@@kennorcott7074would really help in showing the support for the aftermarket parts, I really really really want to do a 3.6 FSI BFS or something similar without repinning a single fkn plug, I would hate to drive something I wired long distances.
@@jeremyd826 That's great that it made 246k miles! But crank thrust washers falling out (as a common fault) is really bad. That shouldn't happen, right? I've never heard of thrust washers falling out on Honda K engines. Going by the hone marks that don't look factory, it looks like this EA888 has already been rebuilt at least once, which makes the 400k km less impressive.
As an owner of a nicely modded 17 GTI SE, I wanted to thank you for these videos. I always learn a lot when you do builds like this. Looking forward to see what you do with this one. Hope you’re going to get Charles involved too, because you two are a good team and can troubleshoot and figure out how to bring these worn out, beat down machines back to life again. Kudos!! 🖖🏾
I got my first GTI about a year ago pre owned and I was kinda worried how long it’d would last, but seeing these pretty routinely hit 150-200k miles “modded”has been really comforting lmao, I don’t plan to go passed stage one on mine, but still really cool to see them be pretty reliable!
I love this kind of content. Please make these videos much longer people will easily watch 45-60 mins of this. Cleetus has learned on his channel that gear heads love long car videos.
I’m all about carnage when failure is at hand. I’d love to see the teardown. Did not know about the thrust washers until now. Always love the mechanical insight and common failure points/issues highlighted in these videos. Helps me know what to look out for when trying to scoop a deal.
That engine has been "rebuilt" before. You can see some of the hone marks in the cylinders have loops on them, like someone used honing stones on a cordless drill
Yes, please do. Also start uploading more videos either other things that come into shop or obviously many of the future build you are going to do with this Golf R
i love these kind of videos. Wish you guys were near to Toronto since it is next to impossible to find someone who knows german cars and when you do the waiting time is next season.
Whatever you do - and the big turbo sounds like a good idea (along with accompanying relevant upgrades) - please be sure to include a detailed breakdown of the engine. Really curious to see what the failure point(s) is/are. Btw - Whatever happened to that Jetta GLI you bought? Kinda curious to see how that project car turned out.
DAPRepair installed an EQT Vortex and some of the supporting pre-requisites on my 2016 Golf R. This was just before WITW '19. In fact while at WITW '19 I chatted with Paul in line for the RBQ on how awesome the car was after 7 logs and flashes with EQT. Been quite reliable since. So I'd recommend EQT and whatever their latest is, the Vortex XL? I think. Maybe even multi-port fueling for a cherry on top.
Love your videos Paul, shame I'm in Europe and can't really buy anything from your shop. But I love your light hearted comedy delivery. If I made a car repair video I think it would be a bit like yours love it. Don't go too OTT with big turbo keep it real I think!! 😊
On this week’s episode of “This Old Golf” :) seriously though these are fun projects. So bring Charles on down and let us all enjoy the cheap car rebuild follies!
Hit up Charles for his Golf R motor after putting in the RS3 motor, then build that 2.0 and make yourself a freaking super fast R. Hit the thumbs up button if you agree with me😎👍
I thought @humblemechanic sold the engine already. The rear differential/Haldex is definitely gone because he used it in a repair job in a recent video. 🤔
My R model is identical to this one and my GOD.. Ive never been so glad to live in a dry ass desert.. still havent reached 70k yet either. Good to kno itll hit 300k with proper upkeep too!
ua-cam.com/video/SZKrv8SIRkI/v-deo.htmlsi=N_YQGNoDV0wz9DvF They had a 3.6 on the channel before, would be sick if they did a 3.8 Panamera swap just to be petty😂 Would be a mf to make a longitudinal 6 fit transversely, they don't come with the bolt holes for the mount on the front(for obvious reasons) BUT 3 mounting points don't sound half bad😂
Big turbo stage 2 TDI swap for power and fuel efficiency. Everyone has the regular old big turbo version. How many do the TDI swap? Buck the trend and be orginal. You can do it Paul and click the Charles install button at check out.
Tear down videos interest me more. Long time, Honda guy with a GTI about to run out of warranty. This gives me some hope for some form of longevity out of these cars.
5:06 Doesnt the R- engine have dual injection method? Direct injection AND port injection which keeps the Valves nicely clean... Needs an engine?, that demonstrator engine still has to give more parts :)
definitely a big turbo R! maybe use a tiguan DGUA block for the extra crank-walk mitigation and the original 7R head. My vote for the turbo size is a 6062!
I have this car in the same color and rims.. 2016 Golf R manual transmission. I love it. I really need to do some upgrades, especially to the suspension. Thanks for the video.. 12/02/2024 1732
Is the bearing failure related to the low compression? Could the low compression be related to any of the parts that were recently replaced? (I assume the fuel injectors have to do their part to maintain cylinder compression) They say online Right Neal, you would be getting cross contamination of fluids and not to mention one hell of a racket! I was told with my truck having a low comp cylinder as well to add a lil oil in that cylinder and if the pressure jumped up it was rings and if it stayed the same it could be a bad valve or a hole/crack in the piston. Good luck and keep us posted
you shoulda seen all the glitter and metal bits in a 2021 tiguan i replaced an engine,turbo and oil lines on. just over 30k miles. had 10k,20k&30k services done. the chunks in the oil pick up screen were much larger than this engine
Pickup sludge seems to kill most of the 2.0TFSI engines, that and timing chain guides… build it big! LOL I had to replace an engine recently because the previous owner decided it didn’t need servicing… for maybe 30,000km…. Starved the top end, seized the cams, snapped the cam chain at rear and Grenadad….
I would love to know what oil change intervals that car was being run with. I suspect more regular oil changes would have gotten it further down the road.
You can see on the endoscope on cylinder 3. That the valves have touched the piston. See the shiny line in the valve pocket. So the timing chain has jump't propably because off tensioner failure.
@@HarryTwatter Yes, propably the rod bearing is also damaged but there's so little material in the sump that the possibility the bearing would be completely missing is slim and still i am sure that isn't enough to make the valves touch. 🤣
Yes. Yes you should.
Either that or a 3.6 VR6 swap golf R
@@kennorcott7074Most definitely this. My dream build
i agree with this statement
Yeah. Build a big turbo Golf R. Yes. Do it. We decided. Do it.
@@kennorcott7074would really help in showing the support for the aftermarket parts, I really really really want to do a 3.6 FSI BFS or something similar without repinning a single fkn plug, I would hate to drive something I wired long distances.
"Should I build a big turbo Golf R?" & the award for most stupid question goes to Paul. lol
Yes build it 😊
It's rhetorical question 💆
Absolutely you should. Please make poor financial decisions with us!
I got a bit confused about that part of the video, weird how he phrased a statement like it was a question.
7:26 “So this one only lasted 246k miles, that’s it…Piece a sh*t”
Classic Paul
I was laughing so hard when he said that! 😂
@@jeremyd826 That's great that it made 246k miles! But crank thrust washers falling out (as a common fault) is really bad. That shouldn't happen, right? I've never heard of thrust washers falling out on Honda K engines. Going by the hone marks that don't look factory, it looks like this EA888 has already been rebuilt at least once, which makes the 400k km less impressive.
it just isn't an ALH engine ...
Someone send this to Scotty Kilmer so he can melt down! Only 246,000!? His Celica has less and is worse! Lol
IE tuned obviously
As a retired VW/Audi I would like to see the tear down.
Didn't know cars could write
@@lptomtom must have been still asleep and forgot to put in “tech” or could be side effects of 47 years of breathing fumes
Probably all the crayon fumes from the mk4s @@nickpappas4133
@@nickpappas4133 Probably used a bit much brake clean, that stuff is good 😂
this
That guy defiantly got his money worth out of that car. 240k miles is crazy!
307K on my mk4
@@RandyMUNSOn-fe2tb how many times have you done the timing chain
@@oldkid6not if its a 1.9 or a 2.0, then just belts
real crap cars... i put 240k on my 2001 mk4, and after 18 years a turbo vacuum leak made my decision to replace it for me.
480k on my mk3.
That's a big Hell Yeah on the final question 🐌
I damn love the editing and lack of music, just straight to the point, no unnecessary build up. Just living the moment
Build that big turbo Golf R!
Paul, that's not even a question! Build it!
Low key this is one of the best automotive UA-cam channels. Thanks for your hard work and looking forward to the big turbo R 🙌🏻
the HPA 2.5 VR6 should fit in there nicely 😏
As an owner of a nicely modded 17 GTI SE, I wanted to thank you for these videos. I always learn a lot when you do builds like this. Looking forward to see what you do with this one. Hope you’re going to get Charles involved too, because you two are a good team and can troubleshoot and figure out how to bring these worn out, beat down machines back to life again. Kudos!! 🖖🏾
I got my first GTI about a year ago pre owned and I was kinda worried how long it’d would last, but seeing these pretty routinely hit 150-200k miles “modded”has been really comforting lmao, I don’t plan to go passed stage one on mine, but still really cool to see them be pretty reliable!
@8:30 Yes, yes you should
Love your videos, love your vibe! I can’t wait to see what’s wrong with that engine.
I love this kind of content. Please make these videos much longer people will easily watch 45-60 mins of this. Cleetus has learned on his channel that gear heads love long car videos.
Absolutely! For $2500 it's a must.
I’m all about carnage when failure is at hand. I’d love to see the teardown.
Did not know about the thrust washers until now. Always love the mechanical insight and common failure points/issues highlighted in these videos. Helps me know what to look out for when trying to scoop a deal.
That engine has been "rebuilt" before. You can see some of the hone marks in the cylinders have loops on them, like someone used honing stones on a cordless drill
So the “246k miles” mileage is not that impressive after all 😂
I love this channel. It gives me hope.
Yes, and make Charles build it😅
I like that
I hear Charles really likes air suspension as well, might as well bag it while you're at it 😂
Perfect assignment for the dynamic duo... pauly and THM
Another REAL MONEY PIT ! lessss go !
It's been a minute since I've visited your channel. Glad I'm back. Missed you guys! Can't wait to see the fail points.
Awesome next build series. Big turbo Big power Big exhaust 🔧🔩👍👊💪👍cheers Paul
I dont think you should build a big turbo golf r... I KNOW you should build a big turbo golf r 😎
YES! Absolutely. Get Charles to help too, you guys are fun to watch on camera together.
Funny sense of humor. Great content BTW.
I have a Golf R my self so I can't wait to watch these👍
Really good choice of content. There are so many MKVII owners that are very interested in seeing fixes for worst case scenario stuff.
Yes please do the internal! And the turbo and fuel pump so I can copy! Come fly over UK and do mine! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Yes, please do. Also start uploading more videos either other things that come into shop or obviously many of the future build you are going to do with this Golf R
i love these kind of videos. Wish you guys were near to Toronto since it is next to impossible to find someone who knows german cars and when you do the waiting time is next season.
Whatever you do - and the big turbo sounds like a good idea (along with accompanying relevant upgrades) - please be sure to include a detailed breakdown of the engine. Really curious to see what the failure point(s) is/are. Btw - Whatever happened to that Jetta GLI you bought? Kinda curious to see how that project car turned out.
DAPRepair installed an EQT Vortex and some of the supporting pre-requisites on my 2016 Golf R. This was just before WITW '19. In fact while at WITW '19 I chatted with Paul in line for the RBQ on how awesome the car was after 7 logs and flashes with EQT. Been quite reliable since. So I'd recommend EQT and whatever their latest is, the Vortex XL? I think. Maybe even multi-port fueling for a cherry on top.
You should do a 07K 5cyl swap. That should be a fun unique swap.
Love your videos Paul, shame I'm in Europe and can't really buy anything from your shop. But I love your light hearted comedy delivery. If I made a car repair video I think it would be a bit like yours love it. Don't go too OTT with big turbo keep it real I think!! 😊
I am going to be following closly, I have a Mk7 R with glitter in the oil, that made a very similar sound to yours
That start up had a nasty breakdown someone should use it as a sample on a track 😂 also always love to hear the Scottykilmer bashing 😂
Hell yeah!!! Please build it and video EVERYTHING!
I see DAP, I watch, I like, I subscribe. Paul you are hilarious bro 😂❤️
@HumbleMechanic can't be the only one having Golf R fun
Yes, you should build a big turbo Golf R
Do it!! Please! I crave more MK7 content!!
On this week’s episode of “This Old Golf” :) seriously though these are fun projects. So bring Charles on down and let us all enjoy the cheap car rebuild follies!
Hit up Charles for his Golf R motor after putting in the RS3 motor, then build that 2.0 and make yourself a freaking super fast R. Hit the thumbs up button if you agree with me😎👍
I thought @humblemechanic sold the engine already. The rear differential/Haldex is definitely gone because he used it in a repair job in a recent video. 🤔
@@Lifescout1094 maybe he sold it to shopdap they are buds who knows? 🤔
@eppyz Engine was sold quite a while ago. It went into another 2019 R that had an engine failure.
The answer is always yes!
My R model is identical to this one and my GOD.. Ive never been so glad to live in a dry ass desert.. still havent reached 70k yet either. Good to kno itll hit 300k with proper upkeep too!
Yesssssss!!! 3.6L since humble did the 2.5 👀👀👀👀
ua-cam.com/video/SZKrv8SIRkI/v-deo.htmlsi=N_YQGNoDV0wz9DvF
They had a 3.6 on the channel before, would be sick if they did a 3.8 Panamera swap just to be petty😂
Would be a mf to make a longitudinal 6 fit transversely, they don't come with the bolt holes for the mount on the front(for obvious reasons) BUT 3 mounting points don't sound half bad😂
@@autodrivennam no it don’t!!!!
Cool to hear New Hampshire mentioned in one of your videos!🤣
I m looking forward to the teardown video.
Good lord that first start up was spicy 😅😅
Yes BIG TURBO 🎉 we love tubo noises
The Rod Bearing on Zylinder 3 propably spun and took the crank with it
Can't wait for episode 2
Big turbo stage 2 TDI swap for power and fuel efficiency. Everyone has the regular old big turbo version. How many do the TDI swap? Buck the trend and be orginal. You can do it Paul and click the Charles install button at check out.
Cant wait for the big turbo golf r build!!!
The honeycomb oil pan reminds me of the mk5 monster mats
The Tow bar is a red light, maybe it did a bit of towing increases wear.
...could be a bike carrier only type of tow hitch
4:50 Chat, "Silly" is short for cylinder. I'm just usin slang.
Love the shootout to Scotty 😂
What a way to close it off. I think you should build a big turbo R
“ I’m spoiled I’m from the south, I don’t like rust” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Paul I swear LOL
Throw the biggest turbo you can fit on it. That would be a series everyone would watch.
Yes. Rebuild it! I have the same car at just over 36k miles, 240k is nuts.
Tear down videos interest me more. Long time, Honda guy with a GTI about to run out of warranty. This gives me some hope for some form of longevity out of these cars.
Yes definitely
Yes. Yes. Yes of course you should. I have a Audi A3 with CCZA wich i am contemplating on building big turbo.
Yup.... Can't wait for it too!
YES
looking forward to a teardown, seems like the ea888 has another bearing casualty
Stage three build with mild suspension upgrades would be mint
No man Paul, you should do an entire tear down and fix that bad boy, that's what I did to my MK1
5:06 Doesnt the R- engine have dual injection method? Direct injection AND port injection which keeps the Valves nicely clean...
Needs an engine?, that demonstrator engine still has to give more parts :)
Not in the US
definitely a big turbo R! maybe use a tiguan DGUA block for the extra crank-walk mitigation and the original 7R head. My vote for the turbo size is a 6062!
Yes! Without a doubt.
Big turbo golf r eng in a mk2 gti please we all need this content
Indeed you should!
I have this car in the same color and rims.. 2016 Golf R manual transmission. I love it. I really need to do some upgrades, especially to the suspension. Thanks for the video.. 12/02/2024 1732
Yes, and have Charles build it, lol! Probably someone has mentioned this already, but it was the first thought in my head, lol!!! Cheers!
Misfires for 3 and 4 "cylie" was a blown PCV for my '15 Golf R...
Is the bearing failure related to the low compression? Could the low compression be related to any of the parts that were recently replaced? (I assume the fuel injectors have to do their part to maintain cylinder compression)
They say online Right Neal, you would be getting cross contamination of fluids and not to mention one hell of a racket! I was told with my truck having a low comp cylinder as well to add a lil oil in that cylinder and if the pressure jumped up it was rings and if it stayed the same it could be a bad valve or a hole/crack in the piston. Good luck and keep us posted
Paul, use Charles’ old engine from the yellow Golf R. Then modify it. Would love to see a side by side comparison between both upgraded R’s
The big turbo should give you enough power to knock out all that rust underneath the car. Let’s do it!
Build the engine with forged internals and go side mounted full frame turbo. That'd be proper sick
you shoulda seen all the glitter and metal bits in a 2021 tiguan i replaced an engine,turbo and oil lines on. just over 30k miles. had 10k,20k&30k services done. the chunks in the oil pick up screen were much larger than this engine
Pickup sludge seems to kill most of the 2.0TFSI engines, that and timing chain guides… build it big! LOL
I had to replace an engine recently because the previous owner decided it didn’t need servicing… for maybe 30,000km…. Starved the top end, seized the cams, snapped the cam chain at rear and Grenadad….
Yes to the big turbo Golf R.... !!!
Paul please make an EQT Vortex Golf R
Is there an aftermarket clutch on that car ? Heard crank walk on these engines happens with after market clutches
And Vw is one of the best at protecting their cars from rust in the undercarriage, yet still it looks like that!
I would love to know what oil change intervals that car was being run with.
I suspect more regular oil changes would have gotten it further down the road.
Definitely shed big turbo all the way Sky the limit let’s see this big build 👍
i think you should do that!
Yeah build it - would be fun!
Big turbo with a Chinese market cylinder head with individual exhaust ports 🔥
looking forward to the next one
You can see on the endoscope on cylinder 3. That the valves have touched the piston. See the shiny line in the valve pocket. So the timing chain has jump't propably because off tensioner failure.
the valve got touched because there's no more rod bearing
@@HarryTwatter Yes, propably the rod bearing is also damaged but there's so little material in the sump that the possibility the bearing would be completely missing is slim and still i am sure that isn't enough to make the valves touch. 🤣
There was also a fault code about wrong timing.
How hard or expensive would it be to rebuild the engine if the bearings are toast?
Absolutely no doubt send it!