Sunday 26 July 2020

TPS erratic so about to be replaced

While I was messing with the black VW ECU (Sam working on his lap top) and checking thermo fan turn on temperature etc, I took a couple of photo's of the inner metal panels.


Quite pleasant in there! And apart from the replacement headliner, all original items.


Nice huh.


After calibrating the TPS a few times, warming the engine up, messing with fuel maps, and generally being poisoned by fuel vapors, we concluded the TPS was failing after a while.
It seems to work until the car is warm and then goes full spastic.


So armed with this knowledge, a pair of new ones (1 plus a spare) have been ordered from https://www.cbperformance.com/ and will be here as soon as postage allows.
This is hopefully the gremlin I have been chasing for a while now.

Friday 24 July 2020

Black VW's matter



Thought I would take the black VW out for a spin and to check a few things.

Isotropic rem polishing