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Ah! Pic sizes were too big, Doh Now compressed & ad is now up Kev

1.8 16v | Nugget Yellow | Aberdeen, Scotland Price: £500 Description: Year: 1990 Road Tax: None Manufacturer: Volkswagen Transmission: Manual Model: Corrado Fuel: Petrol Seats: 4 Doors: 3 Drive Side: Right-hand drive Colour: Yellow Safety Features: Rear seat belts Exterior: Alloy Wheels Reg. Date: 01/11/1990 Interior/Comfort Options: Power-assisted Steering (PAS), Power Windows, Sunroof, Tilt Steering Wheel Mileage: 140861 In-Car Audio: CD Player Engine Size: 1.8 8 Previous former keepers 1.8 Litre 16v engine. Engine replaced April 2010 with aprox 85K miles SORN’d / garaged since Aug 2011 No MOT (Will require front brakes & headlights looked at to my knowledge) New / Used Parts: Battery Jul 10 Radiator Dec 08 Heater blower motor Oct 08 Injector Pipe Jan 07 ECU Replaced ITG Competition Air Filter Aug 07 Thermostat & water hose Sept 07 Heater Matrix Oct 08 FR brake caliper & handbrake cable June 08 VR6 Clutch Kit July 08 (Mileage 128206) Bought this vehicle on 30 Dec 2006 & drove it daily until a couple of years ago, alternating between it & another car. It’s been SORN’d & garaged for a year. Have spent many Pounds & hours on the vehicle including a garage bill in excess of £900 after purchase to get it through MOT. It “Should” go through MOT easy enough if the advisories from last year are looked at – front brakes & headlights too dim even though the upgrade kit’s been fitted. The reflectors actually need rubbing down & sprayed with mirror paint. Please remember, it’s nearly 22 years old & has a range of faults outstanding I don’t have the time to fix: Elec windows, central locking inop, drivers door handle to name but a few. The engine is brilliant & overall the whole car runs & performs well. The body in various places has been touched up to do away with the rust but the worst areas are wheel arch / sill sections. The interior is in very good condition with only slight signs of wear on the sports seats. Rear parcel shelf is not cut for speakers & carpet has only 1 cig burn on the passenger side. Shelving panels under the dash were not replaced after fitting the new heater matrix but they will be supplied with the car when sold. It’s a pleasure to drive & certainly a classic “Head turner”. Tyres are good but the Woolfrace alloys need a refurb, no spare wheel and has a part stainless steel exhaust fitted by a previous owner. She started 1st time since being SORN’d and garaged a year ago! It’s up for sale to the highest offer be it for spares or repair. To my knowledge there are only 3 or 4 yellow Corrado 16 valvers in Scotland. It will need to be trailered away & unfortunately, due to no tax or MOT, can’t be test driven on the road legally. Sorry. No guarantee’s or warranty offered: Sold as seen No refunds Cash on collection please Vehicle is located near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, AB39 Post Code. Can be viewed any time over the next 2 weeks while I am on holiday. Will also advertised on E-Bay this weekend so 24 hour “Heads up” on CF http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120974736446?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Any interested parties can contact me on 07770 761450 Cheers Kev

Cheers VR6 - But that's the same page I been trying since 7am this morning.............. http://the-corrado.net/toby_maketopic.php The connection was reset The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

Is it working? Keep getting page can't be displayed when trying to advertise my car :-( Cheers Kev

Unbolted the antenna from the roof, cut away all the foam, horid & wet, ripped the amp off, resoldered the antenna, put it all back together & now have radio again! Kev

Thumbs up from me too. Used them to send a Land Rover BF Goodrich tyre to a chap in Englandshire. Delivered next day with City Link. Kev

Excellent Stuff! Thanks Mate, appreciate it Kev

Hiya Folks, Shot in the dark: Has anyone got a wiring diagram for a 1990 16v Water Temp Gauge please? Cheers Kev

Ah!! http://fixrambler.com/engineweightchart.txt Nearest (A Golf): VW Rabbit 1.6-1.7-1.8 231 Lbs (Ref 245) Dasher, Scirocco, Jetta, Omni, Horizon (104.77983747Kg) Dasher? A Passat: Didn't know that & I drove one for a couple of years, LOL Couldn't find what the Omni & the Horizon were.

Can't seem to find this anywhere in the forums. Would like to find out so I can get shipment of a complete engine arranged. Has anyone weighed one please? Cheers Kev

Would take it there myself, on the trailer. A mate of mine did this a few weeks back with an escort, about same weight I rekon, £150 cash he got for it. Would probably take the wheels off in case someone wanted them cheap.

Yeah VR6. I am thinking along the lines of Panda Rosa for £150 just on the weight as scrap. Would be good though if someone was to at least get the use of the parts if they bought the whole car though. Cheers for your input. Jack, it's a 1.8 16v Kev

OK Joe, thanks. I am not a mechanic so claim no knowledge about this type of thing.

Folks, The engine isn't running since rebuilding the cylinder head after blowing the head gasket. Nephew (Mechanic) thinks it's either the timing or loss of compression. I'm going to do a compression test this coming week and if that looks OK, will let my local garage have it to see if they can get it running. We are fed up scratching our heads & bums. I will give them a max of 2 hours labour as I am not really wanting to have a huge bill for a car that I plan to sell as soon as possible. If I can't get the engine running, what's an acceptable asking price for a non running, spares of repair, Nugget Yellow, 1991 H Reg? I have receipts for just over £2000 over the past 2 years. Body work is fair & some of the rust has been taken care of and resprayed around the arches and so on The roof has some deep gouges in the paintwork that would need seeing to Rear spoiler works fine Non standard after market sunroof tilt / slide Pretty decent interior, no holes in the rear shelf Wolfrace alloys that have seen better days (4) no spare though Passenger elec window motor U/S, drivers one sticks sometimes & needs a push up Headlight upgrade done, though wiring needs tidying up Brand new floor mats (Used once since my mussus bought them for my Christmas & then the head gasket went) New heater matrix New heater fan New brakes & calipers for last MOT Heavy duty VR Clutch kit MOT & Tax have expired, so if it were to go as spares, someone would have to collect from Aberdeenshire. It was my daily car till head gasket failure on New Years Eve 2008. I'm basically fed up with it in the garage taking up space & want to get shot of it. Not interested in breaking for spares, I don't have the time or inclination. Had planned to compete in it when I originally bought it, hence ID on here, but the car has been a constant uphill battle just to keep it on the road, let alone give it hard competitive use. Over to the experts now for what you think. Cheers Kev

To heck with the race track, plans have taken a detour and now the engine's been rebuilt, mine is going on the market very soon. Watch this space guys.......... Kec

I hate, hate, hate collets!!! Thanks for the tip Swiftkid, shall use a dab of grease tonight on the remaining 14 valves. Maybe I could use glue after all :lol: Kev

Nope, didn't see the need to do that as there was no warping or other visible damage from head gasket failure. The only reason all the valves had to come off, was to get rid of the rust on them :( Unfortunately, sitting for 3 months in a watery environment, took it's toll. They are all nice & shiney now though.

Right, the collet's ordered & should be here tomorrow, along with the timing belt tensioner & new timing belt. Cleaned the block up this evening, ground in the valves and managed to get 2 springs secured with my swanky new valve compression tool from Halfrauds. If all goes to plan & it probably won't cos my Corrado hates plans, it should all be assembled tomorrow and head back on tomorrow night. Haven't had to use any glue yet either :lol:

Errrrm, the head gasket on my Corrado fixed LOL. It's "Fully Loaded" & has everything anyone would want except the coffee maker. Tip for anyone in the area that's reading this & considering buying it: The drivers seat runners are faulty as the seat don't push back fully & the "Automatic" light function is also faulty, cos in brilliant sunshine, the headlights were on. According to the news, Aberdeen's not suffering the big R as much as the rest of the country, so who knows about the price. I may see what's in the bank next week after pay day........... Kev

Sacralidge I know, but couldn't resist the temptation. Aberdeen VW Dealer has their Ex demo Scirocco 2.0GT up for sale. £23K I think they are looking for, a 58 Plate. Now as my Corrado is unwell, I thought I would see what this new beast is like. Yep, defo the type of car I would like on the driveway but think the 23K is a wee bit outa my price range this week. Ah well Kev

How about glueing the two halves together with that new "No Nails" that's being advertised? Suppose I could get from GSF if VAG in Aberdeen don't have one in stock, which is highly unlikely. 13140 TIMING BELT TENSIONER CO 16V 4/89 >1/94 21.00 13109 TIMING BELT CO 16V 4/89 > 13.50 Cheers Kev

I hear ya. Thought that would be the case. Cheers Toad Kev

Hi Folks, Looking for some info seeing as after 3 months, it's time to look at fixing the blown head gasket. Head & everything came off today without too many problems, but my good pal Alan, who's a mechanic and doing this with me, noted the Timing Belt Tensioner (VAG "Tensioning Roller" Part No 051109243) splits in half! (Parts Catalogue Item No 10) We don't think this is right having seen, at the end of the day, the wear in the plastic belt cover. It sure looks like the only thing stopping the timing belt tensioner flying apart, has been the plastic cover. Could someone confirm please, this item should be one complete piece and not split as shown on the attached image? Looks like I could be having to order a new one. Costly item? Thanks in advance for any info. Cheers Kev

Nah, still not getting close enough with a decent focus. Maybe I can take them to work tomorrow & photocopy them as a pdf by e-mail........

Hard to tell actually. Plugs 1. 3 & 4 were I suppose, more of a grey powder colour, possibly from the water. No 2 was well oily. Out of 3 digital camera's in the house, not one was able to focus in, close enough to get a shot of the plugs, sorry. My missus has just told me that we WILL NOT be selling the Corrado or breaking it for parts! Think she's lost it if you want my opinion :cuckoo: Kev