nickeboy

hey all there is a little earth strap on my disributor, about 3 inchs long, that is just hanging there, there does not seem any where for it to go! i guess the dizzy has been changed at some point and i suppose it might go somewhere on anouther model? does anybody know if i should do something with this or just leave it!!! thanks nick

the best thing to do is get a multi meter , and check all four wheel sensors, put the meter across the terminals that go to the wheels and it should read around 1.2, i have done it twice now and both time's it uncovered a dodgy sensor! you have found the back connectors by the sound of it, the front ones are on the suspention turets, the actual sensors are at the back of each disk, you will see them with a wire coming from them, im sure there are some pic's on here, i found a good guide somewhere here before, it seems that the most comom faults are the front sensors, 30 quit german&S pretty straight forward to change all be it with a lot of knocking banging swearing etc, the rear i will have to do soon so i will let you know, i found the rears for 59 quid on ebay, then i guess your looking at pumps and controllers and things, more expencive to fix, but less likely, and if you look in the parts for sale there seems to be lots of bits there! my advive is, multi meter, (saves 40 quit on vagcom) if thats all good then vagcom, before you start pulling things apart, nick

cool thankyou nick

cool, is that 40 for the two, can you get them from german & S,? cheers nick

on my 93 vr6 there are two plasic/rubber strips that run along the roof either side, i guess to put a roof rack on, mine are all cracked, can i get them, how much might they be? and are they an easy fix, many thanks nick

no i did not get it out, i when down the repace everything else in the hope that it worked, and it did, it is the small allen key bolt that is reccesed so there is know easy way to get at it! it is a silly bolt because it has only half the depth to the allen key part as the others, i bought a new thermostat and houseing for it, so i thing i will put it in the attic, in a Dorian Gray kind of thing, in years to come it will be brittal and broken, actuall, i might take a picture of my car and put that in the attic and see if that helps!!! i will have a look at th epart though thanks nick

could well bed, you would need to sort it any how, if it still persists check to cv joint, they can give a knocking noise, especialy in reverse,

give v dub a call, and ask them for the part number, you will need your chassie no. best to check

i had the rear caliper on my mk1 go, i was told in no uncertain term to replace them, i think from german & s they were quite resonable, you should really do both sides thought. sorry for a rather un helpfull message, i thought i would just pass on what i was told, good luck

cool thanks, definatly recomend a mk1 i had a string of them, great cars, the corrado is the nearest thing i found to the mk1 feel with all the mod cons, thanks for the help nick

i get bad radio reception also, i will see if it helps, is there a better ariel that screws straight on or does it invove the headlining coming off? nick

wow changed the pump, if you can cool it a pump, all the blades where gone, put a new pump in hey presto!! the temp does not even get above 90 in traffic, if there is alesson for anyone out there, it is not to take thing for granted, i saw that the water pump had been changed 5 year ago and thought that it would have had the metal one put in, it had not. if any one is having probs with the temp on there corrado then see if it has had a pump recently, if not it is a good bet it is gone, mine just kept between 100-110 if i was driving very easy other than that it overheated and it effectively had no pump, all the best thanks nickl

cool i got it thankyou, not all that easy but it worked cheers nick

5 sensors, is that 4 on the wheels and is the other one a speed sensor? where is that? just in case it helps any one else i found out from a freind at vw in surrey, that the rear sensor is the same on a few cars, golf mk2 90/92 jetta 90;92 passat 88-97, i have seen a few on ebay but i am waiting to see the part numbers are correct, i will keep you informed, oh if there is anyone who has done a rear sensor before it would be great to hear some advice, by the way supercharged, are you a mk1 golf man? do you have one? cheers nick

ok after much calling around i cant even seem to get a rear sensor except speciat order from v dub, any idea's where i might be able to get one???? nick

nice one thanks nick

ok i have spent some time with a multi meter and found the rear off side not reading, the rest are 1.2 i guess it is totaly gone but is there any other reason that it could read 0. i am so used to the car having faults that turn out to be something else,so i would like to be as sure as poss, if it is gone, is it a pig to fix, please tell me i dont need to run the cable all the way from the wheel to under the seat, i have done a front one, i guess the back one is a bit tricky, also is there any way of reseting that sensors or does it not need it, does an 93 vr6 with a 2 pin vag.com conector remember codes etc or does it lose them when the ignition is tured off, thanks guys if anyone in the london area has a vag.com with 2x2 conectors would it be poss to put my car on it, i would love to see what else my little hole in the pocket has in store next, it would be realy apriciated, im in west london but will travel where ever, cheers nick

i was just wondering what the earth strap on my 93 vr6 going to the bonnet from the front bulk head does, the heated washerjet are a guess but they have a negertive terminal, mine is broke would it afect anything else? and were can i get a suitable repacment, it is a flat piece of cable about a 1cm thick and 2mm deep. thanks nick,

nice one, i will give it a go!!

i just want to remove the bottom bits, the bits that you sitt on, do i need to remove nuts and bolts for those?

ok i know it is going to be a silly question, but i am trying to get my rear seat out so i can check th read abs conectors, but i cant seem to get them out, i dont want to just yank them in case i break something, is there some secret, many thanks nick

hey all my abs light on my 93 vr6 has come on, it is on when i turn on the ignition and stays on, i have seen a few threads when it comes on, then goes off, then comes on when the car moves, but this is always on, i was under the bonnet changeing the coolant dont know if i could have knocked something, any idea's very much appreciated nick

help!!! how am i going to remove the bloody bolt, i cant take the head of just for this!!!!!!

cheers that is great, i did not think to jack the engine up, thus i was a liitle mythed, any ideas on the thermostat housing bolt that is rounded of!!??

does anyone have a guide or instructions to change the main water pump on a vr 2.9, and please anyone have any ideas for removing themostate houseing with the back bolt rounded inside, i am thinking hacksawing of the house in bits to get at the bolt, can i put a flame on the head to expand of is that a bit dodgy?????????????!!!