Mk3highline

It's only the front r32 bushes that are solid iirc

How rough are the roads there??

How low is the car and how stiff is the suspension?

I know it's a mk3 but it's basically same running gear

Hi I've taken the vr off the road but I went to start it other week and it failed to start

It had been stood for a few weeks

Thought it was fuel so with fresh fuel no joy

There is only spark on first turn of key just once

The fuel pump relay isn't clicking on there is no power going to it, I have tested the relay and it is working

I've also put direct power to the pump still no joy

Fitted a new crank sensor still no joy

There is power to the coil pack

The throttle body dose buzz with ignition on

I have a new if ion switch to fit in the next few days

Any help would be appreciated

Zak

Whilst you got it off can you take some pics of the area near the solenoid and the cam sprockets please?

It's the VVT solenoid

Id be asking the mot station to not leave the engine running too long as after an engine rebuild

Too much idling can glaze the cylinder bores

There was talk on here.... Earlier in this post... About organising one this month or October

That's what I was referring too

Sorry I should of said

Would like to see before I take it off road end of October

Hello

Is anything happening with this?

I will need to check but I've got loads on with summer holidays and the issue with one of the kits so I'd want to get Sean sorted first if that's alright

Now sold

Yeah still available

Saw a red H reg corrado on the a5 last night

And another dark coloured one somewhere else I forgot where now as I type

I also have a question. Having standard everything (gbox, drivetrain) attached to a 290 bhp engine, is there anything I should be concerned about?

Things like the cv joints, driveshafts, are they up to the extra power? Just making sure!

Only the fuel bill lol

Seems like the standard stuff in good condition stands 350bhp turbo vr cars

Yea hopefully, I have noticed a minor misfire but no code so I reckon there is a coilpack on its way out. Took the plugs out and they were black as expected so I'll replace the brand new, approx 10 mile old plugs that now look massively second hand and get a coilpack to try

I don't think you need to replace the plugs they will clean up now you got closed loop back

Black C near greens norton a5 looked good and low

been to stealth today and we finally got rid of the sai and egr faults off the sharan vr6 ecu which was running a 24v aue motor so no faults and got closed loop again

Then I suggested to use the chip on the original ecu on my car and that also worked without any faults

So if anyone is wanting to go down the same route as me then stealth has got the right stuff

My mpg has gone up and it's got a little more poke with the little ignition advance I asked for

Happy days

What size maf housing have you got as if your engine and ecu were from a dsg it would normally have the larger MAF?

Well this looks better! Some lambda adaption at last!

 

Finally down to the bare minimum fault codes, next step back to MOT station.

 

Is there much difference between bank one and two still maybe a faulty lambda sensor?

Worst case pour in a litre of methanol it will lean it out slightly to get you through mot then put some miles on it

It's still probably running slightly rich still you done many miles?

Pour in about 10-15% methanol it will get you through mot

With a decat I'm not a fan of the noise/tone but surprisingly it's lost the drone I had and it's a fair bit quieter

https://vimeo.com/130847732

https://vimeo.com/130847798

Sounds good like the discreet look

But I do miss the 12v noise

I've been out recording too lol

Which fuel do you use?

Try tesco momentum for the mot as I've noticed it runs slightly leaner than v power

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We got a rusty D reg mk2 golf 8v gti sat waiting for last 16 years to start work on lol

Or a rusty mk3 golf lol

Can't believe it

So what's the replacement going to be? Vw of any sort?