Jim H

Hi, it’s not the actual headlight body I refer to, it’s the black plastic trim that surrounds the front of the lense.. im not actually a newbie, I just couldn’t figure out how to post this in the exterior section. Regards Jim.

Hi all, With knowledge that the headlights slightly changed during production. The early cars part number is 133 163 00. The part number on my vehicle is 141 093 00. Mine is a later car, 94 registered. Are these parts interchangeable? Early part to fit later headlights - they look identical? This is the black plastic outer surround which clips on from the front of the headlight. Regards Jim.

Guys, I feel very stupid! I went back to have a fiddle with it yesterday evening, to my shock I saw te TPS was unplugged - I'd simply forgotten to connect it in my haste. How the car ran with it disconnected I'd love to know, does it only come in when the engine is up at temperature? Plugged it back together, went for a spin and all is well.. I'll put some more miles in over the weekend and report back.

Well at £168 that was an expensive experiment that didn't work! Fitted TPS and felt the throttle response was better, but within minutes of the engine getting up to temperature, the problem returned.. Switched off ignition and back on, drove perfectly all the way home.. I'm not convinced the wires from the TPS are the issue, surely by jiggling them about whilst the engine is running would induce an symptom? Which I've tried and it didn't .. It might be worth mentioning the catalytic converter has been rattling for most of this year - and getting worse.

Sanj, sorry for late reply. I'm struggling loggiing on so this reply may appear twice.. Did plugs and leads etc - no joy.. I was going to go down your route and replace the Catalyser and Lambda, but I've had conflicting advice against??? I've ordered a throttle position sensor and hope to receive and fit soon.. I was out in the car last night and the problem appeared, OK to begin with, then when warm the throttle response became unresponsive, mild back firing and lumpy erratic tick- over. So bad I struggled to reverse the car up the drive.. Turned ignition off/ on and the problem cleared.. I didn't drive the car any further.. I guess if the TPS doesn't fix It, I'll go down the Cat/Lambda route

Many thanks Sanj, I replaced the plug leads, dizzy, and rotor arm at the weekend ( the leads were original 1994!) and annoyingly it's not missed a beat of late. However I'm not convinced I've fixed the real problem.. I've managed to source a new throttle position switch today (expensive at £130 + VAT).. I'm going to get quotes for Lamda Probe replacement at the weekend and then decide which to replace next.. I've got a long motorway trip coming up soon and I really don't want it causing me a problem then!!

Any takers for Throttle Position Switch? I was talking to a chap who used to be a member on here and he suggested this.. I was out in the car before and although fine to begin with the problem appeared.. I was trying to induce it my modulating the throttle around the idle and first opening stage and it resulted in the symptoms. Reluctance to rev and no power, lumpy "poppy" tick-over and rich smell from exhaust as if not receiving correct air/fuel mix. Are the switches still available and if so where, I've tried VW Heritage and they can't source.. Main dealer? I've done a quick search on eBay and not a lot showing, I'm a bit reluctant to go the second-hand route for obvious reasons.

Hi All, This started a few weeks ago and is fairly intermittent .. I've had it in a garage and they could find nothing! Basically at low revs (when it's been idling in 4th gear it struggles to pick up, it's like it's got no power and missing on all four cylinders. It almost seems electrical because the power can come back suddenly, then fall just as suddenly. It never stops completely and when you get it up in the revs, it clears a bit.. Strangely turning the ignition off and back on seems to clear it.. Like I say it only does it when warm, and on two occasions going up hill seems to make it worse.. EDIT:What is really frustrating, I've just been out in the car and covered about 20 miles, up to temperature etc and it never missed a beat - it was perfect. I have noticed the symptoms do appear more often when the car is low on fuel and strangely - when the weather is damp (raining)..Perhaps the latter unconnected? Bauhaus, I have a fuse box and relays from my last Corrado, I'll look into that.