she is sold...

and fixie is sold,

I gonna miss her :(

car finally fixed

I finally got the missing part from germany and was able to fix the car at 107k miles.

replaced:

faulty third party speed sensor with oem speed sensor

done:

oil change, since it was parked for 4 weeks
recharged battery
I also got it smog tested today and it passed without any issues.

new pictures

current pictures of the car can be found here.

Now it turned out that the battery was drained by the alarm system...

http://itsaboutlight.net/p361007286

at 107k miles:

replaced speed sensor - 69$
replaced suction pump - 29$

needed replacement part

this one

installation seems simple enough, unplug. Loosen bolt, switch sensor, tighten bolt plugin.

Will be done once I'm back from germany.

oil change and now not starting

well after I fixed the skid plate vibrations with a bit of superglue and a couple of washers to raise it 2 - 3 mm I thought it's time for an oil change and so I went to the local store and said, please change my oil.

Afterwards the car didn't start at first and an hour later it started again. Today I drove to sac and it stopped working in midtown and had to be towed back to davis.

Let's see what it is this time...

But so far I guess AAMCO messed up during the oilchange and better fix it free of charge. Otherwise it should be only 200$, since the error code points only to the speed sensor, which cost 70$ and I could fix it my self once I got the part.

burning oil between changes

I like statistics and I like my car. Which means I know that the car burns oil, like every passat. But the more important question is how much oil does it burn?

After doing daily oil checks I could estimate a loss of 1 quart of oil on 3000 miles, which translates in nothing to worry about. Just fill it up when it's needed and be happy. After all passats are know to eat up to 4 quarts between oil changes without any malfunction.

At least that's what the volkswagen service says...