[MikkiJayne]

Progress was slowed a tad this week when this monster tree feel down and killed my speedboat Luckily the Polo V8 survived relatively unscathed - a few dents and scratches in the completely ruined paint, but the glass was untouched. When we started, you couldn't even see the Polo! It took 2 days to clear this back as far as the retaining wall.



I cleaned the subframe with Elbow Grease and the pressure washer. Its in great condition, barring the dents and bruises underneath where someone has used it as a jacking point. No holes though. I might paint the rusty bits.



On to the engine bay. What new horrors am I going to find in here...?



Fairly nasty heat shields. Not sure how an aluminium part appears to be rusty



Many studs snapped off. Replacement stud-rivet things are actually available for these (which I didn't know when I did my grey S8), but the damn things are £12 each!! There are 5 snapped off



The bay is pretty nasty













The rack is covered in oil, but this is engine oil from the cam covers



The fuel pipe clips are rusted through. There should be a set of these coming on back-order, hopefully.



An oily mess in the tunnel too



The PS pipes are in amazingly good condition considering how knackered the rest of the car is. I suspect they may have been changed at some point.



Still got a bunch of snapped rivnuts to deal with



With heat, WD40 and vise grips, the broken front panel bolt eventually came free



Then I could remove the nut for the towing eye



This is in a right state



Separated the two parts. The steel bits will go in the Evaporust tub for a while, and the bracket will get blasted and painted.