Evening all,
Only joined the forum recently but I've been very busy and I've always enjoyed documenting my work as I go along in hope we can all help one another with bits we go through.
I picked up at a TDI completely blindly while isolating and collected following. I knew it was a gamble but felt at the price point it was one I could take and following an hour plus on the phone with the seller he seemed fairly honest and open about everything. I probably overpaid and was misled a fair bit but I'm lucky enough to be able to complete the majority of work myself so feel It isn't to great of a loss.
Once I had it on the drive i immediately started to investigate bits and came up with a fairly extensive list:
- NSF driveshaft inner CV broken.
- OSF Anti roll bar drop link ball joint damaged.
- Oil leak from oil cooler/filler area.
- Rear engine mount worn.
- No handbrake ( not yet investigated as front end up).
- NSF ABS loom requires replacement.
- Bulge in NSR tyre.
- Exhaust missing from flexi onwards.
- Boost pressure sensor missing and vac lines a mess.
- Investigate leak by EGR and functionality.
- investigate leak by rocker and tandem pump.
- Investigate OSS fault.
These are excluding the cosmetics as I'd like to ensure she's sound before investing anything on the exterior which does clearly need some work too.
I've completed a number of these jobs now but am still trying to source some parts to get her finished but she's definitely moving forward and all the posts on here have been an excellent hand.
Some initial pics below
Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk
Only joined the forum recently but I've been very busy and I've always enjoyed documenting my work as I go along in hope we can all help one another with bits we go through.
I picked up at a TDI completely blindly while isolating and collected following. I knew it was a gamble but felt at the price point it was one I could take and following an hour plus on the phone with the seller he seemed fairly honest and open about everything. I probably overpaid and was misled a fair bit but I'm lucky enough to be able to complete the majority of work myself so feel It isn't to great of a loss.
Once I had it on the drive i immediately started to investigate bits and came up with a fairly extensive list:
- NSF driveshaft inner CV broken.
- OSF Anti roll bar drop link ball joint damaged.
- Oil leak from oil cooler/filler area.
- Rear engine mount worn.
- No handbrake ( not yet investigated as front end up).
- NSF ABS loom requires replacement.
- Bulge in NSR tyre.
- Exhaust missing from flexi onwards.
- Boost pressure sensor missing and vac lines a mess.
- Investigate leak by EGR and functionality.
- investigate leak by rocker and tandem pump.
- Investigate OSS fault.
These are excluding the cosmetics as I'd like to ensure she's sound before investing anything on the exterior which does clearly need some work too.
I've completed a number of these jobs now but am still trying to source some parts to get her finished but she's definitely moving forward and all the posts on here have been an excellent hand.
Some initial pics below
Sent from my Pixel 3 using Tapatalk