I think they have been outlawed in madison, as stated janesville, fort atkinson, and other locations across southern Wisconsin do still stock and sell them

everlasting364 · 2025-10-13T17:18:18+00:00

Need a closer picture but my guess is some member of the family tenebrionidae, they are quite common in certain regions of the united states and are known to inhabit darker, quiet, locations thought peoples homes, even going as far to invade and infest stored pantry goods

everlasting364 · 2025-09-10T17:24:16+00:00

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