That tool you used to decompress the hose clamps... COOLEST. THING. EVER! In all my years as a tech, I have never seen that! ...And now, I must have one. XD
Around 11:10 you are able to move your front assembly forward. In order to do that do you just remove the bolts from the top at the fenders? Also could you access the secondary air pump and kombi valve by moving that?
+dubby6toes Here is the video I made that shows how to move the front assembly forward. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDY_lKWwycQ.html Doing so would give you much more room for dealing with the kombi and pump.
Right but are you making the video for yourself or for others? Which is why I pointed that out mostly for anyone who may be viewing. Since you're making a video for the masses for some who don't know what they doing possibly as well as you an unnecessary and potentially critical extra step like that is a real problem when trying to get the car running again once the work is done and can add a lot of frustration and possibly damage someone's car. Anyway I'm just a VW mechanic and racing driver that has about 30 years experience with them and other cars so I tend to pick out details others miss that are both time saving and lower ones stress levels when doing the work, the suggestions made can be taken or left, they're free and I make them anyway. I also have a couple of channels here but haven't put up a lot of videos yet, I have plenty of editing to do first and also in time many of them will be in-car racing videos I had to convert to digital from VCR format, it took weeks just to do that. Also someone who has done it multiple times like that should also be doing it the easier way to save time and work but additionally the more you remove wire connections as strongly as they connect the more risk there is in ruining a wire connection in the process or not getting back on properly, so better to avoid as much as possible, whenever possible IMO. BTW my GTI is a 99.5 year and I'm going to have to do this soon as well to replace my leaking valve cover gasket and do some other work as well so since you don't have that car to do in your library maybe we can link videos?
+KW57 Rx8Dr. You are very right, no sense in removing the wires if you don't need to! I just did it out of habit. Let me know when you have your videos up and I will take a peek!
+misael pacheco I thought I replied to your question a long time ago! Sorry! Valve cover bolts are torqued to 89 in/lbs and the intake manifold bolts are torqued to 18 ft/lbs. Be careful not to overtorque the intake bolts! They are soft!
It will be the exact same for up until mid-year 1999 vr6s. If you have a 1999 or newer, there will be a few more plastic pieces to remove but it should the same. Here is another one of my vids showing how to keep the bumper on and just slide it forward to gain more room : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NDY_lKWwycQ.html
You made yourself more work by disconnecting the wires from the coil, no reason to and now they have to be figured out again, just sayin.. You can just disconnect the plug and lay them aside. Also get wires with pull loops next time, no tools needed. Pravuss it's not a hose, it's a wire protector,or just colored wire insulation and inline master fuse link for an AMP.
+KW57 Rx8Dr. Thanks for the comment. I've disconnected the wires from the coil thousands of times before on VR6s so it's like tying my shoes now! Perhaps I shouldn't do it out of habit but all well. I actually put stainless steel loops on my last VR6 but I haven't gotten around to it yet on this one. The metal tool makes it fairly easy. The wires all test electrically good and are in good physical shape so no need to buy any new wires yet.
Suggestions? Sorry about the audio but youtube algorithms flag the video like crazy because the radio was on in the background. Only option is to crudely dub over. I miss the viewable dislikes as well. As of today, this video has 104 likes and 17 dislikes since uploaded. I hope the video helps as many people as possible. Maybe one day I will learn how to be a good content creator but work still has me too busy.
I need to know where the hoses from the back of the intake manifold go? I am missing the one that is far right and the 3rd one on the right is missing a piece of it and is short and doesnt reach anywhere. If you could make a video showing where the hoses in the back of the manifold lead to would be AMAZING! Thanks again!
I don't have the vehicle anymore. There are only 3 hoses connected to the manifold. Two on the front drivers are vacuum for the brakes, and one for the fuel pressure regulator. The only other connection is a vacuum tube on the passenger side, rear of the manifold, that goes to the PCV and the evap system. There are two additional hoses that go to the throttle body but they are for coolant to heat up the throttle body in cold temps.
I noticed i am only getting 4 volts of power to the evap purge solenoid power clip under the hood? I just bought the car and this sucks! It is running like crap! Is it possible to switch out and replace the actual fuse panel inside the drivers door? It looks like there was a short in the fuse panel because some of the fusses have that white crust all over? Thanks again!
