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I wish the legendary Vince was based up here!

Yes - what tonedef says. The circlips go "up" the way IIRC.

From surfing, I found that Graf and Hepu have metal blades.

I was told VAG are using plastic bladed ones.

Convoluted surfing on the net today resulted in the following - :D http://www.water-pumps.org/VW-Corrado-2 ... pumps.html No need to go to USA or Germany for quality water pumps with metal impeller blades. 8)

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Looks like "bloke bliss", neil! :lol:

This afternoon, I was told by VAG dealer in Stirling that there is only one type of water pump. I guess that is the one with plastic blades meaning "European style with metallic blades" type is not used by them here in UK.

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They will deliver overseas. - I asked about this today. You read "Terms and Conditions", I was told. LInk to t&c is right at bottom of page and difficult to spot. I did not have time to read, so will be interested what you find.

I've seen these in Frost's catalogue, but like a lot of their stuff, may be overpriced. Halfords sell some of them, too.

Ach!, Kev - you screw the guts out of everything anyway! :lol: :wink: :wink: Actually, I asked the question a couple of years ago about anyone having experience of a chain failure, as everyone seemed paranoid on reaching the 100k mark. Yan's suggestion of inspection is a good compromise, I think. The job could cost 25% as much as a reasonable Corrado VR6 costs now, we should remember. We do not all have mates in the know, or the skills to undertake such a job ourselves, after all. Having said that, I do admire kev's swashbuckling drive to replace components regardless of signs of wear (and his wallet!) I don't think I'll ever be coming onto the forum to give kev the satisfaction of knowing I've had a chain failure and VR6 apocalypse now, either! :censored: :oops:

Found this when surfing. Ignore if you know about it. :lol: Prices of Samco hoses, etc are about half price of here, but that is before shipping, etc. They also have 3 types of water pump, including "European style" with metal impeller blades. :shock: I was told by garage here in UK that "we have to change water pumps in many VWs at every big service as the plastic bladed versions supplied for VWs are so fragile." Is there another scam out there, folks? http://www.mjmautohaus.com/catalog/inde ... ath=2_4_19

You wicked, teasing she-devil, Judith! 8) :lol:

Best to use distilled, particularly if you are in hard water area, IMO.

Not me, or anyone I know. Never mind, have a nice weekend folks! :)

When I first got the C in 2002, I started to have difficulty selecting gears, this got worse until reverse became unavailable and I got trapped against a wall in a nearby village! With the help of a few guys I found in the local sports centre I was pushed out and able to get home using a couple or 3 gears. Called the AA. The mechanic (ex VAG), went straight to the fault in less than a minute. 8) A plastic "carrier" in the gear change linkage near the engine had baked, become brittle and was hanging by a thread. His repair with a couple of plastic ties and superglue would have lasted for years. I did have replacement installed for a few quid. I advise anyone with a VR6 to get this done. The component seems to suffer from the engine heat just as does the coilpack, etc.

Plenty of maggot willies about then. :?

Yep - a fair number of well-written bits of poetry and prose has been known to come from the pens of men in Ayrshire! 8)

double 6s wrote: Yep the dealers suck and the cars are generally made of slightly soggy pasta BUT....... A quick look at this in the morning and all that is soon forgotten Mr Owl Attachments :lol: ha ha - nice one, double 6s. Best regards 8)

If you are as old as me you will probably never buy a Fiat, Alfa or certain Lancias. Even up until a survey I saw about a year ago in Auto Express the back up, dealership attitude and reliability are at the bottom of the heap. The cars were always renowned for poor electrics and rusted fast, too. One magazine years ago said "no wonder Italian mechanics have arms like gorillas" when describing a normally simple electrical job on a car. However, if you live for the moment and dont mind losing money fast, the trade off includes things the Italians regard as essential, such as verve, style and pose value. (Perhaps meekly surrendering and wanting your mummy when things go wrong is a requisite, too! :wink: ) Interesting Italian cars in my time were: Fiat 127 - one of first shall hatchbacks - won "Car of the Year" award - great innovative design, but do you see any now? No - they all rusted away very quickly. Fiat 124 coupe - elegant, if boxy, very nippy twin carb version, IIRC Alfasud - I so wanted one of these after the Manta I bought in 1972. Described as one of the best drivers cars ever for the mass market. Sadly, they rusted away all too quickly. Predicatable or what? Fiat 125 - extremely boxy, boring rustbucket. Inspired the Russians to do the Lada! AlfaRomeo Spyder - classy ikon - style never dates. See Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (1960) for a flavour of essential Italian decadence and style and, IIRC, this car. Lancia Beta Coupe - My neighbour bought a new powder blue model just after it came out that early corrosion due to bad design was causing the engine to fall out of these cars. The coupe really was beautiful from nose to tail, but they slumped from about £7k to about £1500 in a few years and I never had the heart to tell him why he had got a good discount for it at the Lancia dealer. (All gone from the UK these dealers after that AFAIK?). Fiat 850 coupe - My best pal owned a second hand one for a while. (See pic taken Nov 1971 - Ben Lawers) Great fun, but tail happy with rear engine. Guess what - they rusted quickly! So - Italian cars - you probably cannot ignore 'em in your lifetime - but you may never get round to buying one. :)

Agree! Feel the temp the switch gets to when the lights are on (even a new one). The thing starts baking right away, as does the coilpack, as does the thermostat housing.....Why do we love them? :? :lol:

Re reliability of Corrado. IMO I think anyone coming new onto this type of forum will get a poor impression of the car's reliability. This is because so many people come on the forum to seek answers to problems they are experiencing with the car. After owning the C for six years, albeit as a second car, and initially having a couple of minor things fail, I would say the car is as reliable as, if not more so, than many other models which ceased being made 12 years ago.

Greetings from Lithgae, livi1982. At my MOT, advisories that came up each year on my storm were: Play in strut top mountings fuel tank straps corroded Probably not too urgent, but I have had top mountings done. I would say your mechanic is a good one and as fussy as mine. Probably best to go for all the items eventually with the following first: Corroded fuel pipes (VAG garage would not let my son take his VR6 away for safety reasons when he reported this) Regards

I have a 5 litre batch of 15W/40 oil bought from Lidl supermarket for £3.99. Made in Germany for Lidl ACEA A3/B3, A3/B4, E2 API SJ/CF4/CF. Probably ok for 1990 Peugeot 1.8 diesel, I own? In theory, should be ok for 1995 VR6, but I would only use it as a flushing oil.