I don't think I've seen a more emotive 'road test' face than yours, Dean. None of that constant 'Top Gear' laughing, just pure emotion. Can even tell when you're swearing internally. Brilliant!

*This build has been a proper project with so many twist and turns I'd love to get my hands on one of these so much improvement potential* 👀

Had a 2.0T audi A5 with intermittent oil pressure light but car idling smooth no chain noise or cam slow response only when is hot and I am about to park it or where start stop has not activated by the traffic lights. Replaced oil pressure switches didn't solve the problem did oil change twice including engine flush. I finally replaced oil regulating valve although didn't show any fault now the car is perfect no more oil pressure issue try it if problem resist.

Happy for you, and for all of us who loves to watch your videos... Keep up 💪

Great video Dean as much as it’s been a ball ache it’s refreshing to see the real world of modifications, where things don’t always go right first time instead of someone snapping their fingers & going tada here’s my amazing build someone built for me 😉 nice 100-200 gains 💪🏻 keep the power coming 👍🏻

I love you're work and i follow all your videos. I would love to do what you do! Anyways Fuel can enter the engine via a failed fuel injector o-ring. Now you've replaced that faulty Injector, and put new oil and filters; it could be fixed for good! This actually happened to me after i installed upgraded injectors using the original seals; Fuel went into the engine, it overheated and than seized. Good luck with everything and i cant wait for the beast to be finished!

As you increased the revs I was with you as you grimaced and hoped all was well! Great content Dean. Those plastic coolant pipes are troublesome, but probably better than the old rubber ones? The main issue in modern engines is that the plumbing is so bloody complicated and hard to access 🤬🤬

well done for sticking with it Dean

Spot on as always mate! Just watching your facial expressions told us she's quick! 💨 💨

Great content as usual Dean. Sounding sweet now, that cheeky grin says it all when you're in heavy clog mode ..!!!

Great video,glad to see you finishing up the golf.just keep doing what your doing and carry on.👍👍👍😎😎😎

Great to see some good news for a change with the Goff good work mate please keep them coming

Your patience has been rewarded! Brilliant.

Finally getting there Dean, well done!

Its great to see it finally working after all the trouble you have been having with it. I have the same engine on my TT and it's front wheel drive but dsg. Its been that long but did you do anything with the dogbone mount. I put a powerflex insert into the mount and has drastically cut wheel spin and wheel hop down. So want to start remapping it.

And it might be worth checking the oil pump strainer(pick up) too as you never know and at this stage I would do it just for the sake of taking off the sump and looking at your next oil change buddy

Love the perseverance!

Hi mate I enjoy watching your videos very in depth content, my mate has a golf R that's been tuned he had the exact same issue as yourself with low oil pressure, he gave it several oil changes and replaced the sensor but the problem was still there it turned out to be the oil pump starting to fail. If I was you I'd get that replaced asap.

Well dean , after a long time , good to see its up & running well ... well done .......

It's alive! Well done, a dyno is a must

Great to see its working at last 😀😀👍

Needs a dyno now that it is stable. Then you can do stuff and dyno again. Great getting it to this point , it is becoming a super sleeper and with two spaced out dyno runs it would be a more valuable car. Definitely drop the sump, check the oil pickup and oil change again.

Don't be put off tuning. I know it's a PITA but it's so fun and so worth it. Love your content. Keep it up. 👍🏾

Well done pal got there in the end! Was laughing how you look so nervous on your test drives 😂 but then I suppose it’s understandable - I’m probably like that every time I drive my Ecoboost 🤣

Running well just can you put anti log on the turbo as that is what is making the times slower.

This is what tuning is all about..... Set backs happen but its how you address them is what makes the car

That rattle behind the dashboard might be the ‘soundaktor’ - my 7.5 GTI PP had the same rattle, fixed with some padding out, but I believe it can also be coded to be ‘off’ 👍🏼

Finally! Congratz

Great video - you seem to have the same luck as me when working on cars, and the same pessimistic attitude when you try something out 😆 Well done on getting this far though - your channel is brilliant and your mix of projects is awesome 👌

Get it on the dyno, would be very interesting! My guess is high 300's/low 400's bhp. Genuine 500bhp golfs gti's can barely put the power down from what I've seen.

Id like to see a 20-70 mph on dragy, but glad you’ve got it working properly.

check your high pressure fuel pumps not leaking into your oil

Love the content Dean

Might be worth just getting a sample of that old oil sent off analyzed, dont think it costs that much these days and at least you would know. Thanks for the content again.

Lucky chap with your airfield. ;) I have one not too far from me too. Always handy, :D

So no one is gonna bring up how he said the "autobahn or private runway". What autobahn 😂😂

If you want a close bhp figure carry out a data log at full throttle of the maf reading and divide the max number by 0.8 and this will give you a very close bhp figure

Good effort Dean

Glad it all working, finally lol. Would like to see it on the dyno

Really enjoyed that. Thought you’d get more torque steer

Well done !!!!

I hate bumpy airfields too ! 😂

Evening from from north east dean👋 pleased a great thumbnail yeahhh lol how about that "buy dean a pint"🍾 to to celebrate for this golf! bin a long winding road this but pleased road straightened on out tho👍😂😂 love the upload mate keep it up and great job👍👍 shes a ripper 👍

Can't beat a rolling road tune

would love to see you film doing the speed runs on the airfield

Yes Mate Proper job this!

I’ve got the same car, and am stage 1 tuned. My catch can always smells of petrol when I drain it, I’ve put it down to short journeys as it takes forever to warm up in the winter so doesn’t get chance to burn off the vapours in the crank case

So glad something when you’re away for a change but Personally I would rather have a car with 300 hp that handled really well we’ve good suspension bushes and brakes and you well than outperform a higher horsepower car no problem

Nice one Dean

Great video mate

It's mad to think you have halved the 100-200kph times! Well done for persevering Dean.

Nice one Dean. How you found that coolant leak! Well done.

For reference my IS38 GTi dsg on 97ron does 9 flat all day. You should be into high 7’s, low 8’s when you get it dialled in correctly

Sounds great

Great video Dean nice to see the golf running 👍👍

almost sounds like a mini-ferrari that litle engine, sweet!!

Nice video! How in the world did you ever find that microscopic crack in the plastic coolant pipe?

Mate has a tuned tdi mk5 and was alledgally tuned.. but bodged more like it

Result 👌🏻

Had the exact same crack in the coolant pipe in my mk7 gti.. Think it is a common problem, nothing to do with your damage

This one has tried your patience but paid off eventually - car sounds great but probably need to do a few more miles before you trust it!!

Now get it on the dyno and fine tuned! 🚗💨💨💨💨

Not a very hood air strip with a "bumpy surface" 🤣🤣👀

The only thing I would say about ramping up the hp. Maybe you're car is quicker off the mark now because you have the grip.. Take it to 500+ and it could be useless because you don't have the grip😉 Unless you have future plans to upgrade the handling capability of the car.

The “autobahn” 👀👀😂😉

Wonder what will break first. Driveshafts or Pistons?

Engine sounds great Dean, good to see it's all worked out for you, keep it up mate, well done .

I love this project :) :)

Admire your tenacity, mate. Frustrating problems are making for good videos. Good luck!

Glad its up and running, does it have some sort of electronic diff? Didn't seem to wheelspin on the wet roads

The crack is at 6 o’clock 😂

Hello there, how much is the Boxster?

It's great to see the golf going great at long last, you did well to find the hair line crack in the pipe, 👍👍

Totally off topic sorry 😅 but did you sell the B7 RS4 supercharged ?

You planning on keeping it now?

Dean, your thumb nail 😱

6:35 You said 12 o clock, the crack is at 6pm 😉

Those bumpy runways are a bastard 🤣

Love it. 👏❤️💪

Hi Dean, having a nightmare with this 2005 A3 3.2 Quattro 107k. Had eml on, diag stated correlation issue and it was slightly lumpy. Have done full timing chain kit, replaced both solenoids, replaced crank and cam sensors. I STILL have eml light on and still says correlation issue and still lumpy, gutted. Whats the chance it could be the camshaft adjuster sprockets? They are very expensive and id have to do the complete strip down again.Thanks for any input mate.

Just boot it pal, Redline that GTI

I can see the crack 🤣

autobahn or private runway-guess your nowhere near mexico then glad you got it to where you want it well done

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More then welcome to work on my smax

What’s happened to the Boxster, I thought it was for sale some months ago, or are these posts just out of sequence ?

Do you still have the drivers headlight for sale?

Sorry if I sound a bit thick but what does it mean when you say 100-200 with the draggy thing ?

Quick..but 500bhp quick,i don’t think so

Cheap plastic parts not good.

doesnt seem like 500bhp though should be spinning wheels easily

100 - 200 … what?

way off on the 100-200 times mate, a 500bhp gti should do low to mid 7s, even a manual car.

Council estate tuning doesn't seem to sit well with you...or maybe it's just me. I enjoy your other repair type videos.

What happened to your finger??

Evening

F*ck this fartbox golf, I would still take the 'slower' B8.5 RS4 every day over this.

Love your videos but at some point please get away fro VAG cars. Your talents are wasted on them 😎👍💪