Banana Man

As some people know I got my charger rebuilt by G-Werks first of all I would like to say a BIG thank you to you darren and liam for sorting me out big time I know it's been a bit of a hike with one problem or other :shock: and a big headache but were now got to the route of all the problems :D One of the big problems we have had is a really annoying boost leak the boost was jumping straight upto 8psi and then not really budging from there and with the porting that has been done we knew there must have been a boost leak from somewhere.after hunting round for ages testing every join on the charged air route with leak detector spray we finally found where the leak was coming from. Now were getting onto the subject I originally posted ' What do people think of carboard gaskets?' well I think they are utter crap ( been told it's inapropriate to write what I had written here ) Thank you for reading this and just for good measure here is a picture of the offending item. It took flippin ages to clean up the surfaces so we could put the whopping £2 proper gasket back in there

The vacuum line from the ecu needs to be exactly 1m how long is it now ???? that could be your problem if it's too short.

East Grinstead - West Sussex 15mins from Gatwick Airport

Hi purple rado I can confirm that the magnex exhaust will fit your car the vw exhaust comes in three sections but magnex only have 2 sections all they have done is extend the pipe from the back of the centre box to eliminate the small silencer just behind the cat

I ve thought of another load of stuff since my last post which equates to about another £1k so in total with the cost of the car well over £13.5k in just under 3 years not bad going is it but hey it's only money :D The day will be coming soon when I wipe my mates smile off his face when he flys past me on the motorway in his 300bhp+ MR2 turbo that is going to be a grand day I cant wait :D

have you put the vacuum hose from the ecu on the right outlet on the back of the throttle body we did this last night and it was fine untill you put it under load and when under load it would just splutter. There are 2 outlets on the back of the T/B make sure you have put the vacuum line from the ecu on the left hand outlet if your looking at it from the front of the car it is slightly higher than the the carbon cannister feed on the right. You never know worth a go

ok as some of you have listed parts costs and labour lemme see what I can list :D First Year Clutch and crankshaft oil seal £320 fitted clifford concept 300 with intelli start £400 recon charger taken to stg 4 £1200 4 new tyres £180 magnex full system cat back £320 stereo bit and bobs £1000 jamex suspension £280 new ecu £333 front wing repair £120 ( bloddy women drivers!! ) total for first year roughly £4150 they keep coming back to me :D Last year powerflow full custom system inc cat bypass £400 chip and 68mm pulley £230ish wheels and tyres £800 more tyres x2 a few months later ( Iget through alot of tyres :D ) £120 tinted windows £200 full respray £900 m3 sideskirts £240 mesh grille £80 front bumper £100 fog and indicators £40 flamer kit £80 dtm rear spoiler £15 Total for second year roughly £3200 This year so far to date Starter motor £80 new Rad £70 2x new wishbones £70 2x new anti roll bar links £20 more tyres x2 £114 tracking alignment and camber £70 isv reroute £20 ported and flowed head £250 flowed throttle body and inlet manifold and fitting of head and new top mounts, knock sensor,spark plugs and a bit of wiring £1188 ( Dont get me started on this one!!!!) magnecor 10mm ht leads £35 ( cheers Rob :D ) rsr outlet £15 Toothed Belt conversion for the supercharger £350 solid front engine mount custom made for nowt 2 cv joints £60 new battery tray £50 fitted new battery £45 Passat rear handles and mechs £45 mfa stalk £25 Charger rebuild done yesterday £*** trade secret :D total for this year so far is about £2500 with about another £2000 already planned :D well thats all I can think of at the moment have a service folder full of reciepts there's loads of little bits and bobs over the last couple of years that haven't been mentioned but that gives you a rough idea

LOL you know theres still more to come!! LOL

What do people think about using carboard gaskets then for things like shall we say the throttle body for instance??? There is a point to this topic and all will be revealed tommorow just wanted to get some feedback first!!

I ve lost count but in the region of about 9k spent in the last 2 and a bit years 4k already this year :D

Try changing the fuel filter and running some injector cleaner through the system see if that does the trick it sounds to me like you've got fuel starvation what injectors are you running?

nothing a mallet wont fix hehehe :D

Try http://www.topgear.co.uk they're doing toyo proxes 205/40/17's at £65 each thats only £260 and they will deliver to your front door for £14 thats a total of £274 that aint bad if you think about it and thats over £50 cheaper than what you've already been quoted I ve used them before and will be again this week and they came next day I highly recomend them there are cheaper tyres available like the federals which are £196 + £14 delivery give em a go

Maybe the cold start valve is knackered that would cause it to run like a bag'o'shite until its warmed up a bit and comes off cold start replace the blue cold start sensor on the front of the block cant miss it its the 2 pin blue plug on the black plastic flange that comes out of the block and into the top rad hose. Thats what it's most likely to be and they're only £5-6

Harry I think you'll find that Paul the owner of Motorvation in dorking has shut that down and is now running aus tek racing in Crawley.

Or do what I did and get someone to sit in the car with his foot on the brake. I managed to roll the car about five feet with the handbrake on and the bast*rd thing still wouldn't come undone, man with foot on brake works so much better :D

And at max they're only £20 go on dig deep :D svae you alot of hassle

I would replace both the pressure switches if I were you they're only about a tenners worth. If it still goes off especially round corners I would replace the oil pump as these are common faults with vw's my first golf gti went beserk every time I went round a right hand bend I ignored it thinking it was just a pressure sensor I was wrong and blew the bottom end out because it was the oil pump that had failed. They're not expensive and quite easy to do yourself and could save you the cost of a rebuild worth getting it checked at least

Most immobilsers cut in after 30 secs if you disarm the alarm wait a minute and then turn the key in the ignition if the car starts then I would say no it hasn't got an imobiliser. Most insurance companies now want at least a catergory 2 imobilser fitted to a car didn't your insurance company require this when you got it insured you will also get a percentage off your premium if you have a thatcham approved imobilser/alarm fitted usually

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I thinjk you had chris or you'll be seing me whip yo arse again LOL only joking hehee

Anyone spotted the VR6 campaign for sale in the back of the sprinter eddition this month £6200 not bad for such a rare car

Hi martin I ve just tried to regeister 3 times and each time it comes up with an error message saying county wasn't entered although I had selected the south of england option :shock: :?

Check your black vacuum hose that goes from the inlet manifold to the back of the instrument cluster if the is a leak there then you will get incorrect mfa readings

If your fitting rca cables at the same time try not to run them along with the power cables along the left hand side as this usually causes some interference instead run them down the center tunnel and into the amp this should overcome any interference