Andy D

forget the housing on the cylinder head throught you were talking about the eight valve lump but check the rest there must be a leak some where

Check the temp sensor housing coming off the head feel underneath with your finger to see if there is a slight weep they are quite common to worpe and only leak when the car is hot. Really you should not have to top up you coolant only when checking antifreeze and flushing systems. If there doesn't seem to be a leak from the housing have a look around the head gasket area for green stains on the block vw have been know to slowly leak from that area as the gasket get old. If that come up a blank check all hoses, radiator and water pump for leaks do this as the engine is running so the system pressurises. The only other thing is could be is the heat matex is leaking but usually you get a funny sweet smell and or the screen keeps misting up. Before all that check that when the engine is hot that the coolant pipes feel firm cos if they arn't there must be a leak causing them not to pressuries. Hope you cure your problem :roll:

H ya are there any VW meetings beening organised in the london area?

Yep sorry you right no excuses i did mean understeer. Your proberly right but when it isn't your car your going to give it a dam good thrashing and probely drive like a bafoon. :evil:

Hi ya I used to be a VW Tech at a Dealership in maidenhead so ive drived both cars (alot lucky me). I found the G60s fun to drive cos of the great noise they made but for outright torque and high speed driving the VR6 wins hands down. The only thing that the VR6 does falls down on is cornering cos of the extra weight in the front the car does tend to over steer, but nothing a set of coil overs and poly brushes wouldn't cure.

Hi ya I fitted a piper fast road camshaft ( 260deg p/n G60BP270H Fast Road) to my Corrado G60 with a set of new lifts and a vernier pulley. I went for the fast road cam as this reduces the lumpy idle as the valve over lap is smaller and the power band kick in a lot low than the race cams. I notice a lot of difference, my car pulled through the gear a lot better and the power band was bigger especially in the top end of the rev range. The car seems to idle smoothly and starts up ok. :D

Better start looking for a set cheers for your help :wink:

Hi ya chaps wondered if you could help me. Do you know a good web site or dealer that sells porsche wheels. I've got a corrado g60 that is crying out for some new rims. I saw some corrado's with porsche three-piece plit-rims 8.5/17" at GTI international and thought they looked great.