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25.5 average (mfa 2), 32-37 ish on the motorways 16-25 round town

cheers mate thats good news as i ended up using 130 for both of them :D

im just changing the front wishbones on my 2l 16v corrado, could someone please confirm for me the tourque wrench setting for the front and rear pivot bolts on the wishbones. For the mk2 16v the front pivot bolt is stated to be 130 nm and and an american document i have states the corrado slc to be 70nm! which doesnt sound right at all... HELP!!!!

Fair point but I don’t remember my polo leaking through the door seal/ membranes after heavy rain or the windows becoming unbounded from their regulators, or the heavy doors dropping on their pins etc etc For the price range the corrado was put together poorly

^^^^^^^^^^ does any one know if this is correct or not?^^^^^^^^^^^^^

i simply replaced all serviceable parts and had the charger rebuilt and ported along with removing the restrictor form the airbox, and as for maintenance cost a dam site cheaper than my corrado which although being a nice example has cost me a fortune. And although im sure i will get slagged for this the polo is put together a lot better than the corrado

i owned a g40 this one to be precise: Absolutely awesome car, loads of character and savagely fast (its all about how the power is delivered), to put into perspective, with a pitstops ported charger alone i could sit on the bumper of my mates 210bhp audi s3 in straight lines Ive now got a 2l 16v corrado and although its comfy, looks nice handles well and stops!! there isnt a day goes by when i wish i hadnt sold my G40!

Right with the car up to tempreture the alternator reads 13.82v at idle with no electrical load on; with nearly full electrical load at idle it reads 12.25v. This reading was taken by connecting the pred probe on the multimeter to the alternator red wire and the black probe to the negative on the battery. There is pretty much a 10 deg difference on the mfa oil temps with electrical load on such as light, and im not sure how its affecting the fuel or temp gauge

which is the alternator earth, i thought it just had positive and then the blue wire which fed the battery light on the dash?

yeh it sounds earth related to me too, so whats the best way to a) test if its an earth problem and b) rectify it, all of the engine bay earths seems fine so is there another earth behind the instruments?

it doesnt go up loads, but if i sit and switch the lights on and off a few times it will make the fuel guage jump up in steps. I was wondering if it was a faulty voltage reg on the back of the lcoks or an earth?

Putting lots of electrical load on seems to make my fuel and temp guage rise and also give me higher oil temp reading on the MFA. I have checked all the earths that i can find and this problems is the same with the engine off but just the ignition on so im guessing its not the alternator reg problem. Can anyone shed some light on this? by the way the speedo and rev counter are not affected by this

this article should tell you everything you need to know mate Mixture Adjust CIS-e motronic*

Bit of a random post but since having my corrado i have never been happy with the way that the engine performs and as a result i have spent a lot of money replacing parts with little success. its always felt very sluggish and lacking of low down torque. After learning practically everything about ke-motronic injection i have systematically tested every sensor/component. I have been getting to the end of my tether with it and today i thought i would check the mixture using the bentley info by making a test harness and putting a multi meter in line with the differential pressure regulator and then adjusting the metering flap allen bolt to make the DPR within the specified mA range. When I first fired it up (engine already at operating temp) the multi-meter was running at around 4.5 mA which would mean that it is running far too lean as the book spec is 2.5 (lower the mA the richer) so after trimming it down to an average of 2.5 mA and not expecting much I took it out for a spin and my god what a difference, it jus feels so much smoother and gutsier to drive now. Obviously it had been running too lean all along :D So to all you 9a users if you are having similar issues be sure to check the mixture!!!

this might help ya mate My ISV problem thread