dani_r Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Well, it's that time of the year where our cars get put away for the horrendous winter period after that lengthy 3-day period of 'The Great British Summer'. I have bought myself an '82 Scirocco for my winter beast (pics to follow) and I'm now looking at what to do over the winter ready for next year! The engine is at about 70,000 miles (had a TT conversion so not entirely sure of exact mileage). It had new belts and fluid when the conversion was done. Here is a list of what I'm thinking of having done: Aux Belt Tensioner Crankshaft Pulley Damper New Belts (may as well) PS Pump (mine is whiney as hell!) K-Sports all round - (Need bigger brakes for BPU) I'm planning on BPU next spring too, so this should all help, my W58 seems to be strong so hopefully it'll hold. Any other suggestions for maintenance at this juncture? ( If CW is reading this, i'm more than likely taking the car to you, so if you have any thoughts ) Cheers:) Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 How old are the belts, is there any play in aux belt tensioner pulley ? If the engines done a genuine 70k then i'd have thought the crank pulley should be fine, i've just changed mine and it looked fine but my cars done 130k !! i changed it to be on the safe side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dani_r Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 How old are the belts, is there any play in aux belt tensioner pulley ? If the engines done a genuine 70k then i'd have thought the crank pulley should be fine, i've just changed mine and it looked fine but my cars done 130k !! i changed it to be on the safe side. The engine conversion was done jsut over a year ago with all new belts. My thoughts on the pulleys etc is that because there is no 100% confirmed mileage on the engine, i'd rather do it now for peace of mind. Then i know I've got xx,000 miles of (reasonably ) safe driving ahead! I'm adding full service, diff oil and gearbox to that list also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopgunTT Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Get some pics up we like old school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Coolant change, maybe brake fluid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dani_r Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Coolant change, maybe brake fluid? Brake fluid will be done when the K-Sports go on. Is coolant fluid a yearly thing to change? It must have been done when the new engine went in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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