Apparently our motors tend to work the exhaust manifold loose, based on some of my searches down the rabbit hole of misfires and noises. If your intake manifold melted I'd be concerned that it will continue to melt. The leaky exhaust manifold will throw codes if exhaust gets out into atmosphere befo...

Hi, can you explain that again? Didn't follow, sorry.

130k miles. Sent vehicle to Indy to take care of a power steering problem. Vehicle was there maybe 2 weeks (sat around), and then test driven / repaired etc. Prior to sending vehicle, also had a squeal from engine bay. Saw that the PCV diaphragm was torn, replaced PCV & breather. While at indy, ...

Closing this out, they said that the one of the gears in the PS motor tore and they swapped out the entire rack with a used one / dropped front subframe etc. It was about 1200 for the part, used, and then 800 on labor, and then 150 on a realignment, then about 100 off on a cash discount. Labor was 1...

Hi Hive mind, please help point me in the right direction on this. This is a 16 T6 (super / turbo) 1. Ever since I can remember, the car had a "hum" when steering the wheel - enough that when others not familiar that drove the car commented on it. since ~80k miles 2. Car now 130k miles. Ab...

Thanks Oragex and June, I'm going to read into the database specifically about rings. My post above is pretty long but prior to the compression loss, I was burning oil. Not enough to cause visible smoke, but enough to drink about 5Q/5K miles. Maybe that indicates a ring issue? The PCV breather seeme...

Closing out the loop here, I got the head off and both exhaust valves were chipped to the effect of about 1 cm^2. Everything else looked fine. What is valve chipping a symptom of? Pics to follow. Looks like the motor is fine, save two valve replacements in the head. How would you guys get rid of the...

I had a compression issue on my car and ended up replacing the motor . I'm tearing down the used motor and have a few components for sale. The motor was at 108K when it experienced the compression loss. I replaced it with a 70K motor. I'm pricing based on what I can find on FCP with a ~50-60% discou...

Bad situation but closing the loop on this. I did some more diagnosis, but my Boroscope was too wide to 180-it and I lost the mirror attachment. At this point I've kind of thrown my hands up as it's my wife's commuter and she's been patient enough with this shade-tree monkey. Also, we don't have a g...

- Got the car at 96K and now 107K. The car has been burning a lot of oil over this period, like 5Q every 5K miles. I didn't see smoke in the pipes, and didn't have any turbo issues so didn't do anything to deal with this. Believe this is perhaps connected to the more pressing issue of a misfire and ...