*Big Sky Euro

I am selling my 2000 GTI VR6, It has a misfire on one of the cylinders, which i believe is from a stuck valve. Still runs and drives, just idles a bit rough and throws a code. Here is the link to the last build thread of it, with a lot of new parts. Due to back problems, I am unable to fix the car. ...

Cool! I definately recognize this car haha. Glad you got it revived!

It was missing before I tore it down. Bad move on my part by not figuring that out before the chains. Chain timing is correct. I rechecked everything before I sealed it up. Put a small amount of seafoam in cylinder at lunch, but it did not seem to make a difference. I will have to do some research o...

Oh no... if the cylinder is dead i would just drive it and not worry about it. or sell it and move on! Yeah I am definitely bummed on that. I am hoping it is the valve and not piston rings. I got a quote for a head rebuild today, and it seems pretty reasonable. I am going to see if the sea foam hel...

So I had some time this morning to work on the car. I wanted to track down the cause of the #3 missfire. Checked my coilpack, and wire. It is getting spark. A compression test revealed only 60 psi in the cylinder. Definately wasnt stoked to find this. Talked to a local vw mechanic and he thought it ...

So I finally got the correct bolt for the passenger side cv output flange. Reinstalled the flange, attached the CV axles and refilled the transmission. Added new coolant and water. Finally the day has come, It started up first go, ran a little rough for a bit then smoothed out. It still has a cylind...

I did some more research on the plugs, some say that they last much longer, but don't perform well. I am going to try and see how they do, anything will be better than the plugs that were in there. They were fouled and looked like a lot of oil buildup or something.

MT-Getto wrote:What plugs you use? NGK BKR5EKUP?

I bought the BKR5EKUP, didnt really know about the dual tip electrodes until I looked at them up close. I was reading about them online yesterday. Mainly people arguing about gap specs on them. What do you reccommend?

Looking good! so... why the new oil pan? I decided on the new oil pan because the old one had been repaired with what looks like the putty cement you can buy at the auto store.You can see where it had taken a heavy hit or two. It has been slowly leaking from the patched areas so I decided to replac...

Installed new ngk platinum spark plugs and painted my engine cover. Got everything re-installed, It is soooo close now! Engine cover prepped http://i.imgur.com/cr40UA3.jpg?1 Painted http://i.imgur.com/Y9ZlsJ4.jpg?1 And Installed with new plugs, the wires were replaced about 3000 mi ago, so I cleaned...