Toad

Moved to members gallery as it seems more appropriate now.

There's a lot of advice around, and even servicing guides in the Wiki. Just have a bit of a search.

Whoot. Can I help the vetting? I'll bring my own gloves and everything! I need the rubber bits, and they have been delivered now apparently. Cheers though! Just waiting on flywheel bolts and sump gasket to arrive tomorrow. And then I have to pay for it. :( Am using a TPS account, so I dread to think what it would all cost if I had gone to the dealer...

Yup. Just need to get in and drive it and it will all be worthwhile... Still need another £300 of bits. :(

Losing interest in the wheels. Also having massive financial issues. Not helped by ordering the following... Gearbox seal cover plate end 02A 301 215 A Clutch release arm can't find Oil pump 021 115 105 B Oil filter housing 021 115 433 A Rear engine mount 1H0 199 262 K Bolt for rear engine mount N 905 532 02 Bolt for gearbox mount N 102 416 03 Front Disks for mk3 golf VR6 b 3AO 615 301 A x 2 Seal kit for front brake calipers mk3 golf VR6 b 3A0 698 471 x2 Guide bushes for mk3 golf b 4DO 698 647 x2 Rear Top mounts Upper 191 512 335 x2 Rear Top mounts Lower 191 512 333 x2 Spring base for top mount 1HO 512 149 x2 Splash guard for rear disk left hand. 191 615 611 D Splash guard for front disk left 3A0 615 311 Spalsh Guard for front disk right 3A0 615 312 Bolt for securing splash guard N 905 293 01 x 4 Bolt for securing brake caliper carrier to hub N 907 085 02 x 4 Inlet manifold to head gasket 021 133 227 H inlet manifold to inlet manifold gasket 021 133 227 J Flywheel to crankshaft bolts Sump gasket 2x conrod bearing bolts. Edit. and a set of tappets... Should come to £600....

:) I am a massive fan of this car. Love the colour.

That is quite cool. Seen a radiator from a Rover 25 like that too. Imagine if you had your head under the bonnet and it popped, like what happened with PeteGriff...

But it won't work properly until the throttle position sensor fault is fixed... The ecu needs to know where the throttle position is to get the fueling right...

I had a very similar problem with my vr6 and it was the speed sensor, as soon as that was replaced it ran fine :? If the engine is not running then the ecu returns the error that the speed sensor is not working (No signal), if the engine is running then it may return a different fault, such as intermittent short etc. It won't return a No signal fault if the engine is running, as it can't run without a signal. If you see what I mean.

The RV6's head flows the other way to the VR, hence the distributor take off on the back of the block under our exhaust manifold...

Yes, there's an electrical connector on the throttle body, that's the TPS.

Well if you want to be a bit pikey, you could clean the disk up and spray it with VHT paint, trying not to paint too much of the swept area, although the pads will clean them back up.

It covers the bells and all the surfaces that are not swept. Makes them look tidier. The VAG disks are balanced too...

Have you had the tracking checked recently?

Lol. I just ordered a set through a TPS account I have access to. Didn't ask about price, although the guy did suggest I should go non-gen. Think it's going to be >£500 total though. :(

Probably all very similar for a late car. Do you want to come and snuffle around a manual VR with no engine and box in place so that you get an idea what is required etc? Could probably sort you out with a lot of parts from my breakers too including pedal boxes, shift towers, brackets and piping....

You can ignore the engine speed sensor fault, as the crank sensor doesn't pick up anything with the engine off. Your throttle position switch may be responsible for a few of the other faults. I'd start off replacing that and seeing what codes come back after a drive.

Speak to Dave... He's got one on his car and has noticed a drop in inlet manifold temperatures. I spoke to him breifly about it at BVF, but he'll be able to fill you in properly.

Might be worth trying another headlight switch too. They do fail with time.

Without being rude... You are flicking the headlight switch on to the right position? I.E the second position. If you have an uprated loom, then it might be putting dipped beam on instead of sidelights and confusing the issue.

Good shout, heard the Snoop remix a while back. Tune. :)

Chase and Status are immense. Eastern Jamz is epic. Just found this on the music forum of E38... [youtube:1vf6klq0]4w5k9rxIN7I[/youtube:1vf6klq0]

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my mate has been harrassing me to go to Sonisphere, really wish I had the money, so want to see Lamb of God. Anyway... Killa Kela - Get a Rise. HAMAZING.... http://www.myspace.com/killakela can be heard on there....

Doesn't that drive your nuts? Oh hang on....