Hi chaps, I haven done any updates for a while. Thought I better start getting my threads up to date!
All the time I've had the car it's had a drone at speed, the faster the speed the louder the drone. It never got worse but really bugged me so I took the gamble it could be the rear wheel bearings. I sourced some replacements from Germany for half the price of uk suppliers.
Needed to get the big guns out to remove the nut so I could remove the rear hub from the drive shaft.
Hub removed, you can see the sir clip holding the bearing in place.
I had to take the hub to a friends garage to use his press to get the bearing out and push the new one in.
This is just a small part of the bearing but you can see how dry and grotty it is.
Got everything put back together with new pagid rear discs and pads.
Luckily the droning noise has now gone! I'm so glad, The noise was really off putting, it felt like it was holding the car back.
Next thing was trying to cure some annoying oil leaks. Unfortunatly this meant removing the timing belt again to get to the crank shaft oil seals and 'o' rings.
Left side cam wheel and housing removed.
And right.
One of the cam wheels, housing and puller.
Old hard and cracked seals and smog pump filter.
Once I'd replaced the seals and put it all back together I replaced the rear cam cover cork gaskets.
To be honest I wasn't happy with the cork so I threw them away and gave it all a good clean then refitted the covers with a bit of gasket silicone and no gasket. I'm happy to say they are both still dry.
Next I wanted to do the front discs and pads. I ordered two new discs from car parts for less but they sent out the wrong ones so I returned them for a refund and red ordered them from the ECP website using there discount code.
Unfortunatly I received these :frustrated:
The grooved one is correct, the drilled one is from a 993 C4! Anyway I've returned it and I'm awaiting the correct one.
I'm off on holiday this week so I took this afternoon off the replace the engine mounts. Good lord what a night mare! Ive managed to get the new mounts bolted to the engine and just need to get everything put back together. Definitely one of the least enjoyable jobs I've done to date!
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