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Looks a good one - best of luck with it My own is a K reg also

The cable adjustment reaction circlip will be missing, part number N 900 956 03 and £3.12 from VW dealers, the other problem sounds like an air leak.

Hey up, I'm not sure I understand you. These are pic's of my throttle cable (1992 G60) - does it look like yours [assuming yours is G60]? Phil

Check for vac leaks

EMISSIONS HELP CO high, co2 low hc high, o2 high - rich mixture with ignition misfire CO high, co2 low hc high, o2 low -faulty thermostat or coolant sensor CO low, co2 low hc low, o2 high - exhaust leak after cat CO low, co2 high, hc low, o2 high - injector misfire, cat ok CO high, co2 low, hc medium to low, o2 high - rich mixture CO high, co2 high, hc high, o2 high - injector misfire, cat not working, combination of rich mixture and vacuum leak CO low, co2 high, hc low, 02 low, good afr and cat operation- system normal . lambda typical range 0.97 to 1.03 [ ideal lambda 1 ] The emissions limits to be met are specified for both the fast and normal idle tests. At fast idle, CO must be at or less than 0.2%, HC at or less than 200 parts per million (ppm), and the lambda value(1) must be between 0.97 and 1.03. At normal idle, CO must be at or less than 0.3%

Mine was awful for emissions, oil change and clean up of plugs got it through. Not sure the old school garage I used near Edinburgh want more Corrados in now however.

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You sorted it, so a great result

Hello everyone Hope all is well. Back in the Corrado game just could not say no to this Kamei body kitted RE200 GTI 170 BHP Engineering car. Truly nutty car that was purchased new from GTI Engineering with lots of added extras . Very rare colour to Helios blue with a Kamei X1 body kit- what a mental spec ! Car dealer stamp on code sticker is GTI Engineering First registered 02.1990 - absolute no brainer with the historic tax only a few years away and have plenty of 16v parts shared with my Mk2 Golf. I use Peter James Insurance now - to add it onto my MK2 policy it only cost £55 and that includes rescue- now ladies and gents that is cheap motoring !

I don’t know 16vs tbh. from cold it will run ignoring lambda until a set temp, I’d be looking for an air leak. maybe drop Crasher a pm? He knows 16v engines and there issues

Mate of mine just bought a mondeo st220 (he had one before, regrets selling it), flatbed dropped it off Saturday 1pm, rough idle, seller couldn’t sort it, owned the car for 10 years, had the plenum removed and new plugs PITA job on the rear bank on these. mate did due diligence, pushed a lead fully home and alls good- lead had pushed up the rubber cap.

Had this week off work so got it out the garage, cleaned and waxed it ready. Planning to take it off SORN Monday so it’ll piss it down the next month!

PMd

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fb - I'm noticing more and more click bait, pages taking an age to load due to the amount adverts......... A1 created features with so much incorrect info........... On top of general poor advice / info being offered in groups (not Corrado groups ATM). Maybe the forums that survived could make a come back?

I had to pull over and get this one !

This is what Cressa is referring to: The definitive VR6 cooling guide - Engine Bay - The Corrado Forum. Most of it carries over to the 4-pot cars (radiator switch, fan controller and sensors) - just ignore the auxiliary electric pump. The blue sensor tells the ECU the temperature. If you can get to it, disconnect the housing and measure the resistance of the sensor with a meter. Cold values are larger resistances (250 Ohms) and warmer values approach zero Ohms. (If I remember it correctly!) Or if you have VCDS or such like - see what temperature the ECU believes it is. Looking further the 16v seems to have both sensors in one 4-pin sensor..

Apologies that I can't really help with having the 16v, but. Have you looked in the WIKI at cooling, as i recall that mentions the sensors. I think the best investment with any corrado is the Bentley manual. Some people have a pdf version floating around

heads up all - looms are ready & tested & can be sent out once the balance has been received by the maker 🙂

Is is on Classic parts, you had incorrect part nr, should be 535 827 761. Hinged fastener for Corrado Product no.: 535 827 761 In stock €27.99 prices excluding VAT, shipping costs and import fees Quantity Add to shopping cart Go to Product details Go to Delivery information

So, not sure how many will remember this car from many years ago on this forum. anyway, the new owner of StormchargedVR6’s corrado asked me if I’d be interested in doing an underneath and engine bay resto / cleanup of the storm. being a long term fan of this car, I couldn’t refuse. It’s now on 24k miles so really low mileage and a stunning car

Not added much to this lately but here’s some summary pics of underneath

Morning all! it’s been a while… life took over and things have been busy, too much for this time of day. I still have Corrado number 10, although it’s not been on the road since Covid. It did start earlier in the year, but needs a full respray before it goes anywhere. I’m not doing that until I’ve built a garage, which is getting closer to a reality. Meanwhile I went through a B8 RS4 and C7 RS6 before picking up a V8 R8 in the summer, a natural progression from the Corrado and they do look great side by side. I often look about for very good examples of Corrado’s and think it’d be cheaper and easier just to pick one of them up than sort mine! Hope all is well with those still here, maybe I’ll have some more exciting news in 25!

Your rear stub axles will be oval by now. Jack the rear wheels up, handbrake off. Hold the wheels at 3 and 9 o'clock, with new bearings there should be some play (if not the bearings will squeegee the grease away and you have metal on metal and premature failure), swap to 12 and 6 o'clock, if there's more play this is an indication of oval stub axles. Most testers are too young to have experienced taper bearings and compare them to cassette bearings on modern cars and fail / advise is the norm.

Sadly not at the moment - I stupidly broke one of the rare as gold sliders on the sunroof mechanism whilst trying to fix something else, so the headlining and trim is all out. I took out the cassette to repair it but found I had the wrong part so put it back in and left the trim out for easy removal when I do get hold of it. Unfortunately it is unobtanium, and I am loathe to buy a full sunroof from ebay for 500 quid, so am putting all my eggs in the basket of a chap on facebook who has had some fabricated himself. I also accidentally pulled out one of the A-pillar drain hoses and can't get it back in, so will have to get the wheel arch liner out. All the more frustrating for having inflicted all these things on myself!