Gman

Mine sounds the same as that one. keep fit windows and lekky sunroof. And is a nice pink colour. On G plate all the 16v had mechanical odo's. The lekky one only came in when they did the facelift iirc. Do you recon that the keep fit windows make the car worth more? they seem to be very very rare.

I have just done this job too and am having the same problems. I cant seem to get the belt to stop flapping around. I can turn the belt through 90 degrees. It sounds fine when i the engine is idling but as soon as the revs rise a little the belt starts to flap about and make a horible slaping noise. I dont have either of the VAG tools. any help and advise would be great thanks. G

Rite well on some engines you can lock both the bottem end and top end in place so you dont have to phaf around with timing marks.

Cheers. I have no doubt in my ability to do the job, the only worrie i have is that if i miss something when takeing it all off that it will become an even bigger job to get it all back together. That is a risk that i would like to avoid. I am working away from home and so i dont have all my tools such as timing light etc with me. Hopefully i will have the head off tomorrow. I just hope it has not warped. Cheers for the assistance. Will be of great use tomorrow.

Please. I am getting Desperate here.

Corrado 1.8 16V The head gasket on my car went last week and I am due for a cam belt change anyway but what I would like to know what is involved in changing the cam belt. Is there a way to lock the head pulley and the crank pulley in place before removing the belt? How do I go about it? Also which pulleys on the bottom of the engine do I need to remove? When I refit it all, how do I know what tension the belt should be at? Please could some one help me with this ASAP? This is my only transport and so I really need to get it back on the road by Monday. I have bought all the consumables that I need such as head bolts gasket set new belt and tensioner. Now all I need to know is how to remove it and re fit it. Cheers G

Has anyone done this? I just striped my spare engine. The main bearing shell in cap 4 seems to be the wrong one fitted. it was the only one in the cap that had an oil channel. Is this how it was meant to be. I dont understand why it should be like this. This main bearing would be the first the get the oil preasure. Any ideas. Also where is the cheapest place for me to get the following. std piston rings, std main bearing shells std big end shells full gasket set inc seals Also does anyone have any clearance specs for the KR engine. I have measured up all the bores for ovalisation and they seem ok. It was + 400ths and the piston was - 300ths ( that is for the worst case bore) Any info on the engine would be great. Thanks.

Y would you insist that it is built at karman? They did a good job on the corrado but they are not a very good company. We have been dealing with them at work and they are quite frankly shocking. totaly useless.

Come on some one must have some ideas. Does anyone know which components are on circuit 15. So far I have: ECU Warm up regulator ISV ( possibly)

BUMP any ideas. could it be the isv

Could it be the ISV that is doing it? I know it is buzzing alot at the mo.

How much should we expect to pay for this system?

Cheers.

Spoiler is on fuse 16 on my car. The fuel pump circut is fine that is fuse 18. It is the engine electronics fuse that is going. from what i understand there are a number of things running through fuse 15. The main onw that i can see is the FEI. I dont know how to check this? Also does anyone have a wiring diagram of the 1.8 16V. I know there is no haynes man for it but thought some one might have been able to get hold of one. The bigest question could cause the fuse to blow? ( I think it is safe to say that it will not bee anything to do with the fuel pump... Correct me if i am wrong pls) So to trace the problem I need to know everything that gets power from fuse 15. Does any one know? Or does anyone know of a cheap auto electrition that has work on C's before and knows what he is doing? maybe in the MK area.

Ok, As i dont have a multimeter at the mo, The best i was able to do is clean up all the earth terminals. so the Bat is making good contact with both the chassis and the startermotor. I also pulled the fuel pump relay out and opend it up. It all looks fine in there. All nice and clean. I am still at a loss for what to do.

Yep I am inclined to agree the starter problem is seperate. I shorted the solinoid out and it still would not turn over. I am not sure that is the fuel pump circut tho as the fuel pump fuse is not blowing. it is the engine electronics fuse that is going. From what i understand the fuel pump is turned on by a relay which is controled by the FEI unit. And it would seem that the FEI unit is conected to fuse 15. So at first glance i thought it was the fuel pump but that is just a result of the FEI going down. Does anyone know anything about the FEI. Comon problems???

ok. What do you recomend i try first. My main problem is that i cant repeat the fault at will. I just have to drive and hope it doesnt cut out at a bad time. This is also compounded by the starter motor issue as when it does cut out it is not very easy to get restarted.

FEI unit ?? what is that Yeah both started at the same time. I have been think this for a while now but i cant see how they can be.

Well that is the big question. I have no idea what it is supplying. I am going to go out tomorrow and see if I can trace some wires. The worst part of all is I have to do all this without my trusty multimeter which I conveniently left in Manchester

Yeah that was my first port of call. I unbolted all the earths and cleaned them up nicely and then re-bolted them to the Gbox.

Can i do that? is it not a sealed unit. The strange thing is that if i click it oftan enough it eventualy starts. I spent 10 min turning the key today to get it to fire up again. Any ideas where i could get it refurbed in the MK area.

Hi Guys, I hope some one can help me out here as I don’t know what to next. Here is the problem; It started on my trip back down the Milton Keynes after Xmas. I was on the M6 and I pulled off at a services, as I slowed down for the roundabout at the off ramp the car just died ( sounded like fuel starvation ). I tried to start it again but I could only hear the solenoid clicking, the motor never turned over. Lucky it was downhill to the services, so I coasted down and pulled into a lay-by. While coasting I tried a few times to bump start it but it was having none of it. When sat in the lay-by I tried to start it again but noticed that the fuel pump was not priming its self as it usually does. Looked at the fuel pump fuse (number 18 ) but it was fine. Checked all the other fuses and found the 10A fuse (fuse number 15 ) for the engine electronics had gone. So I replaced the fuse and the pump primed its self. Tried to start again still no life in the starter. Bump started it and it ran. I drove 500 meters and it died again. Same fuse. I had a look behind the fuse box and all seemed to be in order. Looked in the engine bay for any wires that had come loose or anything strange, all seemed fine. Now as I had run out of 10A fuses now and only had a 15A fuse left I got the fire extinguisher ready on the seat next to me and plugged the 15A fuse in and tried again. All seemed fine. I drove 62 miles home on the M6 M1 and local roads. I got home but the starter was still bust. So I pulled the motor off and had a look. I would seem that it is just a sticky started as every now and again it will turn over and start. Anyway so I got the car running again and decided that I really should go and buy some 10A fuses to put back into fuse 15. On my way to the shops the 15A fuse blew. Now I am at a loss for what to do. I don’t understand what could be causing this. Does any one know any simple checks I can do to, or quick fixes? Your help would be very much appreciated. Car is a 1.8 16v from 1990 It is pretty much standard.

Just get a clicking noise from the solinoid. the strange thing is that every so oftan it will turn over and start. it is really anoying me now.

Well i know the when it goes the car cuts out ( due to fuel starvation) and the fuel pump dies. What i wanted to know was what els is on this circut. Something keeps blowing the fuse but i have no idea what. fuel pump works fine tho. G

Does anyone know what fuse 15 is for on a 1.8 16v. It says engine electronics in the hand book but that is a bit vage. The reason i ask is it keeps going on my car. I cant quite figure it out. G