Josh's MK1 LCR Wellycooler Fitted!
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Right time for an update. Due to work and recent deployments planned, I've decided to keep the car as it's a good example and, like the tdi it's had some hard work put into it over the last year. The car is ready for stage 2 and benefits from loads of further upgrades to make it unique. The thing that let's it down is the paint, but I have a bonus in June so I will allocate a few quid to get some panel imperfections done and the wheels.
Onto the update, first things first. She needs a coolant change, so I put her on the ramp and took the under tray off and to my absolute disgust I fount this.
That's the aluminium block on the o/s of the engine, that is bolted to the engine, then to the engine mount underneath the power steering resivior. It's a long story, but the second reason it was on the ramp was because the exhaust was rattling on the middle bracket, the long metal support underneath. Turns out, it was only rattling because the engine had moved that much that the exhaust was kissing the support and giving the most horrible vibration at low revs.
So, initially I just pulled the mount back to the block by doing the lower bolt up. This gave me space to get my hand up to feel the upper bolt which was loose and on further inspection (after ripping the top apart) I found it had snapped. I also took the middle one out and found this was bent, and the threads had actually cracked so it must have been on the brink of snapping!
That's what it looked like, I'd removed everything to allow me access to the cambelt and pump, so should have done it myself then this wouldn't have happened! I struggled to get the snapped shank of the bolt out of the block, I had to avoid the cambelt with the windy drill.
So I replaced the bolts, torqued them and put a few drops of thread lock on and put it all back together.
2nd problem, I was changing the fuel filter and I snapped a connection on the in line pipe. Long story short, I dropped the beam and tank for access to later find out there is an inspection panel underneath the rear bench. Lol! I was annoyed, it's all back together now so happy days.
That's all done, new fuel filter on and back together.
Finally, as you can imagine I was pretty annoyed at this point. So, my powerflex wishbones arrived, I removed the wish bones, pressed the old bushes out and chiselled the rings out and pressed the new ones in. Didn't get any photos though.
She's back together now, waiting for tracking and I should be able to enjoy her again. Cheers for reading.
Onto the update, first things first. She needs a coolant change, so I put her on the ramp and took the under tray off and to my absolute disgust I fount this.
That's the aluminium block on the o/s of the engine, that is bolted to the engine, then to the engine mount underneath the power steering resivior. It's a long story, but the second reason it was on the ramp was because the exhaust was rattling on the middle bracket, the long metal support underneath. Turns out, it was only rattling because the engine had moved that much that the exhaust was kissing the support and giving the most horrible vibration at low revs.
So, initially I just pulled the mount back to the block by doing the lower bolt up. This gave me space to get my hand up to feel the upper bolt which was loose and on further inspection (after ripping the top apart) I found it had snapped. I also took the middle one out and found this was bent, and the threads had actually cracked so it must have been on the brink of snapping!
That's what it looked like, I'd removed everything to allow me access to the cambelt and pump, so should have done it myself then this wouldn't have happened! I struggled to get the snapped shank of the bolt out of the block, I had to avoid the cambelt with the windy drill.
So I replaced the bolts, torqued them and put a few drops of thread lock on and put it all back together.
2nd problem, I was changing the fuel filter and I snapped a connection on the in line pipe. Long story short, I dropped the beam and tank for access to later find out there is an inspection panel underneath the rear bench. Lol! I was annoyed, it's all back together now so happy days.
That's all done, new fuel filter on and back together.
Finally, as you can imagine I was pretty annoyed at this point. So, my powerflex wishbones arrived, I removed the wish bones, pressed the old bushes out and chiselled the rings out and pressed the new ones in. Didn't get any photos though.
She's back together now, waiting for tracking and I should be able to enjoy her again. Cheers for reading.
Ouch, sounds like some annoying problems to fix mate! I didn't realise the petrol motors had the fuel filter in such an awkward place? So much easier under the bonnet 
Glad to hear you're keepin her, she's a lovely car and seems to be as well looked after as the TDI was.
Glad to hear you're keepin her, she's a lovely car and seems to be as well looked after as the TDI was.
Yeah a few problems mate! The fuel filter is actually just I front of the rear beam drivers side, but because I broke the inlet pipe from the pump I had to gain access to the pump to change the pipe, hence everything how it was.
Put the sub back in yesterday, and replaced the carpet after snow foam spilt all over it! Vreds are on the front too now, not overly impressed with the wet grip and haven't had a chance to drive it in the dry yet.
Things to do are, fit resistors into the airbag plugs as the evo recaros don't have air bags. I keep bloody leaving the thing at home though! Coolant change still needs to be done, should hopefully be next week. I've got the coolant, just need to change and flush. Tracking needs to be done before it goes up the line to home again too.
Little bit of news, just in talks with a mate about buying a mk3 golf 16v gti. It's got an aftermarket alarm fitted and it's stopping the windows shutting and not letting you lock the car. Should be getting a good deal on it, still has a months test too. Paint is really dull, but I'll work some magic and get her looking good again. Needs a massive interior clean too. It's got coilovers, jetex exhaust and aftermarket CD player. Should make some money putting it back on the road. Other than that, I have no plans for mine. Stage 2 next year after the 5th deployment.
Put the sub back in yesterday, and replaced the carpet after snow foam spilt all over it! Vreds are on the front too now, not overly impressed with the wet grip and haven't had a chance to drive it in the dry yet.
Things to do are, fit resistors into the airbag plugs as the evo recaros don't have air bags. I keep bloody leaving the thing at home though! Coolant change still needs to be done, should hopefully be next week. I've got the coolant, just need to change and flush. Tracking needs to be done before it goes up the line to home again too.
Little bit of news, just in talks with a mate about buying a mk3 golf 16v gti. It's got an aftermarket alarm fitted and it's stopping the windows shutting and not letting you lock the car. Should be getting a good deal on it, still has a months test too. Paint is really dull, but I'll work some magic and get her looking good again. Needs a massive interior clean too. It's got coilovers, jetex exhaust and aftermarket CD player. Should make some money putting it back on the road. Other than that, I have no plans for mine. Stage 2 next year after the 5th deployment.
So we've got the golf. We spent a few hours on it on Tuesday. First thing we did was clean out all the interior, it was a state! Next we took off all the door cards and did wiring checks on the windows, and drivers lock mechanism. The drivers lock was just really really stiff so we took it apart and sprayed it with eezit. Also, we found the lock pin was broken so that's been replaced. The windows sort of fixed themselves, except the drivers window as the cable has birdcaged inside the reel. That's a £20 fix as the motor is fine. So, the central locking and 3 other windows now work. The rear right calliper was sticking, because of corroded pads not sliding as they should. They're £9. The other thigs we have to get are a parcel shelf, aerial, a gti trim and a few little bits. Here are some pictures, and ill keep this little on the side project updated.
Small update, golfs still around, hopefully going sometime this month. It's been fun.... Bought a YZF r125 and sold that over Christmas, which paid for a years insurance on the LCR. Cheers.
Having a few niggles with the LCR lately though, one being the horrible horrible 17705 fault. I've got a few things to try, hopefully fixing it as I'm hoping to get it mapped stage 2 mid this year.
I am also in two minds wether or not to keep the recaros. I really really want some LCR recaros but we all know they're rare and always battered. What I would like to do is put my evo seats up for sale to fund some, and replace the drivers bolster at a later date. If anyone knows of any or is interested in my seats get in touch.
Picked up a set of sparco wheels and tyres (ditch finders) today, I've never really heard of sparco wheels but they were the right price so I had them. They're 18" 8j with 225/40/18's et 48 and 5x112 fitment. Someone informed me earlier that if I use 20mm adapters they will sit 10mm wider each corner because LCR std alloy et is 38? Just got to check they clear the front stoppers now. They're called sparco assetta's, the yanks love them on mk5/6's over there, expensive too there's a set on the bay for £750!! Also really light as they're apparently made by oz. forgot to say, they're almost brand new, cost over £1000.
Got a few spare bits too, should be a for sale ad up on here, just spares really, some black headlining stuff, pillars and trims, rocker covers, inlet manifold all the good stuff! Cheers.
Having a few niggles with the LCR lately though, one being the horrible horrible 17705 fault. I've got a few things to try, hopefully fixing it as I'm hoping to get it mapped stage 2 mid this year.
I am also in two minds wether or not to keep the recaros. I really really want some LCR recaros but we all know they're rare and always battered. What I would like to do is put my evo seats up for sale to fund some, and replace the drivers bolster at a later date. If anyone knows of any or is interested in my seats get in touch.
Picked up a set of sparco wheels and tyres (ditch finders) today, I've never really heard of sparco wheels but they were the right price so I had them. They're 18" 8j with 225/40/18's et 48 and 5x112 fitment. Someone informed me earlier that if I use 20mm adapters they will sit 10mm wider each corner because LCR std alloy et is 38? Just got to check they clear the front stoppers now. They're called sparco assetta's, the yanks love them on mk5/6's over there, expensive too there's a set on the bay for £750!! Also really light as they're apparently made by oz. forgot to say, they're almost brand new, cost over £1000.
Got a few spare bits too, should be a for sale ad up on here, just spares really, some black headlining stuff, pillars and trims, rocker covers, inlet manifold all the good stuff! Cheers.
Do you only get the 17705 code when it's cold? My car does it still it's a mapping bug. What map have you got?
Basically it'll do it from a cold start and go into limp mode.. but once the car is warm if I pull over, switch the car off then on again, I get full boost... Also if I clear the code once it's warm and then start it up go for a blast and I mean a real hack holding strong 1.5bar boost 3rd and 4th gear for a few runs, then pull over and scan again, no 17705 code, aka there isn't a problem with my hardware. I've had this bug since my car was mapped years ago and hope to sort it in the near future. People spend lots of time replacing vac pipes, n75's, maf's all to no benefit for this cold start issue. It'll drive you mad, you only need to google it to see other audi/vw forums where they suffer the same thing and cannot find hardware issues.
One other thing that matches up with my findings to what I've read on other forums is it only happens below 5 degrees during cold starts. Just thought I'd share all this with you as I would hate seeing someone else spend money trying to trace leaks/problems when the whole time it's a fault in the ecu software. Apparently it can happen before mapping on a stock ecu too but mine was ok before the map.
Basically it'll do it from a cold start and go into limp mode.. but once the car is warm if I pull over, switch the car off then on again, I get full boost... Also if I clear the code once it's warm and then start it up go for a blast and I mean a real hack holding strong 1.5bar boost 3rd and 4th gear for a few runs, then pull over and scan again, no 17705 code, aka there isn't a problem with my hardware. I've had this bug since my car was mapped years ago and hope to sort it in the near future. People spend lots of time replacing vac pipes, n75's, maf's all to no benefit for this cold start issue. It'll drive you mad, you only need to google it to see other audi/vw forums where they suffer the same thing and cannot find hardware issues.
One other thing that matches up with my findings to what I've read on other forums is it only happens below 5 degrees during cold starts. Just thought I'd share all this with you as I would hate seeing someone else spend money trying to trace leaks/problems when the whole time it's a fault in the ecu software. Apparently it can happen before mapping on a stock ecu too but mine was ok before the map.
Cheers Tom, I appreciate it. I've got to look into it now because the car is booked in for a stage 2 map in February.
Mine doesn't happen just on cold starts, it sometime starts when the car is going along but I'm driving like a granny, however it seems only when it's cold. I think what I'll do is check all the vac lines, and a few things around the throttle body from when I painted that. I didn't change the tb to inlet gasket so I'll replace that too. Thanks for your help though Tom!
Mine doesn't happen just on cold starts, it sometime starts when the car is going along but I'm driving like a granny, however it seems only when it's cold. I think what I'll do is check all the vac lines, and a few things around the throttle body from when I painted that. I didn't change the tb to inlet gasket so I'll replace that too. Thanks for your help though Tom!
Just a couple. Can I have opinions on the wheels too please, as in shall I spend £150 on adapters or shall I just sell on to someone with a mk5/6 or a mk2 leon...?
Depending on the size, offset, condition etc, I could be interested in the wheels if you decided to sell them, assuming from what you said they are 5x112 and not 5x100?
I'm not trying to sell them on this page but I'll give you the details and leave the rest up to you to message me. They're Sparco Assetto alloys, 5x112, et 48, 8j with 225/40/18 tyres fitted. They're basically brand new, one slight mark on one of them from tyre fitting. Tyres have at least 6mm tread and there is no damage/repairs to them.
Cheers for the interest, gone now any way.
Final stage 2 prep now, loads of little things that have been needed for a while will now get done. First off, a coolant flush, change and new bottle. I used k seal about a year ago, sorted the leak now so I want to get that **** out ASAP.
Next is a throttle body clean, new gasket and re alignment on my lg.
Third will be total replacement of the vac lines to try and solve the 17705 code.
007p will receive a new piston, seals, grease and a new yellow spring for the map.
Oil and filter.
Ngk copper plugs heat range 7
Ram air cold air feed will be fitted to the passenger fog hole as I had to butcher my bumper for fmic.
Seat resistors will be fitted, really want LCR recaros, so I might sell these yet.
I'm going to replace the pipercross filter for a bmc twin cone and get a new maf as mine over reads slightly.
I'm tempted to uprate the fuel pump as it's only £60 and whack a 4 bar fpr too, don't think it's needed but my pump may be failing and a map tweak would cost that after I change it any way....
Suspension will be getting overhauled in few too, to compliment the wishbone bush upgrade. Cheers.
Final stage 2 prep now, loads of little things that have been needed for a while will now get done. First off, a coolant flush, change and new bottle. I used k seal about a year ago, sorted the leak now so I want to get that **** out ASAP.
Next is a throttle body clean, new gasket and re alignment on my lg.
Third will be total replacement of the vac lines to try and solve the 17705 code.
007p will receive a new piston, seals, grease and a new yellow spring for the map.
Oil and filter.
Ngk copper plugs heat range 7
Ram air cold air feed will be fitted to the passenger fog hole as I had to butcher my bumper for fmic.
Seat resistors will be fitted, really want LCR recaros, so I might sell these yet.
I'm going to replace the pipercross filter for a bmc twin cone and get a new maf as mine over reads slightly.
I'm tempted to uprate the fuel pump as it's only £60 and whack a 4 bar fpr too, don't think it's needed but my pump may be failing and a map tweak would cost that after I change it any way....
Suspension will be getting overhauled in few too, to compliment the wishbone bush upgrade. Cheers.
Sounding good mate.
I went for br7iek (iirc) plugs. So be intresting to see how you find them.
I also thought about fuel mods but decided im gonna do rods first. Want it to be reliable, also need a uprated manifold aswell imo to cope with the extra heat.
Ive got 4 days to go!! Wish me luck lol!
I went for br7iek (iirc) plugs. So be intresting to see how you find them.
I also thought about fuel mods but decided im gonna do rods first. Want it to be reliable, also need a uprated manifold aswell imo to cope with the extra heat.
Ive got 4 days to go!! Wish me luck lol!
Changed the plugs today, and I'm sure it idles smoother now. The engine was warmish when I started it though, all will be revealed on a cold start tomorrow. Put the cold feed in too got just the right size to fit with my ic pipes, pure guess/luck. I think I'll do rods, got an agu I can have pretty cheap off the mate with the caddy. He bought the 20v 1.9 forged rods and pistons etc off Facebook. Good luck lol
Did the coolant flush and change tonight. So glad it's done! Only a few more menial things before she's ready for mapping!
Second photo is an oil breather pipe I changed as the other one didn't properly. The last two are of the cold air feed, needs a little trim and a hold cutting to drain the water out. I'll get a picture of the new expansion bottle and lovely pink g 12 at some point.
Second photo is an oil breather pipe I changed as the other one didn't properly. The last two are of the cold air feed, needs a little trim and a hold cutting to drain the water out. I'll get a picture of the new expansion bottle and lovely pink g 12 at some point.
Forgot to add, I did 4 flushes in total. The picture of the bucket is the contents of the first two. I'll get a picture of the old bottle too, so disgusting!
Just bought a genuine brand new boot shelf thing from Spanish eBay. I won't say how much it cost, because if it doesn't fit with my sub installed I will be putting it on here.
Just bought a genuine brand new boot shelf thing from Spanish eBay. I won't say how much it cost, because if it doesn't fit with my sub installed I will be putting it on here.
Just read all 9 pages and wow what a long way it's come with those upgrades. Giving me inspiration as I've just bought a standard LCR. First things first I want to get a SFS/Badger5 v3 TIP, heatshield & Cone of some sort. Would you recommend the setup you have? Would I need any extra fittings with the above?.... Hose clips only?
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