.....the next day-
Well gang Cup has her stride back and the love has returned.... as if it ever left
I can't express enough my thanks to Justin for his wealth of knowledge and cunning as a certified VW mechanic and owner of Rotors to Motors. Justin was my mechanical advisor through the entire project and nursed me through the steps and even the tricks to make the job smoother..
So today (Sunday) took Cuppers to the self-serve car wash and hosed of 3 weeks of dust and pollen, gave her a good vacuuming out and she's all spiffed up and looking good as well as running like a champ.
As I told Justin, I believe one big key to keeping her in time was not only putting reference marks on the timing belt, but on the crank teeth and corresponding engine block. You see the crank bolt shifted while putting on the timing belt- thankfully not the cam gearing- it stayed at TDC. So all I did was turn the crank bolt back to the reference marks on the block and finished the job. She's money!
Of course this job means you have to put new coolant in. I used Peak any color coolant... Woah, Woah, hold on gang; don't get all worked up. Although you can use the any-color coolants (this is always up for debate), i'm gonna flush this out of Cup Monday night- get any old gunk out of the system. The coolant will be replaced by the OEM G12 to keep Cuppy all happy happy!
Now that we've spung forward, I have more daylight to work with, Soooooooo- pics should be taken this evening
Ahhhhh this is a good beetle day
