MetallicBooger2g
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- Apr 2, 2016
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Oregon
Glad to finally to be a part of this community. So I happened to come across the car while looking at a place my friend was looking to rent. I noticed it was super straight and was the tsi awd model. The car has 140k and cosmetically it is super nice.
It has been sitting a little shed for 5 years though so dirt, flat tires, cat paw prints (culprit spotted and scratched), smells like an old tackle box on the inside, etc. The color is the metallic greenish yellow/oslo green. I have seen it debated on which its actually called so i'm at a loss on the actual name and paint code. Does anyone have production numbers for colors and trims?
Everthing appears to be stock. Just seems like a car thats deserves to be out there again. I bought a new battery and changed the battery post connectors/3" melted c- clamp holding the positive connector on
. Seriously, but its the only redneck engineering I have found yet. I pulled the fuel line off the fpr and turn the key to accessory... no sound of the fuel pump priming. I hit the clutch and it jumps to the floor and stays there so im assuming the slave cylinder need to be changed. The car will not move right now I am not sure if its because I can't engage the clutch or if its the brakes are locked due to rust. The motor turns over readily but wont fire due to no fuel. So the problems and plan of attack are as follows.
1. Get the car to roll- slave cylinder, fuel pump, stuck e-brake. Will the car roll without a properly working sc or does the e-brake seem more likely to be whats preventing the car from moving?
2. Get the car home, clean and maintenance the crap out of it. Fluids,filters,belts,tires,new grounds, etc..
3. The car is said to stall at stoplights once it gets warm. So im going to check the myriad of possibilities from the maf connector and sensor, boost leaks, vac lines, intake leaks, speedo sensors, tps sensor. Anything i'm neglecting would be welcomed.
4. Basically I would like to turn it back into a dependable car with the capability to be a daily. I know there really isn't a lot of these cars around in stock trim especially in this color.
...So the novel ends.
It has been sitting a little shed for 5 years though so dirt, flat tires, cat paw prints (culprit spotted and scratched), smells like an old tackle box on the inside, etc. The color is the metallic greenish yellow/oslo green. I have seen it debated on which its actually called so i'm at a loss on the actual name and paint code. Does anyone have production numbers for colors and trims?
Everthing appears to be stock. Just seems like a car thats deserves to be out there again. I bought a new battery and changed the battery post connectors/3" melted c- clamp holding the positive connector on
. Seriously, but its the only redneck engineering I have found yet. I pulled the fuel line off the fpr and turn the key to accessory... no sound of the fuel pump priming. I hit the clutch and it jumps to the floor and stays there so im assuming the slave cylinder need to be changed. The car will not move right now I am not sure if its because I can't engage the clutch or if its the brakes are locked due to rust. The motor turns over readily but wont fire due to no fuel. So the problems and plan of attack are as follows.1. Get the car to roll- slave cylinder, fuel pump, stuck e-brake. Will the car roll without a properly working sc or does the e-brake seem more likely to be whats preventing the car from moving?
2. Get the car home, clean and maintenance the crap out of it. Fluids,filters,belts,tires,new grounds, etc..
3. The car is said to stall at stoplights once it gets warm. So im going to check the myriad of possibilities from the maf connector and sensor, boost leaks, vac lines, intake leaks, speedo sensors, tps sensor. Anything i'm neglecting would be welcomed.
4. Basically I would like to turn it back into a dependable car with the capability to be a daily. I know there really isn't a lot of these cars around in stock trim especially in this color.
...So the novel ends.
very nice car
. That was what I was thinking. I didn't know they had year specific colors the debates I came across make more sense now. It has been resprayed due to a suicidal deer and the body shop not being able to panel match it. It is what it is. I have been pretty busy lately so no new parts on it yet. I cleaned up the interior a little and am gonna give the carpets some love soon. As far as a name I have been leaning torwards slimer or snot rocket so be my guest on the poll.
