what have you done to your car today ?

[Manic172]

Managed to get a couple of hours in the workshop yesterday.. it's now got 4 doors bonnet and boot on.....

 

[mty12345]

Took advantage of black friday deals on parts and gave her a service. Seems despite it only being a few years old, the rocker gasket is weaping oil into 1 of the spark plug holes again

 

[Nam-uk]

Took advantage of black friday deals on parts and gave her a service. Seems despite it only being a few years old, the rocker gasket is weaping oil into 1 of the spark plug holes again

Might be a crap brand gasket or not tightened down enough, I have seen a sealer added also but was a different make

 

[mty12345]

Might be a crap brand gasket or not tightened down enough, I have seen a sealer added also but was a different make

Used an Elring gasket which is made in Germany and i believe is OEM, but guess it could have been a bad batch or maybe some sort of manufacturing defect.
I used RTV on the 6 points specified by the manual, all surfaces cleaned and everything torqued to spec. Maybe i'll use a tiny amount of RTV on the plug part of the gasket this time see if that makes a difference.

 

[Nam-uk]

Used an Elring gasket which is made in Germany and i believe is OEM, but guess it could have been a bad batch or maybe some sort of manufacturing defect.
I used RTV on the 6 points specified by the manual, all surfaces cleaned and everything torqued to spec. Maybe i'll use a tiny amount of RTV on the plug part of the gasket this time see if that makes a difference.

odd if it is a bad batch, next time use that butyl tape like we doo on the doors next time , wont leak then lol

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Butyl-Tape/b?ie=UTF8&node=1938386031​

 

[BadBoy03]

Took advantage of black friday deals on parts and gave her a service. Seems despite it only being a few years old, the rocker gasket is weaping oil into 1 of the spark plug holes again

A FFS moment mty

 

[Manic172]

Just seen this on ebay.. not my cuppa tea. But isn't to bad looking. Any body seen it about.

some one has spent some time and money on the car. Looks well looked after, or spent loads of money to tidy a shed

 

[Dazzalcr]

@Manic172 very interesting build, I'm with you not my cup of tea but I like parts of the wrap does look like some cash has been spent to be fair. I'm with you on the what could it be hiding ( I always think this when you see cars that have just been fully re built with 500 miles since rebuild, like why spend all that then sell when it's in break in period)

 

[tracktoy]

Not seen that one but I have seen a TDI Cousin