plummer

So yesterday, finally dropped most parts down to sodablast.ie in Cork to get them cleaned up. I will get the cross member and bumper pieces cleaned & powered coated and the slam panel and radiator support painted after blasting, so will need to do a quick pick-up and drop-ff of those parts during the week. Hopefully everything will be ready next. Before shipping everything out I removed all the part off the slam panel, unfortunately I did break the end of the bonnet release cable guide, so will need to pick one of those up, hopefully still available. Will need to clean up the catches as fairly rough. Will also try to pick-up some new part of those in the picture(white background), not sure if there are still available)

I'll take a number plate light on the next batch, cheers.

Cheers Cazza, i will check with me local stealer tomorrow as need some bits and pieces to start putting this back together.

With the front bumper off, I decided to look behind the rear bumper, the 4 17mm bolts came out without any major resistance and the bumper pulled out cleanly to the rear. A nice piece of rust then fell to the floor(seen in the photo between front and rear bumpers), not sure exactly where this section was originally placed. There is a nice bit of rust on the metal section of the bumper so I will that to the list of parts that need

Treated the 2 lugs in the engine bay to which the slam panel connects too, just applied some Krust gel to both after a quick run of a wire brush. Will have to give them a lick of paint during the week.

Engine mount and bushes now removed, all looked to have being is fairly good nick, the cross member itself does need a small bit of clean up but nothing much Back to the engine bay and I noticed one disconnected wire(that I didn’t disconnect), anyone know of its use?. Yellow-black wire with a white connector on the end If I go for the Vibra-Technics mount should i they replace the other 2 engine mounts with the same or are they good to leave standard?.

Just looking at the bushes and the engine mount, after removing the bottom cover on mount how is the mount actually removed?, I see an allen key bolt inside on the bottom view but is flexs left and right so does something need to be held for it to be lossened?.

Thanks Dale, yes the slam panel needs some looking after, particularly in two areas, on the top over where the radiator was leaking and second where is joins to the radiator support. So i think best to get it completely re-sprayed, just need to find a good painter for the job. I have the stainless bolts set from for the refit(thanks Dave) for the lights and slam panel but has anyone got a sources for a lot of the other bolts screws, those attaching to the radiator or power steering cooler etc? Is it best to stick with VW bushes/engine mount or is there better I should be looking at?

More progress today, now with radiator and rad support out along with cross member. Not to say there was no swearing and knuckle bruising but things went generally okay. Two rusted bolt heads meant some vice grip action resulting in knuckle damage and that clip keeping the cooling hose on the bottom of the radiator was the cause of the swearing, had to remove the fans, then the temp sender before finally being able to get at the clip clear enough to get a good hold and to work free, it there a specific tool or method to removing these types of clips? Or is my lack of mechanic skills just showing through here?. The same clip on the bottom of the radiator was difficult to remove(see photo of top rad pipe) Next step is to clear up a few parts and either go down the painting or powder coating route. Slam panel got to be painted as parts of it seen but have to make a decision on the other parts. Think I would like to get the cross member powder coated and maybe the radiator support as I would like to get it blasted to remove the rust that is on there. The bumper section I think would suffice with my own painting skills. The fan cowl is also suffering a bit of rustiness so may well go with a sand blast and powder coot on that, on removing the plastic fan guides I think managed to break all the little plastic clips so will need to purchase some replacements. The next step will be prepping these bits for which ever method of finishing I decide to go with, but just looking at the cross member, how are the bushes at either rend removed?, I’ll also need to remove the engine mount, so is it best to replace the mount or how can I tell is there is life in the old? Looking at what started all this off was the leak in the radiator and you can see that the radiator is a bit distorted at both the top and bottom ends, is this common for a VR rad?. The leak itself can be seen on the first vane down from the top and about 150/200mm in from the right(see the white spot on the photo), is just a pin hold. Anyways have a Hella radiator as a replacement and has already arrived, purchased here in Ireland at 275 euro, i was a bit impatient at the time and ended up purchasing without doing full search on here. Any other parts I should look at now that I’m gone this far?.

I have a jack(with a block of wood) under under the engine mount point, is that enough or is more support required?. Also what other parts should I replace while replacing the radiator?. Thanks.

Hi All, In the process of replacing the radiator on the Corrado and spotted some rust on the lower member so I want to get those cleaned up while I am at it. Firstly what is in the pipe the come through the rad support? Secondly how is the rad support removed? Thanks in advance plummer

I do, the rusted part in the photo's on page 3 that needed to be replaced.

Great work on getting everything sorted, does anyone have the part number of the radiator support and know if they are still avaialble from VW?.

Hi Dave, Looking for kits A, B & C, plus screws for the arch liners and the radiator cover. Please PM you details for payment and include cost to cover for delivery/postage to Ireland. Thanks.

Anyone tell if there is a difference between the following parts?. 4B0615125A - €119 - Carrier 1J0615125A - €162 - Carrier Thanks.

Anyone went and got prices lately from a dealer in the UK, just being to my local here in Ireland and got the following quotes.. Part Description Qty Part no. Unit Price Mk4 Golf Calipers 1 1J0 615 423 €155.00 Mk4 Golf Calipers 1 1J0 615 424 €155.00 Corrado Rear Wheel Bearing 2 191 598 625 €33.00 Corrado Hand Break Cable 2 1H0 609 712E €18.00 Caliper Carriers 1 1H0615425 €84.00 Caliper Carriers 1 1H0615426 €84.00 Corrado Rear Brake Disk Left 1 €30.00 Corrado Rear Brake Disk Right 1 €30.00 Corrado Rear Brake Pads 2 €40.00 Corrado Steel Brake Pipes set 5m cut to size €10.00 Corrado Rear ABS Ring 2 €20.00 Goodridge Mk 2-Mk 4 Rear Caliper 1 SVW0506-2P €65.00

Had a NCT(Irish MOT) fail for the same and changing the hoses sorted me out.

Changing the brake line to the caliper appears to have done the trick, re-test happening Monday week so should know for sure if everything is sorted then. Of course the C presented another issue this morning, wouldn't start, looks like starter motor troubles.

The front passenger side caliper was sticking causing the fuel consumption to go up. Replacing the brake line to the capliper appers to have sorted the issue. Thanks for the advice.

Hi, just had my C in for its yearly test(NCT here in Ireland as opposed to the MOT) and it failed for 3 items, wheel alignment, sticking brake(passenger side front) and master cyclinder/servo sticking. The car drives without issue but you can hear a squek for the brakes when moving slowly. I had the car to the garage and they checked the capliper and said it was working correctly and that I should change the brake pipes before changing the cyclinder as that may be the issue. Anyone seen something similar?. Thanks, plummer.

Anybody ever install the ECS stage 2 tuning Brake kit on their C?, anyone with any comments about this setup?. http://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-Cor ... e_2/ES902/ Cheers, plummer.

Thanks everyone for the advice, will keep a close eye on it and have a scount about during the weekend.

Yes, just oil and filter change.

Just after having the Corrado serviced by the local VW stealer and am seeing a worse mpg than before the service. My daily run to work pre-service used to result in a mpg reading on the MFA of 28.8 or 29.9 consistently, now however I am getting a reading of 25.7 plus or minus 0.1. Would this be normal for a VR Corrado after a service(oil change)?. Cheers, Paul.

Appears the starter was the issue. Got it going with a little push and since have being able to start the C without any issue, maybe just need to use it a bit more. Thanks all for the advice.