Never seen cabling cracked like that on anything! Amazing, and terrible. I wonder if there was a bad wiring batch during that manufacturing year 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
It's quite common on these engines. They run hot at the top and the upper part of the loom is not wrapped, so it all dries out and cracks. In fairness, it is coming up on 21 years old...
Rear crank oil seal a good idea too
Good shout that 👍
If it makes you feel any better, I'd find it more surprising if a VAG car didn't have a rattling flywheel...
Harsh but fair. Going to swap it out for a single mass. And an uprated clutch. While I cry a bit...
Never seen cabling cracked like that on anything! Amazing, and terrible. I wonder if there was a bad wiring batch during that manufacturing year 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
It's quite common on these engines. They run hot at the top and the upper part of the loom is not wrapped, so it all dries out and cracks. In fairness, it is coming up on 21 years old...