davidwort

I'm pretty sure they are all the same, all the main distribution unit parts are mk2 golf part numbers, they were on my 1994 car.

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sad news indeed...

yes, but that isn't the synthetic oil, VW's own synthetic gear oil is a lot more and rarely stocked, usually have to wait a while for special order

I bought paint mail order from autopaints Brighton, top service and great paint

I think I'd better give them a call, my valver is off the general multicar policy now and I was thinking about a restricted mileage classic policy possibly.

It's because it's a variable signal pressure sensor for the oil pressure gauge, rather than just a low pressure switch for the dash light and buzzer

do you have any string? 4 axle stands or something similar and line strung down both sides of the car level with wheel hubs will soon show up what is wrong

I don't know, but if you take a photo I can compare it to my 1.6 16v golf, which is basically the same engine

yep, the 2L gasket from 8v and 16v engines is the same and is a metal layered one from most gasket suppliers, a good opportunity to clean your valves and re cut them :)

yeah, my dad has a 1954 morris minor, costs him £150 a year to insure, no road tax or MOT, but then it has drum brakes on the front and you have to plan stopping WELL in advance :)

Kevin Bacon where are you :)

check everything with bushes or bearings best you can, ball joints, track rod ends and joints to the rack, like kev says, the rear wishbone bushes take a bashing under braking and acceleration (the rubber is squashed and stretched) and twist as you go over bumps too, MOT testers give them a good levering with a pry-bar to check although they usually show signs of splitting and perishing as well. Check drop links and that nothing that should be bolted down is loose :)

there is only an in tank pump on the 8v??? (which is the same as a VR6 or mk3 GTI pump BTW)

All VR6 cars had the later wings and bonnet, they were bought in for summer 1992 to accommodate the wider track and higher engine in the VR6, but any other 4 cylinder car from 1992 will have the same panels as they all updated at that time, you might fine the odd J plate with late panels too.

Wings, slam panel and front and rear crossmembers, doors have no impact bars, but the tailgates are the same :)

with the transverse engine in the 4 or 6 cylinder Corrado, pretty much all the torque from the engine acts on the front mount, and the engine weight shifts onto it when braking hard, the engine really just sits on the rear and gearbox mount. So changing the rear mounts really does little more than generate noise and vibration on a road car, plus adding shock to the driveshaft joints usually damped by a bit of give in the standard mounts.

while I don't like the central government and EU control you have to admit that city centres are pretty miserable places for pollution, I remember travelling to London for the day and blowing my nose to see black soot in my tissue, imagine breathing that in every day of your life.

Club GTI forum is the best place for that chap, quite a few people have swapped ABFs into mk2's and there's a guide I think.

panel gaps are quite large compared to a modern car no laser alignment on these things when they were built, you should just be able to get the tips of your fingers in most gaps, only the small secion of the top of the front wings to the A pillar are closer, all the others should be about the same, probably easier if you take some pics and put them up.

alternator is easy to remove if you need to, and it does make the area a lot easier to get at (may vary from one 8v to another depending on year but it should just be a matter of loosening the bolts the alternator body pivots on and pushing down on the alt body to compress the tenisionning spring to allow the belt to slip off) , you'll also need to remove the splash guard attached to the front subframe and arch liner, not difficult, one 10mm hex head screw on the subframe and a screw up to the arch liner. There is a bracket on the side of the sump that has 3 bolts that needs removing first, then IIRC a couple of others on the PAS pump body/bracket that need freeing off before the adjuster bolts can be screwed all the way out and removed. none of it is difficult, just make sure you list where all the bolts go!

mk3 golf and Passat with the 2L 8v engines have the same PAS pump and brackets, there is some variation on some of the brackets but I think the bits you need are shared on quite a few models, I had to replace that bracket and the pump when I bought my 8v, the bracket came from a Passat and the pump from a mk3 GTI 8v

that's the power steering pump, the sheared off bracket end should be an elongated slot to tension the PAS belt by swinging the whole pump, various bolts need loosening off before turning the adjustment bolt that's at the bottom looks like there's significant damage to the PAS brackets as things are not lining up correctly, usually a result of not adjusting things correctly and over-tightening some bolts

being pedantic, some door mirrors have different sized connectors to the glass heating element, so the loom and glass varies slightly. the doors vary a bit more too, late doors have side impact bars which can't really be retrofitted to early doors.