Volkswagen parts reviews

I've always used Liqui Moly 5W-40 Leichtlauf, but yesterday I decided to put Motul X-Cess Gen2 5W-40...same quality? less money? I'll test that after 8k km and compare it to liqui

I like this oil, I believe it was Castrol Syntec from the factory (says so on the oil cap) but it became slightly hard to find and the Liqui Moly has been great oil so whatever. I changed my oil last year at about 9500mi and it didn't even get dark until about 7k miles.

‘15 here and I use Mobil 1 0w40 euro spec or whatever it is.

I replaced the plugs again (from Brisk to NGK R7437-9) and rotated the coil packs to try and resolve the misfire issue. I also re-flashed both the ECU and TCU tunes, and the cold start misfire issue appears to be fixed.

Tried Pirelli P6s and they were terribly slippery in the rain. I ran DWS06s on my 13 CC & 17 CC. Was the best choice for ride and performance.

I didn't touch the calipers, I thought the calipers were ATE, but could be TRW. I only changed out rears at this time, fronts are still the same. The pads are TRW ceramic something or others that came with zimmerman rotors in the cheapish FCP kit.

I did first oil change on Atlas at 5k then did 10k changes, but the 3.6 is lethargic compared to the GTI which I have been doing about every 4k miles.

I wind up usually coming back to K&N as I have ran them in about 5 different vehicles over the years including in Corvettes and 8cyl. trucks. I prefer them unoiled after cleaning that way you minimize fouling the maf sensor. As far as performance gains in my 1.4l base Jetta- throttle response is a bit improved but I don’t know if there is a gain in hp (6spd manual as well).

The New Meyle expansion tank for MKIV VW is Made in China. One of the features of this tank is that you get to spend several hours filing and sanding, to get the tank to fit. The plastic tube that anchors the tank has the correct inner thickness. But, the outer thickness is to large, .030 in. bigger. Attempting to install it this way will bend the metal anchor. Since, there is enough material, you can just file down.

I purchased a 2021 Jetta with approx. 14,xxx miles on it. After a 4 hour drive, I noticed what sounded like an extremely rusty brake rotor sound (metal/metal grinding) as well as the sound of an unbalanced wheel or un-evenly worn tire. A local VW dealership reported that both rear tires were showing major cupping and that the brake rotors were so rusted that they were pitting and would not pass VA state safety inspection.