Jetta fun, part 3

I kept procrastinating yesterday, trying to do other chores before trying to tackle installing the parts to the Jetta. I did taxes, laundry, walked the dog, some other stuff, and then, it was time to try. I started with the pipe/tube I broke the other day.

I had to use my new hose clamp tool to remove the hoses from the old part. There were 3, after the one I broke. Of course, the first one I took off (on the bottom) resulted in 10-12oz of coolant coming out of the hose. I had doggie diapers there and that took the brunt of it, as well as the oil pan I had under the car. Still, it was pretty messy.

So much coolant

I was able to get the other two hoses off fairly easily and then I had to get the remnants of the broken tip out of the hose. I tried turning a screw into it and pulling it out, but the piece was so brittle, it just started breaking. After consulting with my friend's dad, he suggested using pliers to break the piece so it would just fall out. Which is what I did and what happened. I then snugged the hose onto the new part and started clamping everything back together. I poured in some coolant and saw no leaks (which there were none to begin with), so that was good.

Then it was onto the fuel pump. I started removing the connectors and, as I thought, I could not get the hose clamp tool onto the clamp I had to remove. There simply wasn't enough clearance. I pivoted and looked for a 17mm socket wrench, which I didn't have. But then I heard Steve whistling next door and hit him up. Thankfully, he had a nice Husky socket wrench kit, so I grabbed that and was able to get that connector off.

Once that was removed, I used pliers to slide that clamp down. The attached hose was on a ribbed copper connector and that was really tough to move. I thought I needed a pick tool, so I headed to O'Reilly's to grab a kit. As it turns out, once I got home, I used a screwdriver and some twisting of the fuel pump and was able to get the hose off. Now, do I return the tools? I feel like I need pick tools every once in a while...

With the pump removed, I was able to slowly put the new pump back on. Everything went pretty well, except the socket on the top of the pump, where a wire harness connects, was turned farther counter-clockwise than the original. Which meant I had to get some slack in the wiring as it was pretty tight. I was able to get it connected, but I hope there's no stress to it.

Original on the right, new installed on the left

I put the engine cover on and that f-er wouldn't go on on the left grommet, the one that gave me all the issues a few days ago. Whatever. I just put it close and let it be. I cleaned up the crap from under the car, primed the pump and started it up.

Finally, something went right! The engine fired up and seemed to be OK. No leaks, so I shut it down, cleared the engine codes, and took it for a drive. Went around the neighborhood, drove fast on Coal Creek, saw an Ioniq 5N (same one, twice; saw it earlier too), white with vanity plate (so hot), no issues, got home for dinner.

Today, Marci and I took it out to go see Mom. Initially, I got the low coolant sound, so checked it out. Yup, it was empty, so I topped it off, and off we went. Driving around town, downtown Bellevue, back home, BECU, then Mom's, no problems. Drove great, no codes or bucking. It has done that before and then thrown errors, but after 20 miles, not an issue. I hope that is it, that would be great.

Cross your fingers!