lottysvdub

i cured mine , i got rid of the car :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

yep ive put on a new boot as i thought that was the original problem , old one was splitting slightly , vw told around £500if they could get one !!! , when the engine is running with the formentioned sensor plugged in then it wont idle and struggles to start but if you put the allen key in to the mixture adjustment pot and tilt it back slightly then the car seems to run ok so the only way to get it to run is with this sensor unplugged but then it still runs rough , what a bugger :)

it has a major air leak from the metering unit if you spray carb cleaner around the top of the metering unit it draws in and the reves go up until its burned off the carb cleaner , ive had the metering unit appart and replaced the cork gasket but it made no difference so i had a local company who specialise in repairing head units look at it and they say its ether gone porus or it has a hairline crack in it , hence the increase in reves . they also said that its not repairable and a recon one is very expensive , but he wouldnt quote a price . ive checked the c/o content and i can get it to run at 0.5 % to 1.0 % fine but when you drive it after a while it will cut out and wont start for a couple of hours , i think its got something to do with the sensor on the right hand side of the metering unit but im not sure what this sensor is for , ive disconnected it and the car seems to run good but im not happy about using it like this as ive broken down in some pritty dodgy spots on country roads anyone got any more ideas :D

anyone any ideas ????????????????

hi guys some of you know my cars been off the road for some time now as i need a new metering unit which seems very hard to locate a secondhand one or even a new onw , what i am now wondering has anyone changed from motronic to a earlier jetronic system and whats involved , what bits would i need to chage over and how easy is it to do , im only thinking of this as the early system seems easier to get hold of . any ideas please , cheers guys :)

you dont need to justify buying brembos buddy , if you do a good job of the nursery then im sure buying the brembos will meet everyones approval 8) 8) 8) :D

well its another bank holiday weekend and just wondering what everyones up to , im busy most the weekend with my father inlaws lovely rover 200 with a massivly leaking head gasket :lol: , oh joy what fun and my wifes friends ford ka with no 2 spark plug snapped off :shock: to play with deep joy , so for the 1st time in ages i thought i would be having a nice quiet weekend ive now got 2 engine strips to do :( hope no one else is going to have a crap weekend like me :D :D :D

andy what have you done to your corrado , i thought i hadnt seen it around for a while !

hope you find the right car soon buddy :D

TomB hi mate i will go in to vw on monday and get the part no for you , thanks buddy :D

nice one rado-steve its another option to look at , cheers buddy :D

Rob Heath if you could mate that would be great , if its a Type G KE Motronic system then it will fit , part no on the unit should be 04 38 101 039 and theres 2 sensors on the sides of the unit , thanks buddy heres to hoping :)

dont want to sound thick but whats this "megasquirt" system that a couple of you guy have mentioned ? ive never heard of it

thanks for the comments guys , ive parked her up for now and covered her over with a decent car cover , i dont really want to scrap her as ive had so much fun with the old git , i will keep looking and hopefully some thing will turn up , i never in a month of sundays thought it would be so hard to find the unit i need . :)

oooops

well im at a strange point in my corrado ownership , its been broken now since just after christmas and now the mot and tax have expired and i still carnt find the part i need , ive spent months trying just about every were i can think of for a bloody airflow/metering unit and carnt find one anywere . im starting to think its time to give up and let the car go for scrap or for parts , i dont want to but there comes a time when enough is enough . :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

very nice looking car you have got yourself :D

im sick of looking at my non running corrado its sitting in my garage screaming at me to fix it and then give it the hooning that it really deserves LOL

welcome :D

right guys having looked in to this problem so deep i need a telescope to see my way out again i feel a right twat :oops: , my system is actualy a TYPE G KE MOTRONIC system , how stupid do i feel , i wonder if thats why all the breakers and distributors ive contacted dont have one :silly: , duuh duuh duuh what a prat i am :iamwithstupid:

nice one mate i will look now , thank you

if mine keeps playing up not much longer :( two and a half years and loved every miniute of it untill recently :( maybe its time for a gallon of petrol and a box of matches :onfire: no only joking its part of the family and we love it to bits even when its as argumentative about doing anything , just like my teenage kids really . :D

can anyone confirm that the airflow meter of a golf / passat is going to fit as i feel i may have more luck locating a second hand one of these rather than just limiting it to a corrado search ? :?

ok today i fitted the new gasket , the old one looks like its been drawing air in for some time , problem is car still running very bad , hunting for a tick over speed and wont rev at all , sprayed more carb cleaner alaround air flow meter and revs pick up , air leak some were ,also if i rest my mixture adjustment tool in to the adjustment hole and tilt it back the idle speed clears and seems to run ok so im now thinking that the air flow meter is worn out , would anyone agree with me and has any one got a decent 2nd hand unit that they want to sell if not anyone got any ideas were i can get a new unit with out taking out a bank loan to pay for it LOL

there tamper proof torx screws there becoming very common you should be able to get some tamper proof sockets from any decent tool shop maybe even halfrauds