Can someone point me in a direction as to which transmission is in the car, I am snowbirding in the Sunny South. car is in Canada going BRRR but having a break from me, tinkering, want to do a oil change and will get oil here but need to search the specs, been a HD Mechanic as career so want to give...

Hey I have a 2004 2.5T and it thrives on Delo 400 LE, took awhile to clean up, but I used it as it is a oil designed for HD use, I am not one for extended oil change intervals, got me car and it lacked service by previos owner, did the CCVent clean and took valve cover, and pan off, was so so so dir...

This is Crankycar, named after my crankycar, was being a pain, she is running like a Champ now, but still need to go in and retime to see if it will turn over by hand when set to factory marks, now it is one tooth off , as that is the only place it would hand turn, from my conundrum I would suggest ...

I am at the same spot you are, but I leaked the oil due to clogged PCV, my glove blew up at idle and fast, just took the cat of to fix a broken pipe in the turbo mount flange, rewelded and checked catalytic convertor , it is clean, so will put together and drain the oil which I put ATF and drove to ...

If you can get a check vale that big (hose size) , go for it, look at the arrow for direction to reinstall correctly..(on old valve). that happened to me also, I put a hooaky larger hoe and a reducer got me by till I got a new one, yes a pain because of location..

That I do believe is where the PVC system gets its vacuum, so yes it is important, but saying that, it will run until fixed, the question is will the system pressurize and blow seals, as a getby I would loosen a hose, the one I would do to be safe is the one on top of valve tower and attach a piece ...

Engine is a B5254T2

Does someone know if there is any info on testing cam sensors, crank sensors, and vvt solenoids, I am getting a P0016 code and want to check before throwing parts at crankycar, Thank you

I have no back pressure in oil fill cap area, needed and wanted to check crud down under after my snake oils in top end, now I still have a code P0016, so will drive the car some to flush oil reservoir, and clean up combustion chambers, still have it timed 1 tooth off, as that is the only place I co...

At this stage I am at, removed the oil pan as I knew there was grit washed down from the valve area as I washed the crud down that was under top cover, and I dumped lots of stuff down to test/try and loosen the varnish and PVC grit, the drain passage to the pan from the PVC was quite dirty/semi bloc...