well, the front axles and steering wheel airbag have been needing replacement for a while.


we went to replace the front axles, and in a nutshell these are all the things that have gone bad:
-new left axle got messed up in process. another new one needs to be ordered to replace our mistake
-left wheel berring shot
-both tie-rods shot
-O2 sensor shot
-engine mount shot
-vacuum leak
-wheels lose balance and need be rebalanced
-car needs to be realligned due to tie-rods


http://www.theaudiroom.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=651 for the full story

 

Ouch...when it rains it pours huh? Good thing you guys knw how to do most of that stuff yourself, atleast you'll be saving money.

 

No big deal.

What do you expect rom a 6 year old car.

Wheel balance and alignment are basic maintenance.

If you have the ATW engine, you can use the VW oxygen sensor from ECS tuning that only costs 22 dollars.

Engine mount is a pain.

 

hey i have a airbag and steering wheel for sale pm me if you are interested

 

heheh read the story though. It was a mess! and damn i wish i knew about the O2 Sensor earlier. We already replaced it, which costed me $115.

 

make sure your nuts are still attached to your body...damn thats pricey.

 

Ugh, that'd be tiring. At least you are all set...I think.

 

yep just checked and my nuts are still attached to my body, I think you would know if some bitch riped them off j/k

 

dang a lot of similar things need to be replaced on my car as well, they might total it out, lol.

 

wow haha, I guess i'm glad we did the work ourselves. The whole thing costed me around $300-400, including the 70k maintanence! But alot of time and missing work b/c the shop that i have access to is 4 hours away from home..




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anyways so we got all of this done finally. I didn't realize it when the check engine light was on, but apparently the engine was running at 100% b/c it's supposed to go on some kind of safe mode when the light is on. We came to realize this after we finally got everything fixed, when we took her for a test drive. God that was a good feeling! It was like. WHOA ITS FAST! WHAT HAPPENED?!

but then the next day I started driving home at 6:45 in the AM. Everything was perfect until around 7:45. Then suddenly the power cut tremendously, yet there was no engine light or sign of failure at all. It ran a little sluggish from 1000-3400RPM and INCREDIBLY sluggishly from 3400RPMs and up. like it takes 2 or 3 seconds for an increase of 5mph.. So I pulled over to see what's up, and the engine looked fine to me (AKA everything we had touched the previous day was still intact ). I decided to keep going, and the car drove like this for about 2 hours.. Then it suddenly went completely back to nomral!! This suprised me because I was assuming the turbo was dead. When the turbo dies, your car doesnt usually start performing like normal again here and there - unless the thing is posessed.

So what do you guys think the problem is? (if i dont get alot of replies I'm gonna repost this as its own thread so dont freak out and tell me i shouldnt post twice if i do that)