changed oil and filter .I also changed the brand of filter , from a fibreglass filled baldwin (made in usa ) to a KN made in Korea (paper filter only) I also went one grade higher from 15-50 to 20-60 . so far have not noticed any difference only that my oil pressure at idle is about 5 psi more .next oil change I will go back to the baldwin filter ,they are way better made

IMO 20-60 is too thick, I'm still using fully synthetic 15-40w in my 300k rig

yes it is a lot thicker than the 15 w -50 that's for sure . made the engine sound smother and no rattles .lol .going to see how it goes with it .thanks for your input

just thought to go the extra thick oil ,as I will be going to powerplay on the 7 February .(and it will get very hot ). I hardly drive the car now ,will definitely let the engine warm up well before I give it a hard time so that the oil has time to warm up as well .

Took the inlet manifold off, found most of the bolts were loose and the gasket came out in 4 pieces... Getting the wiring loom out of the way was a massive pain for sure!

Also got pictures of the inlet side and looks pretty good for a car with 220k on it.

Inlet to the 3rd cylinder

Edited December 29, 201411 yr by Serangan

I had to replace the engine loom in my ba, I wound up cutting off the casting bridges between each runner and filing them smooth. made it much much easier to slot the loom back in.

I discovered that Nulon Brake cleaner removed remaining plasti-dip from wheels really well..

And once that was discovered I went and purchased a bag of rags from supercheap..

Then I thought about cleaning the rest of the wheels..

1 clean.. 1 partly cleaned.

Points for effort panda.

Put it all back together today. New intake gasket, fuel pressure regulator and serpentine belt. Also re-ran some wiring while I had easy access and installed new process west cross over pipe. much happier with it now.

Sold it :(

Golf R time