Here we go.
About a year ago I bought an 1999 S3 APY.
All was well for a while until the car decided to break down a couple of months ago. OK I'm not going to lie, half a year ago.
I've been fixing it ever since and it took me a lot of tries to find what's actually wrong with it. So here's what I did
- cleaned out the air intake ducts
- cleaned out the intercoolers
- cleaned the injectors
- changed the spark plugs
- changed the fuel pump
- changed the fuel filter
- changed most of the parts in the pcv system
- replaced the ripped inlet hose
- replaced the crankshaft position sensor
- replaced the MAF
- replaced the oil pump
- replaced the oil pickup line
All was well for a while until the car decided to break down a couple of months ago. OK I'm not going to lie, half a year ago.
I've been fixing it ever since and it took me a lot of tries to find what's actually wrong with it. So here's what I did
- cleaned out the air intake ducts
- cleaned out the intercoolers
- cleaned the injectors
- changed the spark plugs
- changed the fuel pump
- changed the fuel filter
- changed most of the parts in the pcv system
- replaced the ripped inlet hose
- replaced the crankshaft position sensor
- replaced the MAF
- replaced the oil pump
- replaced the oil pickup line
So needless to say, I spent a lot of time wrenching before I got the car running again. Only to realise that I actually prefer rear wheel drive, 2 cylinders more and 2 turbos more.
So the COTE is probably going to become a COTY (car of the year)
Btw, I've been putting the pro in Procrastination and blogspot is pointing it out. Despite the post date being 25/12/2016, I'm writing this in the 19/11/2017