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nope, a passat one would be the nearest although the rev counter units would need to be swapped unless you find a passat GT curses! do you know what years the passat had the right bits? did any other VW's have one that works the same?

nasty!!!

best pull it apart then... groan... ;) cheers!

my headlining has been retrimmed in black (by the previous owner) which looks very nice but now everything in the car is black apart from the sun visors and brackets whick now look kinda silly! did they make them in black? will an other VW ones fit?

when i slide my heater control onto the screen setting, it slides back as if it's posessed! is this a common problem? here's hoping for an easy fix that doesn't mean taking the dash out!

i hoped the MFA (so that's what it's called) was untrustworthy! in that case, the odometer it the next port of call. my bro has a spare set of clocks from a J plate Polo coupe GT, would these be a possible parts donor for an odometer? (can you tell i'm new to VW's!!!!)

our new 1990 1.8 16v corrado is doing on average 16mpg around town and driven sensibly according to the display! if driven nicely out of town (steady 50mph) it will only struggle to get to 22mpg!!! at present i have no way of backing up the electronicly displayed mpg figures but it seems thirsty. (the odometer has packed up!!!) the mods on the engine are a large bore downpipe and centre section, and a ported throttle body, otherwise original. milage is around 112k so not excessive. what are the best places to start fault finding? and what ecomomy should i get?

cheers for that. the worryying thing is that it's only been the friction in the system that has been turning the pas pump!!! it's not overheated though... best keep an eye on that! i have a new belt now and will try that this evening.

cheers for that crasher! it seems to agree with what i suspected from looking at it. the belt i was given seems to be a 10 x 625 and is too short. looks like mine is an uber early model! it it likely that the funny idler pulley wuld have killed off the pas belt? i assume this jamming would do it in a very short time? i think mine may well be stuffed as it's got a reasonable bit of 'drag' on it. how much do these cost, any ideas?

hello there i've just bought a 1990 1.8 16V corrado which has a few problems so i'm sure i'll be around here a lot from now on! first simple one, the previous owner reported intermittent power steering and upon inspection there is no belt fitted! i bought a new one earlier but this seem way too short... does anyone have the spec of the right one? also, am i right in thinking the pas belt runs over the crank pulley, water pump pulley and pas pulley? it looks odd that's all. i noticed the water pump has a wierd split pulley and it seem that other than some friction, the water pump is not being driven. is this right? sorry for so many questions but i'm new to the corrado... ta