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woohoo...Let me get snacks before you start, OK?
Do you want me to livestream it?
...it could be expensive in labour...
So not covered by the warrantee then? If that's the case, can't you get another garage to do it earlier?
The warranty mentions "inlet manifold" but that's the only thing listed in the entire intake system.
Well if it cheers you up I got rinsed for £1100 yesterday replacing a stolen catalytic converter and associated damage.
Oof, just to pick up a 60 plate Aygo as a run about for my daughter £2k - passed all it's MOT's in it's life, only failed for worn pads and a bulb many years ago. 97k miles.
Can you glue/araldite the plastic pipe (assuming you can find the damage).
Nah, a reasonable chance at a fix would require removing the pipe, and if I do that I might as well replace it. It's not clear if it's the pipe itself or the inlet flap/EGR housing. If I interpreted the endoscope pictures properly then it might just be the pipe. But the problem with having a garage do it is that they'd have to take loads of parts out just to find out what part it is.
Anyone know who makes OEM Merc turbo hoses? Or what's a good aftermarket brand?
Be lucky to get an aftermarket pipe like that.
Tried the usual like samco?
Autodoc has Gates branded pipes, I've heard of them, guessing their rep is ok. That's for the soft pipe. The hard pipe I haven't even seen on autodoc in 3 pages of results.
There's every chance it's not a common failure part and I cracked it doing the previous job..!
I was just going to mention Autodoc.
Gates is OEM for hoses/belts etc. The hardline will be Merc dealer, or epoxy repair!
Can you live stream it Xmas day? Better than Queens speech!
>>>Can you live stream it Xmas day? Better than Queens speech!<<<
If posts are timed properly ,this could be like, the most awzum Advent thread..Eva 🙂
What’s the WBAC value of it now you’ve had it a few months? I would consider getting rid if it’s favourable, it depends how much you value your time and any associated stress.
Sod TOTW, this is TOTY! (1 closer to the 1,000)
On the first day of strip down, Molly took from his Merc
An inlet manifold....
Gates are huge in the rubber market be fine.
Get us a picture and a part number for the hard pipe I'll ask a mate....
Re Gates
They make all sorts of stuff like aircraft door seals, train brake pipes and hydraulic hoses. As well as huge number of OEM car parts.
If the product isn't right, let me know as brother in law is one of the lead engineers...
@duncancallum thanks - I'll take it out (along with a bucket of auxilliary bits by the look of it) then go over to Merc, and if it turns out to be horrifically expensive or unavailable I'll let you know. The Merc dealer is near my house so it's easy enough.
Had a look at Forge? They're more about the tuning end of things but might have the part you want in silicone.
Gates are good though.
Surely you’re all missing the obvious solution…
The soft boost pipe and the hard plastic one were both in stock at the dealer, for £50 each ex vat, which is pretty reasonable for Merc parts direct from Merc. The fact that they were on the shelf suggests we were right and what we saw on the endoscope really was a crack.
I also picked up 1l of transmission fluid because many people have said that their trannies ended up underfilled cos of people not quite following the procedure, so I thought I'd top it up.
So I've got the car up on the ramps, I've studied the diagrams and I think I know what I'm going to do. The vacuum reservoir comes off easily, then I have to unbolt the EGR cooler from the EGR pipes. Hopefully then it'll lift up and reveal the bolts I need to access for the inlet pipe.
Oh and in case you are wondering the reason I am starting this is because I got the Passat back together with the helicoil in the chassis for the subframe. I thought I'd scrapped the car when I snapped the tap in the hole, but this is a common enough thing that they make tap extractors - which worked. The hole is slightly wonky but it's not enough to be a problem. It's waiting for its MOT.
Is this the Tally Ho of Mercedes Benz ?. Slowly replacing every part with something that works 😯
Keeping the VW and binning the Benz?
Is this the Tally Ho of Mercedes Benz ?.
Is there a parrot and big saws involved?
Keeping the VW and binning the Benz?
Not a chance now. I drove it to Halfords this morning and they had buggered up my appoint so no MOT, but the Passat felt really shit to drive. I think it's partly because the replacement shocks are too stiff but the tyres are still normal high profile ones so it's a bit bouncy. But it's really quite vague in corners so much so that I thought I'd forgotten to do something up and I stopped to check. Whole thing feels plasticy compared to the MB. Transmission is still great though.
Just had close look at how to get the EGR cooler off so I can access the bolts and I've come back in with my tail between my legs. It's a real puzzle...
The whole EGR assembly needs to come off, and I think that there's a coolant channel where it bolts onto the block. This means I'd need to drain the coolant.
It seems there's a drain plug on the block as well as the radiator. If the thermostat is closed, and I open the block drain plug will I be able to drain just the block and the rad and associated pipework will stay filled? Or am I living in fantasy land?
Where on the engine is the EGR assembly? Unless it's low down, you'd lose less coolant just taking it off and letting it drain from the channel.
I got the Passat back together with the helicoil in the chassis for the subframe.
At least you now have a back up car for the holidays 👍
Where on the engine is the EGR assembly? Unless it’s low down, you’d lose less coolant just taking it off and letting it drain from the channel.
It's quite high up. You're saying just undo it and clean up the mess afterwards? My main concern is getting coolant all over the engine, myself and the drive. Although to be fair this is probably inevitable whatever I do.
Or am I living in fantasy land?
I don't see why you wouldn't just drain the coolant from the plug and re-fill again as part of the procedure. At the very least you've ticked off another routine job.
Ahem. I'll just leave this here 😀
molgrips
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Have you any plans to take it all apart yet?**** no. I’m done with that. There’s a chance I may swap wheels or something like that, or smarten up the interior, but I’m not getting involved again. Its a curse. You listen for every tiny noise, and you want to do everything because it’s there and you decide it needs doing. And given I made a few mistakes I start to worry if the noises are because of a mistake I’ve made. It’s frankly awful, and it leads to me doing stuff to the car the day before a holiday which is insanity. So no.
Posted 4 months ago
teaandbiscuit
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Ahem. I’ll just leave this here 😀molgrips
Full Member
Have you any plans to take it all apart yet?**** no. I’m done with that. There’s a chance I may swap wheels or something like that, or smarten up the interior, but I’m not getting involved again. Its a curse. You listen for every tiny noise, and you want to do everything because it’s there and you decide it needs doing. And given I made a few mistakes I start to worry if the noises are because of a mistake I’ve made. It’s frankly awful, and it leads to me doing stuff to the car the day before a holiday which is insanity. So no.
I wondered when that would reappear 🙃 How is the road to hell paved again? 🤔
With discarded bits of Mercedes interior trims and subframe parts.
With 5ltrs of Anti-Freeze? plus 9 little sockets that always fall out the tray and an empty anti - freeze catch bucket
Yes, and I need reminding of that. The problem was that I wanted to use it at Christmas and I'd have had to wait.
Anyway, it's academic as there's no way I can access the bolts to change the hard pipe. There must be a procedure for it but I can't see it. I tried removing just the cooler not the entire assembly but even then one of the bolts is obscured by the plastic fuel filter holder which rather incredibly is the combined with a moulded piece of coolant hose junction. So even accessing that one bolt is a nightmare.
I'll have to book it in but it's going to be ****ing expensive. I've changed the soft pipe though which I think was far worse so probably that'll fix the limp mode issue enough to allow it to be driven at Christmas.
I can see a brand new lease car in Moly's near future... Mind, he'd take that bugger apart as well...🤪
Next car will be another EV I think.
People on the internet saying that jerky shifting could be caused by an underfilled transmission, so I bought some fluid, a filling tool and a squirty pump for the oil. Followed the correct procedure, turned out to be overfilled by about 250ml. I dumped the excess fluid all over the drive. It would have saved time if I'd just let it run straight out of the car onto the floor but no, I collected it carefully, and placed it out of the way whilst I got the disposal bottle organised, then I kicked it over.
Sigh. Definitely give up now.
then I kicked it over...
Annoying isn't it? I carefully placed some micro screws/parts in order on a white sheet of paper to aid reassembly then blew the lot all over the bench with a heat gun... 🙄
Lol yeah glad it's not just me that does stuff like that.
Sigh. Definitely give up now.
Not sure we believe you. You'll have it back up on ramps by the end of the week.
You did like 75% of the work to do a full atf change, but didnt do a full atf change......
5 pages back, before mountgate, tired atf was a likely culprit in the jerky box symptoms
Yet for an extra £15 You could have removed one of those ocd triggers and ticked tired atf off that list and maybe decreased the likelihood of the box playing up in the next 5 years or so. Bit like doing a cambelt and wanging in a new w ater pump whilst its in bits.
You should ask santa for a 4 post lift for xmas.
tired atf was a likely culprit in the jerky box symptoms
Well I've got a service record that says it was changed 18 months ago. So I thought it easy enough to check the level myself, it took about 5 minutes. However an ATF change isn't easy if you want to do it properly and flush the TC. Fluid was a bit cloudy and a bit more grey than the new stuff, but not sure if that's to be expected or not.
Anyway, changing the soft pipe hasn't helped, so it's booked into a local specialist on the 14th.
Nearly 1000 posts!
1000 by Boxing Day is my prediction.
I've had to 'paint' my driveway with the number of car fluids my son and his mates have dumped over it in the last year. Not allowed to work their cars on my drive now !