The Project Pad

Did my motor mounts today,

Pass side


Dvr side

moved this thread to projects

Lol. Wow. Engine was pretty much counting on gravity to stay in there!

Lol yes it was. I knew they were bad but this shocked me. Car feels much more smooth now. Still want to do tranny and diff mounts.

Thank you Ed for moving this to the project section.

Gonna be doing the fluid in the rear diff this weekend, as I don't know when it was done...if ever. Also picked up a new oil pressure switch.

Oil pressure switch is done, seemed easy enough...but I was wrong again lol. It's a 24mm deep socket which WAS one of the only sockets I did not have. Then when I picked one up the extension I had was to short lol. So I used my breaker bar. Got the old one out and out poured oil.... Probably a good 1/4 qrt. Hopefully there is not a next time but if so ill use a dip pan. Hardest part of all was putting the new one in. 2 things I learn today, 1. Let engine cool before sticking hands need block. 2. I have fat hands I guess, or I need Justin Beiber like hands to put thins thing in.

Had to use pliers to install the screw with fingers (yes, the fat ones) then finish with the 24mm on the breaker bar.

I hope my leak is gone now ill have to wait till Monday to find out for sure, there is still oil in and around from when it dripped out the hole but I'm sure it will burn off soon enough or ill drive through some puddles.

today was a semi productive day, diff fluid change, tranny mounts changed, and coolant flush...I think.

I followed the below diy for coolant flush with the advice from Austin and buddys dustin. I know the urs is a 9L coolant system. I drained 4ish L from the rad with it being at operational temp ( car was off) weird I thought. then I flushed with about 8L distilled water till the stuff coming out was clear. filled with G13 coolant. I was only able to get 4ish L in, same as I drained. wtf? did I miss something here?
http://www.urs4faq.info/g11g12-coolant- ... procedure/


on the plus side, tranny mounts were ok. changed anyway. pass side had a little tear and was twisted a bit. dvr side was normal. the diff fluid was pretty dark, and thick. ( no jokes ) I used fuchs 75-90 gear oil in the diff. let me tell you, filling a diff sucks... I was on ramps in my drive way and it was taking forever.

any advice on the coolant issue would be great guys, just wanta make sure shes ok for winter.

Here is a list of things I've done since I bought the car, good to keep track.

Spark plugs (NGK bkr7e) - 205km
Valve cover gasket (oem) 205/210km
Driver side front axle (empi) 206/217km
Oil pan bolts -207km
Fuel filter - 209km
Air filter ( Mann paper filter) - 202/209/215km
Oil change (rotella t6 5w40) 202/209/215km
Valve cover - 210km
Baileys diverter valve- 214km
Engine mounts - (feq) 215km
Transmission mounts (feq) 216km
Rear diff fluid change ( Fuchs sino syn 75w90) 216km
Oil pressure switch (oem) 216km
Coolant flush (g12+/g13) -216km
Passenger side front axle (empi) -217km
ISV cleaned -217km


The list will go on I'm sure.

Had to take off my 17s cause pot holes messes up my Dvr side front tire. Wheels look ok but the tire is a write off. Back to 15 inch steel wheels.

If you can take a pic of the pothole with these shots you could probably get some reimbursement from the city.

My parents tried that once, in st Louis visiting my sister. Hit a HUGE pothole, screwed the rim and tire. It was just past the white line on a highway exit and the city fought it saying past the white line is your fault etc... don't think my parents got anything and they had to buy some wheels down there. Made for a good vacation! Lol

If I didnt know better, I'd say you hit a pothole in Spokane....

All these urS4 threads keep making me want one

I am going to claim it throught the city, we will see what happens. The hit was so hard it ripped my axle boot as well.

Installed my new coil packs today.

What happened with the pot hole? And for the coils... Were you chasing a misfire or just for peace of mind/new components?

Things got busy and i sold the b5 wheels and moved on. As for the coilpacks, i got a good deal on the new ones so i jumped on it. Car felt ok with stock coils in never had issues but i think the new ones will feel much better.

Replaced all vac lines and replaced with silly cone lines good bye to all this crap...50% of them just slid off with no effort.

Nice, now we'll have to do mine

What colour silicone lines did you use?

went with black vibrant sillicone hose kit from mopac. had more then enough to do the lines i did. when ever you get that pos of yours running we can tackle yours too. only took a hour or so.

New valve cover painted and installed.

Installed this today. Just trial basis to see how i like it.



Also made a new MM hose

How's it sound?

Swooooooosh, pssssssit. Lol. Something like that