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You can buy an adapter to fit an airline to the spark plug hole (under a tenner) This will allow you to pressurise the cylinder. Then you need a mechanics stethoscope (also under a tenner) Turn the engine to the correct place when the valves would normally be closed. Pressurise the cylinder Then listen (using the stethoscope) down the dipstick tube, the inlet manifold and exhaust manifold. You should hear air escaping down one of the above This will tell you were the fault lies without stripping the head

If anyone needs a compressor clutch coil, clutch bearings or complete clutch for a Diava or Alpinair VR system i have some spare. Also recirc motors / gears, reciever dryers and pressure switches

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You should not need a pollen filter if you have ac and actually use it - The evaporator will filter out any pollen and it will disapper as condensate down your drain tube. Most manufacturers are now not fitting pollen filters to new cars if fitted with clutchless compressors. Pollen filters can cause blower fans to burn out in under 12 months if not kept clean.

does anyone know if you can buy complete lock sets for a corrado OE or aftermarket will do And ideas on price? at the moment i have 3 keys - 1 for doors, 1 for glovebox and 1 for ignition. Basically i could do with 1 key for all and my ignition switch is also on the way out. So a complete lock set would be good Thanks in advance

Ok give me a coulpe of weeks as i am flat out at work at the moment - And we have just changed our CAD system so the badges will need to be re-drawn Watch this space!

Have a look here - http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22821 i have now perfected the badge but the natural colour is white. They are made of a laser cured resin that is very simular to plastic. If anyone is interested i can make some more PS thanks to the guy who supplied the photos after i made them the first time making me start again! No idea what the font is though - it is based on the same font as most dub rear badges from that era

the tubing is cheap about 5 quid for what you need. You say your system needs regassing - is it empty? If not you need to get the gas recovered by a specialist. I whould not advise removal of the pipes for more than a few hours unless the system can be properly capped. The reciever drier should be changed every three years as a service item. Moisture in the system will react with the PAG oil in the system a cause acid - not good. Hope these short answers help you

AC compressors work with an electromagnetic clutch assembly - These basically have 3 components - 1 - Clutch rotor - this is what the belt runs on 2 - Coil - This is an electro magnet 3 - Armature plate - This is a sprung steel plate that when the magnet is energised contacts the rotor (engaging drive to the compressor) With no 12v feed to the coil an air gap should exist betwwen the rotor and the armature plate (normally 0.3mm - 0.8mm) The air gap is adjusted by removing the small bolt at the center of the armature plate and placing shims behind it. Check that you havent got an electrical problem first by unplugging the terminal from the compressor If you want to check your coil if should measure approx 4ohms to the comp body

Andy - dont forget to change the oil in the compressor as its hydroscopic so if no caps have been fitted it will need replacing. To quickly check it should be almost clear (unless a UV dye has been added) Also it may be worth flushing evap / hoses etc to remove old oil and possible debris. Storm - how are you getting on with your system?

yes very important because a charger is a very big lump of expensive metal to fall off. Saying that the tie bar was missing off my corrado when i bought it, probrably missed off when a new charger was fitted - its got one now though. Just to add the small tie brackets on manifolds (inlet / exhaust etc 16v / g60 etc) do the same thing so dont miss them off if they should be there

The support bar is not to stop the charger twisting under load. It is a tie bar to change (in this case increase) the natural frequency of the charger on its bracket to over approx 30% of the natural engine frequency (g60 is about 200hz) Without this tie bar the natural frequency of the charger to mount bracket will decrease and could even come close to the engines natural frequency. If this happens your charger will wobble and eventually fall off when the mount bracket fails. On a more happy note these tie bars are easy to make if you dont want to buy one

joebloggsvr69 - thanks for those pics they help no end, as its almost impossible to get correct detail from that photo i had. At the moment I do not plan going into mass production of this badge as i have enough projects of my own at the moment. This was only intended to help my sisiter out and help cover the damaged paintwork on her car. She will however have a storm badge worth far more than a complete car and if it gets stolen again another is only a buttom push away.

here is the badge against the 1 / 1 photo i used to draw it - character spacing is slightly out and im not totally sure on the letter connecting detail, depth and bevel rad etc These will be corrected when i actually see a pukka badge so you will not be able to tell any differance - this is only prototype stage after all PS - The angle of the S looks wrong because the paper is not flat

ok here are the first photos (colour yet to be applied)

cheers for the fonts cougar but could not find the one i need so i downloded a picture from chargedupstorms website and used this as for my measurements. Anyway it took me half an hour to measure the logo and about another half an hour on the CAD and we are ready to roll. ........2 hours later and hey presto 3 storm badges appear. I will hopefull post photos tomorrow and await some feedback.

i think you will have a water pump problem - you need to drive it from the PAS belt As you are in italy try a Diavia water pump pulley from a Inca / Caddy with AC pre AYQ engine code

Ok starting to get the info i need, so should start the drawing process tomorrow - i will keep you all informed with photos when things start to happen

Who is crozin have tried a search no no matches? Thanks for the offer - i may take you up on that if i cannot find out the font or get a good photo The good thing about our SLA machine is once its CADDed press the button and select quantity and away we go! And as bonus its accurate to 0.3mm as well

you woulld need a new water pump pulley as when you have AC the water pump is driven by the A section belt (PAS) Also 2 new belts (PAS / Charger) You will also need to check if the AC compressor fitted to a G60 has the same gauge line as the one fitted to your passat otherwise you will have belt problems

my sister phoned me yesterday to tell me that some thieving scumbag had stolen the storm badge off the back of her corrado. She was not happy when i told her how rare they are and that she would have to pay mega money for one if a SH one ever came up. So my options as a kind brother and fellow C owner are - Make a new one You may laugh at this but it is a realistic proposition because i have access to an SLA machine at work - but i need some help Does anyone know the correct font for storm? - i think i have seen it on the ccgb magazine cover? Could some one take a good quality digi photo of the badge in relation to the corrado badge so i can get an idea of scale failing that any good ideas? By the way she lives in N Yorks so if you are offered one in this area its may be hers! - No doubt it will be on ebay this week for £100 Thanks in advance for any help on this

can someone tell me which colour oil pressure switch should be fitted to my G60 My dealer cannot tell me as ekta just says choice of three for the 4cyl engines white / black / grey at pressures 1.8 / 1.4 / 0.9bar The one on my corrado is dark green and has no oe numbers on it (i am looking at the correct switch - the rear one on top of the oil filter housing with yellow wire connected)

im near welshpool which is nearish to oswestry and wrexham

spoke to PSD and they will sell a kit to people in the trade providing you know what you are talking about. This is a good attitude to have. Are the parts they supply OK as the advice and attitude seem very good. I am in no way advising people not to go for pro rebuilds, but would like the option to DIY if you are capable