Looks like a nice clean car. I have only seen one of those on CL in about the last year, nice find on a rare version.
TomK
TomK
I thought CT allowed you to pass emissions with one readiness monitor "not ready". At least I hope so since I have to delete my SAI as part of the AEB head swap....Kinda blows that you can't delete SAI, but CT emissions inspections are what they are...
i have other clamps for the lines, but its been on 3 different cars like it is now and doesn't have any signs of chaffing but i will keep an eye on them. As for changing all the oil its not that hard to do i usually mount the cooler up high beind the grill and then you just have to undo the lines by the filter and most of the oil comes out.Get some Adel or other clamps for those oil cooler lines. I ran a 10-row Serck cooler on the AEB 5 yrs back and had to pull it back off due to the rubber lines getting abraded through due to movement. Not to mention the additional work required to change all the oil (at O/Cs) when running a true oil cooler versus the stock oil/coolant heat exchanger.
Kinda blows that you can't delete SAI, but CT emissions inspections are what they are...
Nice antique fire hydrant, btw.
Looks good so far.
you can have 1 not ready in CT, i only left the SAIP on for now since i need to hit emissions before i register it so i wanna make sure i pass with ease since i will be bringing it on a trailer cause i dont wanna pay for temp plates and go to the ungodly CT DMV twice.Nice find! It took me a couple of months to find my 1.8t 5 speed 4motion. Seems like your car was already in pretty good shape when you bought it.
I thought CT allowed you to pass emissions with one readiness monitor "not ready". At least I hope so since I have to delete my SAI as part of the AEB head swap....
ended up going to emissions the other day with the tuned ECU in, it has all the emissions deleted and SAIP as well. passed with no issues so you should be fine when its time for yours.Nice find! It took me a couple of months to find my 1.8t 5 speed 4motion. Seems like your car was already in pretty good shape when you bought it.
I thought CT allowed you to pass emissions with one readiness monitor "not ready". At least I hope so since I have to delete my SAI as part of the AEB head swap....
grill has been changed out to a badgeless style one so it is different than the stocker. the stock one was blocked off like yours is.Take a look at the small rectangular grid area, for intake air flow, to the left (in photo below) of the hood release lever. On my Sept. 03 build Passat, that entire grid area is ****ing closed off! As in molded blind...as in no intake air is gettin' through here. :grrr:
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Damn month-to-month VW parts variation... :banghead: Thanks for posting close up shots of your daily.
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As is my early 04. Only the V6 had openings there iirc.grill has been changed out to a badgeless style one so it is different than the stocker. the stock one was blocked off like yours is.