What did you do to your mk7 today?

[the]

Changed the oil today with the extractor for the first time. It was a little “wonky” at first, but probably more user error than the tool’s fault.

I did mine the first time cold, second time I let the car idle until oil temp registered on the dash. Second time went a whole lot easier.

 

[CaptainRatty]

Changed the oil today with the extractor for the first time. It was a little “wonky” at first, but probably more user error than the tool’s fault. Seemed to work fine, once my dumb ass figured out what to do.

What was wonky?

Pro-tip; cut the end of the tube at an angle so it sits flush at the bottom of the pan to suck the most out.

 

[GTI Jake]

Overwhelming amount of work on one car has begun lol.

We need a Ford Lightning to haul all the parts/materials from Harry’s.

 

[draftgli]

What was wonky?

Pro-tip; cut the end of the tube at an angle so it sits flush at the bottom of the pan to suck the most out.

It was initially pretty slow to pull oil. Come to find out that was user error. After i experimented a bit, the last couple liters came up way faster. One of those, “next time I’ll be able to do it twice as fast” kind of things.

Thanks for the pro tip, I’ll try that next time.

 

[draftgli]

Overwhelming amount of work on one car has begun lol.

We need a Ford Lightning to haul all the parts/materials from Harry’s.

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[draftgli]

I did mine the first time cold, second time I let the car idle until oil temp registered on the dash. Second time went a whole lot easier.

Yeah I did mine warm-ish…I had read that the oil doesn’t flow as well if it’s cold.

 

[jimlloyd40]

You need the oil relatively up to temperature to get it to flow out of the little passages to completely drain.

 

[StorableComa]

Warm oil, and make sure you release pressure before you start pumping. My mistake the first time I used my extractor

 

[draftgli]

@GTI Jake overnight parts from Japan?

 

[Nuje]

Understand. It's obviously not like the fronts where you can turn the wheel to get more access.

That said, years back I managed to do rears in a mk4 in my driveway with a jack, stands, and hand tools. I know some things have changed since then that probably have made the job harder. But I don't know exactly how much. I'll have a proper look at it this spring...gotta take the snows off anyway.

Well, the highest torque value of a fastener on the Mk4 rears is like 60Nm, while the Mk7 (and Mk5 and Mk6) have those two triple-square bolts as 90Nm+90°. Tough to generate that much torque with the difficult access, but the breakaway torque to get them loosened is probably at least 50% more. So yeah - there are some differences.

 

[GTI Jake]

@GTI Jake overnight parts from Japan?

Whole car haha.

Leaning towards a 3076R drop in turbo, it should make a solid 450whp reliably.

 

[GTI Jake]

Well, the highest torque value of a fastener on the Mk4 rears is like 60Nm, while the Mk7 (and Mk5 and Mk6) have those two triple-square bolts as 90Nm+90°. Tough to generate that much torque with the difficult access, but the breakaway torque to get them loosened is probably at least 50% more. So yeah - there are some differences.

On QuickJack

On two post lift.

Having the correct tools matters more than how much room you give yourself to work.

 

[Diggs24]

Look at that Milwaukee flex.

 

[GTI Jake]

Look at that Milwaukee flex.

Thats not all of it, the wife steals them for herself up at the house lol. Shes as bad about house mods as I am car/shop mods.

I will say short term bad financial decisions pay off long term with the red tools. Save so much time (money) they pay for themselves vs the old underpowered junk they replaced

 

[SPLR337]

I installed the harmonic damper for the rear subframe. Took longer to pull the ramps out of the garage and back the car up than install the part. Very pleased with the results.