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i wrote it first :lol: :lol: :lol:

i'd agree with Bojmobile.....but only if the rear bumper is good :lol:

well done......i'd be impressed if i knew how to do half of that :D

taxi for supercharged :lol:

try this http://the-corrado.net/wiki/index.php/T ... ear_Lights

a thank you to bighairymuppet for the handles....and the other bits. nice to meet you mate

try this and here http://www.the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewto ... emp+sensor

you should try the search....loads written on this subject try this http://www.corrado-club.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8848

again worth a shot..but i dont know where/what i should be looking for/at? not sure exactly about the 1.8 but the throttle potentiometer (throttle position switch) will be on the throttle body.....it is on the 2.0 good luck

my dodgy idle was sorted when i found a broken wire on the plug for the throttle potentiometer.....it was broken inside the plastic coating.....i tried lots of things and found this by accident......that was months and months ago and idle steady since worth checking around there

you can get a set of bolt/screw remover (from halfords i think) .....they are like drill bits with a reverse thread.....put in a drill and go anti-clockwise and as it catches it unscrews the bolt/screw.....not that dear either

i had one before i bought my c.....only a 2.0 8v....gave me no hassle at all.......guzzled petrol a bit tho.....nearly as much as the c :D my girlfriend still goes on about it....she loved it

progress.....just back from the garage....turns out there was no thermostat in it ?.....so must have been removed before i got it......over 2 years ago now :) even better than that is when the water pump came out the impeller doesn't turn !......the end that the pulley is attatched to turns but the impeller stays still.....so i think/hope that this will solve my overheating issues.......the car will have a thermostat for the first time in ages. also as toad mentioned earlier the bleed pipe is perished inside the braided cover....so a new one of them as well :D

i took the car to the garage this morning.....sick of trying while not really getting anywhere....also got a bad cold......gave them a new thermostat and a new water pump to fit.....fingers crossed cheers Jon_vr6......interested to see if you get yours sorted....good luck

yes it is a very good guide....and well written.....and i dont even have a VR6......oh well , one day maybe :D

well i have not yet replaced the thermostat....but i am sick of not having it running so its off to the garage in the morning for them to fit new thermostat, water pump , coolant temp sensor ....to go with the new thermo fan switch already in place fingers crossed it will be ok after that :lol: but it is a corrado......so we'll wait and see anything else i should replace while i'm at it ?

there is a wee bit more info here :lol: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=62527

that what i thought...according to autodata its number 15 relay (pic below) but where that is meant to be is a fuse which seems to be for the electric windows totally lost now :(

hi all, been having trouble with the cooling on the car for what seems ages now craigowl posted this pic of his fan control module his is a VR6 , mine is a 2.0 16v i DONT have this anywhere obvious in the engine bay but i'm guessing it must be somewhere any ideas? thanks in advance

another update 1. took the top and bottom hose off the rad....flushed it both ways 2. took the top matrix hose off at the engine....flushed it till water came out of the bottom hose 3. put hose in header tank....water comes out bottom hose 4. refit pipes except top rad one 5. fill system(again!) thru top hose....blue cap off 6. keep filling slowly until water/coolant comes out top of rad 7. refit top hose 8. turn car on....... 9. time for henny's electrical checklist Stand at the front of the car with the bonnet open. Look down the righthand side of the radiator inside the engine bay next to the battery tray. About 3/4 of the way down the radiator there is a brass plug with an electrical multiplug on it. This is your fan thermo switch. 8) Remove the electrical connector, and, with the ignition switched on, connect a piece of wire between the RED wire and the RED/WHITE wire... The fan should start spinning... now disconnect the wire and re-connect it between the RED and the RED/BLACK wire... The fan should start spinning, but quite a bit faster than last time... i did this and the fan did run but ONLY when i bridged between RED and RED/BLACK ??? the fuse is a 30A which was ok but i tried another to be sure...still the same....which means the RED/WHITE wire has no power?? what could this be? is there another fuse hidden somewhere? then i tried henny's electrical guide part 2 If this all works, then you have a broken thermo switch. Simply unscrew it, and replace it with another one the same (only not broken! ;) ) They have the temp range they are supposed to switch at stamped into the side of them, so you can identify which one it is you need to get from your list above.... If the previous tests do not make the fan spin on either speed, check that there is +12V on the RED wire which is supposed to connect to the thermo switch. If there isn't then you have a broken wire or possibly a dead fuse. If it only span on one speed, or didn't spin at all, then you've probably got a dead fuse... but here's how to check the wiring and the fan too... If there is 12V on the red wire, disconnect the multi plug from the fan on which there are 3 wires, Brown (-ve) Red/black (high speed +12V) and red/white (low speed and fan run on +12V) Again, with the ignition on, connect a bit of wire between the red and the red/white on the thermoswitch wiring. you should now get 12V between the red/white and the brown on the fan wiring... now do the same for the red and red/black... you should now get 12V between the red/black and the brown on the fan wiring... If you don't get 12V on either of these tests, you have a dead fuse, or possibly a broken wire. If you get 12V on BOTH of these tests, then you need a new fan. :| I found that I was only getting around 8V from either of the 2 feeds to the fan motor which was causing my over heating... I've solved this with a simple wiring loom with a relay... now my fan (which is an aftermarket one anyway) kicks in flat out at the lower temp or on overrun, and is wired to also come on flat out on the higher temp in case the thermoswitch fails on the lower setting so I don't go into meltdown... ;) Hope this all helps... 8) Good luck! i only get +12V on the second part of this bit...."now do the same for the red and red/black... you should now get 12V between the red/black and the brown on the fan wiring... If you don't get 12V on either of these tests, you have a dead fuse, or possibly a broken wire. If you get 12V on BOTH of these tests, then you need a new fan. :|" so after all that i think that as the fan came on then that rules out the fan motor open to suggestions :D

lol......i guess i asked for that :lol: ......no pink R32's out there? :lol:

hi all, a friend of mine has a car (bmw m3) with the reg R32 GAE would it be worth him selling the plate seperate......golf R32 ? if so any ideas what it might be worth ? only wondering as i'll get a good bung if it sells :D

yalan, i tried the wire for the fan over run but no reaction from the fan....its a brown/white wire on mine though?

(And as a side note - you can also check for fan function by shorting out the after-run switch to earth with the engine & ignition all off. It is the single yellow wire on the front left edge of the engine rocker cover (as you stand in front of the car looking down). A single wire which pulls off easily. Just touch the metal contacts to a metal part of the engine and the fan should start to spin. If not, keep investigating the fan circuit!) i'll try that right now :D probably blow something up though :lol:

i think this might be the module?....not sure though....even if autodata says so i'll go and check to see if it is loose/burnt/anything??