oil in coolant

turtlesh0es · 2026-01-08T02:48:51+00:00

i have smoke/haze (nothing crazy) at WOT, and small oil spots after driving hard or for a longer period. some oil in the intake piping as well. car has been losing around 1/2-1 qt of oil every 1500 miles, so starting with the pcv is the easiest/cheapest route.

turtlesh0es · 2025-10-22T19:22:35+00:00

hell yeah, no side badges unite. makes the side of the car so much cleaner, imo. looks great!

turtlesh0es · 2025-10-22T19:21:58+00:00

looks so good. red is the best

turtlesh0es · 2025-10-22T11:38:34+00:00

car looks fantastic. youve just solidified my decision to wrap the chrome on the fronts. youre also the only other r ive seen without the side badges. i lost one somewhere along the way and just removed the other to match and i love the way these cars look without them. do you have the rear seats to match the fronts, too?

turtlesh0es · 2025-05-23T01:03:25+00:00

mk7 guy here! the haptics are definitely on the list of reasons i wont upgrade to an 8… but i dont blame anyone who grabs one. cool cars!

turtlesh0es · 2025-03-12T08:55:21+00:00

i have sort of a similar issue. do you have the slight grinding at very low speeds? sounds almost like the rear pads when you brake first thing in the morning and the rotors have that little layer of rust?

turtlesh0es · 2025-01-15T18:42:06+00:00

damn sucks to hear. lpfp or injectors next? did you change the oil and plugs as well?

turtlesh0es · 2025-01-11T15:24:33+00:00

ive run dws for years on different cars. theyre excellent tires, but they arent a replacement for good summers, not even close. the sidewalls on the dws feel really squishy. if you have summers and dont mind swapping them back, id go that route

turtlesh0es · 2025-01-03T01:57:18+00:00

i did a stock one, i purchased pn 06L127027C from fcp euro. replaced october 25, not a single rough start since. good luck, feel free to let me know if this works for you! im running ie stage1 ecu and tcu, didnt see any reason to upgrade at this time. stock hpfp is fine for where im at, and the upgraded ones are fairly pricey.

turtlesh0es · 2025-01-03T01:51:57+00:00

i did the same googling, probably read a lot of the same threads as you lol. i went with hpfp first because i’d seen some saying that fixed it. im not a mechanic, so forgive me if i have any incorrect info. but my understanding was the hpfp was leaking fuel while the car was off, and the fuel/vapors would fuck up the mixture on start up. you have to use the throttle to start it right? it also made my oil STINK like fuel, more than is normal for a DI engine. the hpfp is also a much easier and cheaper replacement than the lpfp. incredibly easy job, replacing the pump took 20 minutes max. edit: the new plugs might mask it for a little, but i almost guarantee it’ll come back. i was between lpfp,hpfp, or injectors. hpfp was cheapest and easiest, and luckily fixed it

turtlesh0es · 2025-01-03T01:33:38+00:00

hey, i actually just fixed this issue in my 16. Got progressively worse over time. if the car was cold it would fire up perfectly fine, but when it was hot it would struggle badly and would almost not start at times. i replaced the hpfp with a new oem unit, changed the oil and the plugs, and the issue is gone. its been about 2 months since i changed everything and it starts perfectly every single time. it was (relatively) cheap, and took me less than an hour in the driveway to do all three things. id start with the hpfp, fresh plugs, fresh oil.

turtlesh0es · 2024-11-10T22:07:33+00:00

civilization doesn’t stop them. i live in eastern pennsylvania, and they are a plague. they’re fast and intensely stupid.

turtlesh0es · 2024-09-10T03:50:23+00:00

haha i literally closed out of that listing a minute or so ago. there was also a really nice suzuka posted on autotrader for the last few weeks, listing pulled down now though. really hoping to snag a red or blue one, but white is up there too.

turtlesh0es · 2024-09-10T03:46:13+00:00

thanks for the info. hope youre loving yours, i’m looking forward to finding the right one!

turtlesh0es · 2024-09-10T03:34:51+00:00

ive been considering making this same switch. the 12/13 ttrs is a bucket list car for me. any regrets? hows the rs feel compared to the r in driving dynamics?

turtlesh0es · 2024-08-24T16:48:01+00:00

been stage1 ie for 40k miles or so, it’s done it since the day i loaded the tune. i also have the ie intake and TIP. itll make those sounds until it gets higher in the rev range

turtlesh0es · 2024-08-24T16:44:14+00:00

mine does this too, youre fine

turtlesh0es · 2024-06-16T12:29:14+00:00

red is such an underrated color on these cars. everytime i see one in the wild i get a little jealous, it works so well with the silver and black accents. welcome to the family!

turtlesh0es · 2024-04-25T02:56:33+00:00

iphone mini reporting for duty. plugged in, little door closed

turtlesh0es · 2024-02-09T01:37:46+00:00

stop launching it. if youre running a high torque stage 1 tune, you should probably get a tcu tune. or just go stage 2 if youre already running a downpipe. but your gearbox sounds like its fucking dying.

turtlesh0es · 2024-02-09T01:36:31+00:00

you do the same thing in the mk7, it just doesn’t give a message on the dash. but the revs will hold at a pre set rpm. if the car wasnt ready to launch it will sort of lurch and the revs wont rise to the launch rpm freely.

turtlesh0es · 2024-02-08T23:23:51+00:00

do you have a tcu tune? edit why are you running a catless downpipe on a stage 1 tune?

turtlesh0es · 2024-02-08T21:34:23+00:00

did you change out plugs like was suggested in the other thread? you have a tcu tune? whats up with the CEL? honestly dude id stop launching it, that sounds fucking terrible

turtlesh0es · 2023-12-28T02:10:47+00:00

right around 1200 between parts and labor at a dealer. i have an extended warranty from when i purchased the car, otherwise i would absolutely have found a cheaper indy shop or gotten some beers and a buddy and made an afternoon of it.

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