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Hi guys What should the normal oil temp range be for a VR6? Mine takes about 5 mins to get to 90 and then generally goes up to around 125 for a long motorway journey. Today, it got up to 136, although, by that time, I'd been in a jam on the M4 for half an hour, immediately followed by a thirty mile blast on the M40. Does this all sound ok/normal? I'm a bit worried that I'm running a bit hot when the car is moving fast on long journeys. Cheers

Grat - thanks, guys.

Hi guys I've been told that the C's cambelt needs changing at 60k to 80k miles. But the VR6 doesn't have a cambelt does it? I thought it had a chain instead? If so, does the chain ever need changing and when should it be done? (I'm on 80k miles.) Cheers

Wahey - pics loaded at last. Thanks for the PM tips, Henny!

OK - so I'm so dim. I thought I'd loaded the pics, but obviously not. I followed the instructions in the FAQs... Anyone give me pics loading advice?

I posted a couple of days ago about a leak under the front part of my engine. Here are the best pics I could get - not very clear, I'm afraid. That round thing with the black cap - that's the oil cooler, right? If so, it could be the cooler seal, with the leaking oil blowing backwards. Waddaya reckon guys?

Thanks RB. I'm just about to fit a BMC CDA so I'lll check out the fuel lines/clips/hoses during the process. Your top tips on oil leaks will need a bit more exploration...!

Hi guys. A couple of small probs: I'm leaking some oil from under the front section of the engine. Not alot but definitely happening. Oil looks pretty clean. Garage said the oil cooler seal was a bit ropey last time it was serviced. Hopefully it's just this and nothing more serious. Should I be worried about it? D'you reckon it might be something more serious? Also, I'm getting some petrol fumes when I turn the ignition on, before the engine fires. Goes away after the engines's started. Is this normal? Is it just the fuel pump starting to do it's stuff? Any advice welcome...!

Bl**dy hell. That was quick! And gratefully received, too. Thanks, bigtime!

I'd really like to do this 'quick and easy' mod myself and I checked out g60bv's post of 6/6/04 with pics on how to do it. He makes it sound so easy! Trouble is I'm soooo not a mechanic and i don't really know where to start! I'm assuming you can't do the job from the outside? (I can't see anything to unscrew!) The pics look like you need to take the panel off inside the tailgate and work from the inside? Any top tips anyone can give me, ideally a step-by-step-guide in layman's language (you really are dealing with a total beginner here!) Any amount of advice welcomed, big time! Cheers

Cheers Crazymarcel - I have your pics safely saved and I'm under the letterbox every morning waiting to catch your hosing and clip!! You're a star! Looks like passionmotorsport are the ones to go with...

They list one for a Golf VR6 at £169. Will that fit the 80mm induction pipe on the C?

So if I leave the carbon cannister where it is - just for now - and just fit the BMC in place of the standard airbox/filter, I don't have to worry about valves or anything, then? (I've seen the threads on cc removeal but I'm not under any illusions about my own abilities - reckon I'll save that upgrade until i'm a bit more confident!)

Thanks! 'Keep a valve'? That's a carbon cannister valve presumably? There aren't any valves on the airbox/filter i need to keep are there?

I've seen lots at around the £180/£185 mark, inc p&p and VAT. Fair enough. Just in case I'm missing out, does anyone know of anywhere I can get one cheaper? By the way, I've seen the threads on how to remove a carbon cannister, but what is a carbon cannister?! What does it do (and therefore what won't happen if you remove it?!) Cheers.