Rado__Tom

was crawling along in traffic today when the buzzer and light kept coming on intermitantly only for about 1-2 secs at a time. Did it about 6 times just one or 2 beeps then it would go off. Then it went off completely and was fine for the remaining journey home. If it was a actual problem with the oil pressure surely the buzzer would have stayed on for longer than 1-2 secs so does any else agree that it could be down to a faulty pressure sender switch, or any ideas what it could be where are the pressure senders on the engine? oil is topped up fine on the max level of the dipstick cheers tom

yeah could say that i saw urs in tescos car park, spoke to damo bout them he was saying how cheap u can pick em up 4. then bought one about 2 weeks later :lol:

yeah!? cool, went to watch that a couple of time back in the day at silverstone. We done assen moto gp a month back, if you go to any of the races give me a shout!

hey bill, didnt know you were into ur bikes ive got a kawa 636 B1 u ever go to any race meets tom

yeah i know what your saying, its half the price of a toad. Is it half as good!?

on ebay wondered if there any good cat 1 approved any1 got any experience with them http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-ALARM-HAWK-HA ... dZViewItem

cool i thought mk2/3 would, just in the gsf catalogue they list the same part numbers for rear dampers for mk2 and corrados but different front part numbers didnt know if fronts were different

any1 know weather any other vw models dampers will fit a corrado 1.8 16v cheers tom

fuse !? sounds simple but i always forget the simple things!

how do you use a meter to see is its working correctly?

ah bugger !! knew that would be the case!

are they 4 x 100 or 4 x 108? i know the late escorts are 4 x 108 but thought the early ones were different?

you're probably putting the wrong fuel in it, 92-95p sounds like regular unleaded, and the 16v prefers 97/98 RON or more (check your filler flap label!) it could be pinking like hell around town. 1.8 16v's have pretty poor low end torque, so town driving can really drink the fuel, then lastly as it's so old, there are a host of parts that may be worn and underperforming, not least the injectors. Do you have standard tyre sizes? I run a 2L block with an adjusted warm up regulator and 1.8 16v K-jet system and have never got below 29 to the gallon on a full tank of fuel with mixed driving, however when it was a 1.8 I did get nearer 25/gal when doing loads of town driving. This morning the MFA was reading 42.8 mpg when I got to work, that's a few miles of junctions and round abouts and 15 miles at 70-80 on the motorway, generally the MFA on mine overreads by about 2 mpg on a longish run/tankful. David. my MFA has never gone above 33mpg even on the motorway rolling down hill!!

Hey bally how are ya! damo was sayin ur cars down at tims? I did the timing so thats all good now what other setup can be done? My MFA is showing 26-30 mpg tops around town although i dont think the car is achiving that. And im taking it really easy. I reckon if i give it some im gonna be luckey to get 70/80 miles out of 20 quid. Its standard, just had new plugs,oil etc and its sweet on long journeys which makes me think that something is sticking on as everytime i start the engine the fuel guage goes down more :( . Could the isv be anything to do with it?

Does any1 else think it could be the choke sticking on? how do i test this? cheers tom