And it’s broken, Mk7 Gti 130k mile review 

Hopefully I don’t have too much trouble getting parts, I’m looking forward to digging in & figuring out what exactly failed

Passat mods incoming!

Clutch still holds great & most likely isn’t the issue (but we’ll see). The more I think about it the more I wanna say it’s the TOB, but I’ve been wrong before! Definitely had a good run either way, my Cummins ripped all the pucks off a ceramic clutch at about 70k which was pretty spectacular & resulted in 5 neutrals 😂

PCV is fairly new, I’ve got a video on that. It’s really intermittent with the extended crank (only when hot, only happened 3x over a few months).

No problem!

I build my own line of race quality components for this platform, so it has my full TBE & FMIC, is38 & a nice OEM+ suspension & brake set up (US spec CSS clone, but spicy) It’s basically a dual duty daily/track car I’ve owned since new (December 2015).

Lol someone’s gotta tell him

Normally get it hotter to get the smoke rolling, then back it off. About a hour total cool time then let them rest a bit & they come out good. I normally do Ribeye for best results, something leaner will dry up easier so you gotta be quicker. I’ve also seared them first & just smoked for flavor, which works great (just a extra skillet to wash)

@@BaunPerformance I usually do reverse sear so many why I guess

Eh, probably neither haha. Good timing right before busy season & I’m glad to finally dive into my LSD installation. Hopefully the clutch is fine & it’s just the TOB coming apart!

That was my first thought as well, unfortunately I haven’t had time to dig in yet to find out for sure.

It’s so intermittent I’d probably need it for a few weeks so I’ll probably just replace it as preventative maintenance (car has 131k on it, it had a good run)

@@BaunPerformance valid point, maybe just replace internals with auto/tech, for complete reliability I guess oem pump best bet without headaches

It’s actually the LPFP I’m suspicious of, the car data logs fine and pulls hard w/o issues which wouldn’t be the case if the HPFP was weak. I believe it has a check valve internally which could be the issue. Unfortunately HPFP (or a upgraded LPFP) being APR tuned I’d be stuck switching to another tuner which I don’t want do.

@@BaunPerformance yeah their is a check valve for lpfp, I just saw a post recently of a recall on that actually. Good luck and I’ll be waiting for next video

Thanks!