Chris Langdon

Yeah i have a moonlight VR, we may of meet at a show possibly? im based in South Devon

Cheers steve mines doing that 5 bar cold and 2 bar at idle when hot.

well the story so far!!!! well have removed Sh*ty Bosch super 4s and put the NGK's (many thanks to cheesewire for the tip off) in and made a big difference seemed to run alot better, the Bosch ones when i took them out were a sort of brick redy colour of the core, im guessing this means they were over heating or generally not coping to well with being in the VR Engine. the one other thing i noticed tho was that when i took plug number 6 out it was a little wet, and smelled of fuel!!!! any ideas many thanks Chris L

hi i hoping to do a compression test on my VR tonight (borrowed mates compression tester) i was just wondering what sort of figure(s) i should be expecting from a good VR engine??? as i dont know, also i fitted the centre dials ages ago but dont know what sort of pressure a good VR engine should be at idle when at working temp? any help and info i would be most gratful regards Chris L

ahh i see cheesewire,where did you get those figures from just out of interest? am i using the right oil 10/40w quantum? what do you put in yours? the thing is when i went up and back to leceister in it it didnt use a drop?!!! which was a 500mile round trip. but 3 months of to and from work 12 mile trip a day and over 600 odd miles it uses 400mls hows that?????? is there anything that i can add to the oil to stop consuming less? cheers for the info cheesewire regards Chris L

Why do you say that cheesewire, are they that bad???? :shock: they have been the car about 11 months ago and covered about 2500 miles on them would it of done much damage using them??? :(

yeah VW state 1litre every 1000kms which is about 650 miles ish so mines ok :D

cheers for the info, was8v im going to dich the bosch ones and go with NGK's, as i think VR6STORM is spot on with the temp range think!!! im also going to play it save and do a compression test on it as well, just to put my mind at rest. I personally think i worrying to much cos i have read to much info on VR6 problems, i.e the golf mags guide to buyin a Corrado VR, and tim stiles performance book that was brought for me for xmas, (that says in there about the VR6 engine having alot design/engineering compromises in it, because of the fact the i uses one cylinder head, its narrow vee, being compact, and the way the cranks are sat etc etc, and he also goes on to say that the later the vr engine the better, because the improved the pistons and the rings to cope more.

really i didnt know that!!!!! :shock: cheers for the info VR6 storm :D

i think your right andy many thanks, i was just that i was talking to TSR Permformance over the phone about my supersprint backbox and happened to talk about the subjuct of my corrado VR6 using a little oil, he turned around and said about the no:6 cylinder is prone to having bore wear and that could be why? cos i sh!t myself,I asked him how could you tell and he relied removing all the spark plugs and no:6 one would be more black or oil fouled then i read in the vw manual that they will use a bit of oil (1litre in 1000km OR 650miles) which mines using 400mls every 700miles so more than half what vw state!!! so at the weekend just happened to take cyl: 2 and 6 out and 6 was a little more carboned up then cyl: 2 i really should of taken all of them out to compare. i also i only do 6 miles to work in it and then 6 miles back home again, everyday, so that probably dont help much with carboning up the plugs. i also noticed that my plugs im using are Bosch super fours, but aint the VW one NGK. Which ones best??? thanks again for the help guys regards Chris L

yeah cheers for that i saw that in their which is pleasing cos mine doesnt use as much as that, but it still doesnt explain why cylinder 6 spark plug is carboned up as much as cylinder 2's could it be a faulty injector?????? as the spark plug seems t be more carbon fouling ie rich mixture than oil fouling!

Yeah maybe i am being a bit paranoid as you read about the 6 cylinder problem all the time. Just that mine uses a little bit of oil (about 1/2 litre every 1000 miles) and i was looking at the plugs today and ones seemed a bit sooted up or carboned up. I took two plugs out, cylinders 2 and 6, 6 was a bit more blacker than the other. It runs perfectly fine, no miss firing and i only do relatively short journeys in it, with only 69,000 miles on the clock and full service history with regular oil changes. Do you think i am worrying for nothing? Any help and advice i would be most grateful. Cheers Chris p.s would this show up on a rolling road test?

hello, can anybody help, whats the best way of telling if no:6 cylinder has got problems, as i read that VR's suffer with no:6 cylinder. so how can you tell???? many thanks Chris

So how do the Overlays work then from Empire GFX do you just stick em over the lense on what? any body done this ?

Lovin the car my friend, espically the wheels and german plates, big favourites of mine! ive got 17in BBS splitys on my moonlightblue rado and your alloys look massive compared to mine???!!

i changed my oil about 700 miles ago with vw 15 40w stuff, checked the level today and worked out when i topped it up that ive lost just under half a litre in 700 miles! is this good or bad?? many thanks Chris L

ive seen some lush cars on here that have there rear tail lights all red see pic below, and they have not tinted them with a spray how do you go about doing this? many thanks Chris L

thanks guys, didnt know if it was my back box, demon tweeks the people i brought it off said they would spend me another one but seems like it would just come the same, i have also noticed that the inner tube is slight off to the left (needs turning a couple of degrees to the right) is any one elses like it? im just a bit peeved that the back box was a lot of money so it such come right!!! could some one please post a pic of the tweaks/ mods (ie bracket hanger) they have done to get theres to fit, so i know what i have to do to mine many thanks Chris L P.S if i heat the hanger end up and bend it will that effest the warranty on the back box???

I fitted my new supersprint back box the other day, thinkin it would be quiet easy but the very last hanger is causing problems so in the end i had to modify it by means of sticking a long bolt through it and putting the rubber mount to the left of the mount to get it to fit. i think pic 5 shows the problem i have has any body else had this problem??? any help i would be most gratful regards Chris Langdon

yeah i think your right how low should i go?

just recently got these bbs splits rims, 17inch with 205/40/17 good year eagle f1's and to finish it off matchin three spoke bbs steering wheel regards Chris L

Hi can any body help. looking at doing a few small mods to my standard VR and through about replacing the standard air filter with an aftermarket one, which would be best a panel filter or induction kit? is there already a thread on here about this as i cant find one? induction kits look the business but not sure if i can live with the induction noise on a day 2 day bases if u know what i mean, and the oil panel filters worry me a little as in terms of being in line with the air mass sensor and possible cause problem later on down the line. i have found a Ram Air panel filter which is not oil but polymer has any one fitted this. also read stories of people fittin k&n filters to find they have lost power surely that cant be right? any help and opinions i would be most gratful regards Chris L

Right story so far ive checked the temp sensor to ECU the fuel relay, and i was speaking to crasher at the weekend and he and acouple of others said to change ignition switch, still nothing, so could it be the coil pack???? go to have to get it scanned, any ideas please drop me a line regards Chris

changed over the temp sensor and still nothing, scratching my head a bit now!!!

yeah it is a vr and done'nt fire up at all now cold or hot didnt know if it was a fuel problem, ie pump injectors.