My slow coolant leak was also the turbo coolant line hose adapter. At first it was slow enough that it would burn off before hitting the ground and just looked grimey back there. Just fixed it last week with the EMD billet version. No more leaks!
I have a set of BBS RG-R 17x8s +35 Diamond Black that I absolutely love. I think they are a hair over 17lbs. They are 10-15 years old now and quite salty at this point though lots of little chips etc.
Just got it in the mail and did the job. Not too bad! I didnt remove the coil pack harness or anything just popped the top of the hose off and pulled the old one out with the lower still attached. Lost about a half liter of coolant and it all fell nicely into the drip pan. I did halfway pierce...
Whats funny is I bought the billet coolant adapter last week just as insurance before I even noticed this lol. I bought a little parts cleaner brush so I can get down in there and clean up all the oil crud with some degreaser and solvent too. I have 1L of premixed coolant already hopefully that...
You should be g2g a lot ea888 engines weep oil down the spark plug holes and your's is barely doing it. Id be more worried about finding oil on the electrode side or in the cyl
Murrieta VW often has stuff for a lil cheaper. Dont forget about the 15% rebate for VW parts I did this when I got my DG springs last year.
https://parts.vwofmurrieta.com/p/Volkswagen__Golf/Sport-Suspension-Kit/53175668/5G4071677E.html
https://www.vwserviceandparts.com/vw-accessory-rebate/