EDSTARVR6

Don't know if people are still reading this thread, but when my heater/blower would only work on 4 the problem was simply the metal contections on the back of the control knob. Was very simple to fix, I think I just had to take the cover off the heater control knob and gently level circular metal contact outwards with a screwdriver.

I can sometimes hear a gurgle from the passenger seat when I put the ignition on but haven't started the engine which as KarmannVR6 says is the auxillary water pump running.

When type in various searches on the t'internet I found a guy on a volvo forum how made his own from a old cap and a bicycle pump! :confused4:

Wasn't sure if anyone/everyone had heard of erwin, couldn't find anything about it when I searched the forum. I have a bentley manual on dodgy CD, but can't get it to work so I will have to re-read that thread as well. Erwin could be useful I guess, but seems expensive in comparison to a bentley bootleg CD, but then again the Erwin might actually work

damn didn't quite get my url-ing correct, sorry, you'll have to do copy it to your webbrowser manually

Just found erwin, its a set of online manual from VW available from the main vw website https://erwin.volkswagen.de

You have to purchase the documents and print them off from acrobat but they do cover the lovely corrado!

Anyone else found this? Anyone used it? Is it close to a Bentley manual?

ed

Leak solved, thanks for Ideas. Was the top hose that conects from the bulkhead to under the HT leads on the back of the engine block. Now I jsut have to find out if was poor engine mounts that caused the hose to split!

:)

Are the prices listed in USD? It could help give an idea of what bills I am looking at in the future?

Ah ha, think I have found the problem

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e196/edstarvr6/P2090255.jpg

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e196/edstarvr6/coolantleaktwo.jpg

I think a replacement is number 21 on this diagram, but I could be wrong?

http://etka.auto2.ru/vw/COR/1993/76/49/841150/

Well I found some 'universal' kits on t'internet but they were £120, so it's cheap to go the garage, plus they know the layout of the cooling system better than I, oh well

The puddle appears in the centre of the bay. The car is '93 VR6. I think I can see some G12+ residues running down the back of the sump. Just had another look and saw the drip hitting the floor of the garage but still can't see its origin. This was after moving the car back into the garage after a hovering session.

Also when I have the igition on but the engine not running the electric pump sounds louder than normal (but I might just be being paranoid). I can also hear a lot of fluid flowing around the pipework (air getting in?). But I didn't see any dripping (then again I only lay on the floor looking for 1min).

Oh and no the car isn't overheating (but at most its run for 25mins driving to/from work).

So on Friday I moved the car out of the garage and saw a pink puddle in the middle of the floor. Lots of coolant had been lost, overnight, without the engine running! So I topped up and haven't found a leak, nor have I lost a similar amount of coolant again? Has the leak fixed itself? I think G12+ can block leaks, but not sure? How can such a large amount be lost overnight and little lost since? I have had a look along all the pipework and radiator that I can see, and I haven't found anything. Any thoughts?

ed

Morning all,

I have another coolant leak. Where can I get the pressure test equipment that allows you to put ~1bar of pressure on the system so I can check for leaks myself and not pay a garage to do the hunting? I think you can get a peice of equipment that attaches to the expansion tank and allows 1bar to be put on the cooling system by hand.

Anyone use one of these?

cheers

:( another sad morning.

hummmm maybe. But garage is long and not very wide, thought it should be easier to drive onto ramps then have a jack at the side of the car :scratch:

there must be a set of ramps on the market which is able to get a '93 'rado up them which don't cost the earth!?!? :-(

I was wondering if you had a set of ramps for your car where you got them from?

how much where they?

Can you get your corrado straight up them with out modification?

cheers

ed

blackberry Corrado spotted near east midlands airport at about 4:30pm this afternoon (Wednesday).

Slant, my drivers side was sticking. Used the "seat belt" trick to open the bonnet a few times. I also sprayed the springs with white grease, it does help but doesn't cure the problem

Then I took some of the slack out of the release wire by moving the securing bolt on the passengers side along a bit

http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic. ... 747#401747

So I gave the bolt a couple of sprays of WD-40 and lossened it at the weekend.....didn't break. Managed to pull the wire through a little and retightened.

Just incase something went wrong I took out the grill and headlights before closing the bonnet for the first time.

All worked well, and now only have to pull the handle a few inchs to pop the hood.

Wicked :thumbleft:

Spotted a corrado behind me going into loughborough today, down the A6, followed me a few cars behind right close to my work. By the looks, it had been resprayed and sitting on large rims.

Have to tighten my wire by undoing the same bolt, am I likely to experience a broken bolt also?

Almost forgot, spotted a VR6 on private plate parked in a side street near the priory in St Neots this afternoon

Hello mate, That was me at the Seven Crossing, had just driven back from family in Cornwall where I also spotted a VR6 in blue on an N plate with NRG reg oarked in Carbeile pub car park and a Silver unkown plate or model crossing the Saltash bridge, sos didnt see much off ya as I was hammering it down from Oxford to Cornwall that night.

woooohooo spotted someone, though you were taking a strange route from Oxford to Cornwall via Wales?

What exhaust have you fitted sounded good?

Anyone elses spoiler squeak? Mine does even in the summer. Is their a suitable lubricant available which won't harm lovely paint? Sorry to go a little off-tpoic, but have searched and found nothing......maybe I spell squeak different to other people ;-) ?

Spotted two recently.

First was the day after boxing day. A G6O pulled up next to me and corrado loving girlfriend at the toll booths for the second severn crossing, waved, nodded etc.

Second was yesterday (wednesday) by the albert in bedminster a strom waved at us again.

After that the girlfriend said she might buy her own 'rado (she already ownes a large portion of mine!)....so keep waving everyone. Merry crimas