New daily - 1.9TDI Avant

[1781cc]

new rims

ok, so got some new rubber from lovetyres for the RS4 replicas, I will be breaking them in on the dog until my B3 is screwed back together from Marlin Motorsport, then I will swap them over so that the dog has the winter tyres and 15s and these go onto the B3 ready for summer (as she will be cleaned and garaged until then!)

I had Vreds with by B6 S4 and can't speak highly enough of them, they were my only choice when I decided that I needed some solid rubber to help with traction once we start pushing 280bhp+ though the front wheels.




Asymetrics rule, especially in 225/45/17 on 7.5J RS Reps :-)



I was initially concerned about clearance, thinking I would need spacers and longer bolts, but they went straight on and I have about 1cm clearance at the front and loads more at the rear - full lock to lock, no rubbing - well pleased!

Looks better:

[Acidburn]

Told you they'd be fine.

Just need a cheap lowering kit now

[gunman]

Looking good. I was recently offered a set of rims the same as yours. If the competitions hadn't come up I may have gone for them.

[1781cc]

I bow to your superior knowledge Pete!!!

[Acidburn]

lol. If you can get down to aidens at the weekend I'll take that other 90 panel up for you to look at.

[1781cc]

jacked the car up today, took the towbar off and it makes a huge difference to the way the car looks, but, my heart sank a little when I looked underneath the car and there appears to be a piece of metal that sort of wraps around the fuel tank on the left hand side - well, I guess it should but on mine it has nearly all rusted away... any ideas on replacing this part? if its need or if its dangerous not being there?

The straps for the fuel tank are still in place, the metal, wow, not much left at all...

[Christophski]

I think it's a shield and its not needed. I removed mine bud. The tank is so thick this shield is not needed. Just remove it bud.

[Acidburn]

I think it's a shield and its not needed. I removed mine bud. The tank is so thick this shield is not needed. Just remove it bud.

Yup its just a shield, its common to be rubbish, even a4 one's are getting the same.

If you want some spare straps to refurb for yours catch me at aidens, I have my old fwd one's you can have to refurb.

[1781cc]

good to hear, I thought it might have been something that was going to be an expensive or bit job to replace. Looks like the underneath of the car has had a rough life over the years so trying to work out if its work persisting with, running into the ground and px'ing or what - so far, its looking like a keeper.

going to try my hand next week with repairing that 90 panel I got from you, I have a load of old 80 lights and am going to sacrifice some red plastic from one, cut it into a square, make the whole a square and melt the two into one with a soldering iron (hopefully!)

Finally managed to get the tail catch sorted - thanks mate

[Acidburn]

no problem.

From what i've seen of underneath of you're car when we did the front end on the ramp its fine, its worth fixing and nothing I could see that was beyond repair and not that expensive.

[1781cc]

Good to know, I guess I just doubt that I have the energy to f*ck around with problems on both the B3 & the B4 - I kinda want the B4 to be as painless and cheap as possible.

I spoke to Martin by the way, he said he is going to have a look at the looms for both cars and get back to me with a quote.

[1781cc]

I think it's a shield and its not needed. I removed mine bud. The tank is so thick this shield is not needed. Just remove it bud.

thanks mate, gonna tackle that when I can work somewhere warm!

[Acidburn]

cheers mate and tbh the tdi doesn't take much maintenance

[1781cc]

Merry Christmas guys, hope everyone is warm and happy over the holidays!

I was warm in the garage today, but not happy, spent some time on the dog and the inlet appears to be so clogged up I am surprised any air gets through at all!

So, to clean the inlet, is it complicated getting the part out? I poked around a little and it looks like the airbox, maf and turbo needs to come out as well because of the bolts underneath it - looks like two on the far outside cylinder inlets and one each for the centre two?

Is this right or am I looking at the task being to complicated?

Thanks!

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[1781cc]

Managed to get it done today without removing the turbo - which was my main concern, but what a pig of a job to do when you get the inlet out, let alone the shredded knuckles in the process...

This is what the top of the inlet looked like...



The inlet was clogged to hell, I am guessing its never been done before in the 174K miles its been used





This was all the crap I scrapped out before steeping it in Gunk, then IronX, then brake cleaner (courtest of Will at VRS - Cheers buddy! )



All cleaner and put back together, the car feels like its had the engine replaced - really responsive in all gears, no loss of power at 3K, eager to pull, quieter as well, I am guessing that if it is make 85-90hp now, then it was making no more than 60hp before, the difference is that drastic.

If you do nothing else to your dagdag, do this - and blank the EGR