theRuler

dope car, chief. take it steady until you are sure all the bolts are tight though ;)

good price mate. i have list of little bodywork discrepancies i need ironing out. anybody recommend a good place in Staffordshire?

whats up with your heater controls?

gotta love that skid test do it in the wet too, on a motorway for full effect ;)

i've just had the exact same problem on my vr6 it has been cured by securing the plug on the blue coolant sensor. (it was hanging off)

vag com should be able to check that. see who your local vag com buddy is: http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7209

ok i think i am fixed now. thanks to ben (corradovr6sc) and his vag com. the fault it picked up straight away was the blue coolant sensor. we have a look under the bonnet the blue sensor is identified the blue sensor plug is NOT ON RIGHT :oops: hot damn. it must have not been on right since i had the head gasket changed 18 MONTHS ago. now the plug is firmly rammed in the car runs right again. 8) this is somewhat of an epiphany, after all this time of my car running lumpier than a bed full of marbles. now when the car is stalled / switched off, when it starts back up the idle goes to about 650 - 700 rpm. you'll notice when you start your car from NOT cold, the revs, within seconds, settle at the required tickover (depending on the engine temp). well with that blue sensor not connected right (or maybe it wasnt even connected at all) the tickover didnt know where it should be, nor did the fuelling know what to do. so the revs never settled. i am chuffed

thats fu ked up mate taken from your garage too. it will turn up though. from the desc in your sig it sounds pretty unique. i hope whoever took it is brought to justice. not justice in the courts though . .

mine's done 150k and i havent done anything with the timing chain yet. they do clank a little though. but its a performance clank. yeh.

when you are putting the water in, run the engine. get it hot (so the fans kick on, stat opens) and top it up some more. if you suspect your fans aint kicking in early enough, rig a switch to them so you can control them until you sort it properly. hey funkster my vr6 has done similar miles (150k). i had a bunch of cooling problems that eventually turned out to be a leaky head gasket :(

a supra twin turbo. i like them. or an audi s3. or a mk4 golf 4 motion. or an old audi quattro. maybe another mk2 golf gti. definately a mk1 golf gti. i'd like a mk2 rallye too. i like the looks of the mitsubishi gt3000 i wouldnt mind a 944 turbo. oooh and 928. mmm big v8 although cant say i have given it much thought

i presume it already has a rallye engine in it? looks sweet though

what a smart looking car. and yes chrome (lol) mirrors would suck

my VR6 needed a clutch at 125k and head gasket shortly after. 84k? its still a youth

looks dope could you spray paint the number plate letters on the mesh? in white? looks hard though. in fact it looks hooaaaard

yo stroller, i know what you mean about chnaging stuff that "fixes" this. i changed the plugs. YAY all fixed. couple of days later back to uncool runnings. then i changed the leads. all fixed. for a day i fixed a fuel leak. all fixed. for like an hour tops. i have pm'd a request to corradovr6sc hopefully he can "vagcom" me and maybe we will get the root of the cause. i have the later type old birty dastard 2 style connection

not sure the ronals suit corrados look dope on a mk1 or mk2 golf though!

if you brakes are getting hot, it can make the bolts stick. often when the discs are worn / warped you get extra heat

could be temp sensors i guess. then when its warm the ecu doesnt know it is and keeps the cold start running, making it all go wrong? i think i need to do the vag com deal. its about 50 quid at the vw garage in stafford (which is incidently 5 mins walk from where i live)

i took the idle valve off and cleaned it, it didnt really make any difference. maybe it is a bit shagged, hence why i get the stalling. what i dont understand is that it will run ok until i switch it off and back on (whilst rolling) then it goes to smeg. (doing this simulates a stall) it hasnt been vag com'd. if i knew for sure it was the coilpack i would change it. but the way it is now, i could start it up from cold, and it would run for hours. if i start it up, then switch it off, then back on it goes into undrivable mode. i only use this car to make the 12 mile journey to work, as it is too unreliable for any other use (we tend to use my gf's polo valver)

ok i have had this problem for a good year now. attempts to fix it have been unsuccessful. here's the deal. the car starts from cold fine. it doesnt always tick over that great, and sometimes on the way to work it may stall when hit the clutch at a junction. this is where the problems kick in . . . . after a stall it takes a load of turns to start. when it does start (after i look like a chump in the traffic) it runs like crap. anything below 2000 revs is worthless. when i press the throttle it misfires (not great for pulling away). if i drive in 5th at about 2000 revs it kangaroos like mad. this eventually smooths out. if i am stuck in traffic though, its a nightmare. now i have tested this, by driving along (while its working fine) then switching off the ignition, and switching it back on. the misfire starts immediately. getting petrol is a nightmare, as i am "old ma revs" pulling off the forecourt (just so the smegger doesnt stall again) i have changed plugs / leads, tested my airflow meter on a different car, had the lambda thingy tested, all to no avail. what makes it worse is when i have taken it somewhere to be looked at, it has performed fine :mad: after i restart it after a stall, the tickover bounces from 500 to 1500 revs. revving itself. any thoughts? the car has done 150k

i better get a new relay then. and lol @ saysomestuff's sig!

cheer bro i will try that. its only happened since i took the dashboard out to change the heater core ;) so i'll wiggle it just a little bit

This has happened a couple of times. When i turn the ignition on, the abs light stays on, and the wipers wont work, nor the heater fan. Then later in the day it's all ok again. wtf is going on? today was the worst time for it to happen. i just made the 10 mile drive to work in the rain, with no wipers.

i like the borbet t's the schmidts are nice, but are better suited to a golf imho