martyjmcfly

I've got tired of handing my car to some oik who does a shite job of aligning my wheels and the steering wheel not being perfectly straight. I try to be sympathetic but i bet i could do a better job as it is my car at the end of the day. The geometry of the car was set up by my local independant VW specialist with manual tools and the car felt fantastic. Then i had some supension work carried out and the car was set up with the latest laser jiggery pokery and its not as good. Is it possible to still buy hand measurement tools and do the job myself as this would save 40 quid and i'd have a perfectly straight steering wheel! Yippeeee

A bit late and may be off the current state of afairs but i had a GSF universal steering rack fitted modified to accept the track rod ends etc and i've had no problems what so ever. The car feels fapping fantastic stil, after 1000 miles. Do you reckon it being universal that any G60 VR6 mix up problems will have been unknowing ly avoided.

If all else fails try Richard trading as Auto Electrick, he is now mobile in a van-i know he lives in Alton, Hampshire but has a boat on the South coast somewhere, maybe Southampton - 07841 163760

I think the moral of the storey here is don't let your oil get low and mucky and then add shit loads of clean oil to top up. Keep on top of little leaks which over time bite you in the ass. Boy do i feel like a twit. fin

Update - ALL FIXED FLIPPING YIPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Two oil changes with 'Forte' system flush cured the problem. So the sticky valve tappet theory was true. All i can think is some crap got brought up when i topped the oil up. The oil must have been low and mucky and when i added the new oil this must have chucked the dirty stuff up and caused the blow back when there was compression on firing up with the idle valve open blowing the ISV sound supressor up. I did suggest the coil pack which would have been the his next course of action. Thank you for your help and input everyone very much appreciated. With the new steering rack, rod ends etc the car feels really F###### great. It took me a good hour to make my way home! The geometry has been set up by hand i.e no laser alignment. He noticed prior that the geometry was really bad and this is after a recent visit to the local tyre company who set the car up with laser alignment! I can vouch that the car has never felt so good. Cheers M

I would say load related. The more gas under acceleration the more the slower the build up. The gentler gas the smoother less miss (althought slower) build up. I'll ring the guy to suggest coil pack.

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Update on whats happended since -fitted the new damper and the car started up fine YIPPEEEEE -a few revs on the throttle and all was fine but when the engine speed fell it sat a 2000 rpm, the throttle body was a little sticky so i eased it back to idle. -Then the car started to miss quite badly. -When the revs built up to 3500-4000 rpm it was fine so i nursed the car to my local VW guy -He fitted new HT leads and plugs (and also did the steering rack i've needed doing for a while) and found the miss problem had gone away. -After puting the car all back together on the road test the miss problem has returned. He reckons its a sticking valve or something when on the blow back some crap has got trapped? Does anyone have any feed back as this guy is not cheap?

Food for thought - that would save on the return train fair

Oky doky then - i'll do some rethinking then about who does me chain changing. Is Stealth really the place to go - i'm just worried about if any problems arise its a bit of a B to ship a car from Guildford to Stealth. But from all the comments Stealth sound like they treat their customers well.

I have just sent contact type email to 'Pristine Alloy Wheel Refurbishers Limited' - home address in Milton Keynes - hope this is the same company recommended and not a company copying someones good name. I like the idea of collection and delivery.

Cheers guys

I've been quoted £1400 for chains, tensioners and clutch from a C specialist - is this expensive? Its just all these low figures i'm reading is making me wonder

Just bought a set of original VR speedlines off ebay and am wanting to get top refurb job done but for non-stupid money. I was hoping that someone could point me in the right direction of a decent company that is helpful and does what they say with no need for come backs. Cheers M

Lupo GTI is a great car, have a mean, wide, squat stance on the road. When you see one which is not very often you have to look. I have a mate with a 1.4 Sport (also centre exhaust) 100bhp and it shifts for a small engine. I can vouch for its solid build quality. I believe they are built on the same chassis as the polo so the choice is yours. Do you want a boot? Perhaps polos are cheaper to buy as they are more common. I saw one privately for sale in west London the other week in nice condition for under 5K. I am also tempted to become more 'cost effective' but the drop in outright muscle from a VR to 4 cylinder does scare me and for you you would miss that wierd droney noise of the G-lader :(

Cheers guys, its lucky that a blow back affects ts something that was noticable without major inspection work. I'll try the Ford stealership for the part.

You live and learn people and i've just educated myself in the subject of 'not to leave a small drip of oil on the HT leads' Went to start it and bang (like a shot gun), then a small poof of smoke (from the HT leads) I don't think there is any damage apart from this part attached to the idle control valve? Its cracked up the middle and around the front with some foam hanging out te bottom. I can only think that some form of blow back caused the casing to rupture. I go to start it but it idles really baddly and stalls. I hope this part will sort the problem? If any one knows different info would be much appreciated i.e fried ECU or coil pack. What other checks should i make after making such a ***k up? Does any one know the part no. of this bit? I tried to make a temporary seal with tape but to no avail! (Its a VR by the way) Happy New Year people!!!

My brothers friend has just bought a Nissan Pulsar GTIR with 300 bhp for £4000. Its M reg black and looks mint. The exhaust system is basically 2 great big barrels sticking out beneath the rear bumper onthere sides. I got him round and had a blat up the local by-pass me following (standard VR). He had two passengers on board and still left me. I didn't do bad but bloody hell he left me for dust. What a mental car i must say i am really really tempted. He says when hes on his on it is faster. Has anyone had a go or know any of the negatives of owning such a mental mental car!!! To get the VR to go that fast would take more than the price of the pulsar!!!

Why thank you dinkus - i think i'm going to attempt your £3 fix switch fix idea as i have this problem too. Keep the finger on the switch with a bit of added pressure and hey presto = seat movement

Neal - give your very helpful, more than accomodating specialist John Mitchell a call and he'll put your mind at ease. If anyone will know....... Was the garage that did the CV work non VW and just around the corner - i've been there to. (black VR, rival competitor on the sussex VW treasure hunt)

Am thinking of removing the side protection trims as they're looking tired as most plastic/rubber does after 11 years - not having been in the gimp role for 11 years i might add!!! :lol: I'm just after some input on experinces once carried out. My car is black if that makes a difference.

Cheers for your input guys - it has helped a great deal Cheers

Bloody hell, luck of the spin! Glad no one hurt S3 parts featuring on ebay very soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So then - is a VR6 Corrado (standard) a better car than the Rallye if the Ralley was slighlty tuned to give same aceleration and top wack? What i'm trying to say is if i swap would i think i'd made a back step/mistake?

What about the windscreen? Is it a standard MKII golf screen and are these windscreen fitter friendly i.e takes a real spanner to fit incorrectly? Also what parts are expensive - the VR6 has the famous chain and tensioner renewal. Surely the rallYE doesn't have a price engine job. It must be the drive train?