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VR6Pete, thanks for the tip you were right - it appears the ABS ECU is pretty fecked! After a weekend of rain I found the passenger footwell soaking wet, advised by lord buttles that it was the fan inlet seal (spot on). Not only had the water leaked in, it had also fried my brand new 79 relay (the thing was red hot!), leaving me with the B++ supply voltage error again. Changed the gasket, still leaked but only today discovered a hole next to the inlet where a gromit should have been. Poured some water down it and hey presto, wet floor. Used sealant so I'm hoping that it stays dry. Anyway, I've bought yet another 79 relay from VW but unfortunately this, paired with lots of attempted ECU cleaning and WD40ing doesn't seem to get rid of the damned ABS light. Anyone know if I have to have the B++ supply voltage error cleared first or should it be picked up automatically? If it's the latter, then I'm guessing my ABS ECU is dead. Sorry for rambling, just hope this can be of some help to anyone in the future with similar ABS issues. Cheers, Nick P.s - Picture of the ABS ECU attached :(

A few years ago I stupidly stripped a thread in the hub. Replaced it which was a mission in itself fiddling with cheapo bearing extractors and hub pullers (halfrauds). By the time I was finally finished I was tired and ****ed off...then when hastily putting the wheel back on I stripped a thread AGAIN which needed another fecking hub...an expensive lesson but now I always take care when putting wheels back on! ETA: also did the seemingly common leaving of the oil cap on the inlet manifold. Noticed after a mile but dear god did it make a huge mess!

Thread resurrection... I have a loose wire on the lambda car side (white wire). No amount of temporary bodging in place seems to fix the problem (it did for about 5 minutes!), tired of stalling all the time!. I think the actual connector itself has had it. Is this easy enough to replace or will I have to do some splicing? Where does the cable lead to into the car? Cheers

More like Corrado envy! Many thanks to Neil aka buttles for taking some time to stand in the rain with me and try to sort out the ABS. Top, top guy! The good news is that the 00532 code disappeared, presumably from replacing the relay. With this though the initial scan found 8 fault codes, all pertaining to inlet and outlet valves. Neil kindly sprayed the connector going to the front of the pump with WD40 several times, with multiple scans. The range of fault codes were between 1-6, so we think it is from this connection. It appears that if the connector on the pump side is indeed goosed i'd have to replace the whole pump. Does anyone know if there is an alternative to doing this? Anyone know of any tests I can do on each pin? The one fault code which wouldn't go away was 00275 (ABS outlet valve - right rear). Can someone confirm that this would still be coming from the front connector or is it related to somewhere else? Every time the ignition is on a relay from the fusebox area clicks repeatedly, which stopped when Neil turned off the ABS control via his scanner (or something along those lines). Anyone know what that could be? Any help would be mucho appreciated. Neil also spotted and fixed a seized ISV which was great, the car runs smoother (btw Neil - it stalled a few times at junctions on the drive back but evened itself out later on, I'll drive it again later to double check). Cheers, Nick

Davidwort! Thanks for clearing that up, I like the number 2. The ECU should be the same as buttle's then, although his actual calipers are fecking huge...but that's a story for another time! Cheers, Nick

Neil, that would be great! Just let me know via text or PM when you are free and hopefully something can be arranged...shouldn't take too long either. I've only recently learned though that there are different ABS ECU part numbers which may not work if a different one is tested. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. By the way, my ABS ECU part no is 1H0 907 379 E. Nick

Hi, thanks for the reply. 3 relays you say? Odd, I only have 179 and 79...Which is the other one? Only the 79 relay had a fuse on it though. I'll replace it for another one tomorrow and see if I have any joy though. Good point about the ECU, the connectors are annoyingly on the wrong side for pulling out easily! So will the scan still pick up errors if the ECU is faulty? I'll check the ECU connection again tomorrow and see if I have any luck. Cheers, Nick

Hi all, With MOT looming a month away I've finally decided to do something about my ABS (I know, a little late!). The car in question is a 95 Corrado Storm. I had initially booked my car in at JMR but foolishly forgot about it, felt so bad for John and now my time has almost run out and I'm getting tired of ripping my dash to bits! A little background as to what's happened. After replacing front ABS sensors all worked fine for about 2 weeks. The car then suddenly started activating ABS when slowing down at junctions etc (very annoying). Stupidly left it for about a week (not a daily car) and when I next parked up there was a sort of electrical hum/buzzing noise. When attempting to drive the car the ABS went haywire, kicking in all the time. Being stranded, I found that removing some fat ABS resistor (real technical jargon there!) got rid of the buzz, which returned when reconnecting it. Fast forward to now, if I reconnect the resistor nothing happens at all, the ABS light is constantly on. Luckily buttles scanned the car for me (top guy) which returned the following codes: 1) 00280 Differential Lock Valve 2 (35.00) 2) 00532 Supply Voltage B+ (35.00) The codes were cleared, went for a little spin and re-scanned, which seemed to remove the 00280 code but left me with the 00532 code. I replaced the 79 relay (rip off from the stealers!), both this and the 179 click when i turn on the ignition so i'm assuming they are ok? Also checked the wires as best I could and all of the fuses. I will also be getting some more relays from lilfuzzer, if they don't work then it's good to keep spares. Could someone answer any of these questions please? 1) I checked to see if there were any signs of water damage on the ABS ECU but the whole area and the ECU itself is clean and bone dry. If the scan gave me codes (i.e. the 00280 code) does this mean that the ECU is still working, as in responsing to a scan or have I got it completely wrong? 2) I've also read that 00532 can mean a weak battery, wouldn't this also affect other aspects too, i.e. starting etc? Because everything else is working fine. 3) Are there any relays in the fuse box area which relate to ABS too? or the relays in the engine bay? The plastic cover says "ABS" on it, but it's also packed with AC relays. 4) When i removed the resistor as mentioned above, the electrical connection was obviously left unconnected. I *may* have hastily topped up my coolant, where some could have dribbled down the expansion tank...could this have goosed my ABS? Any help would be much appreciated, this is driving me nuts now! Tempted to just remove the whole ABS system as it's a ballache! I do have a spare ABS pump in the garage if that does need changing, although I'm really not looking forward to doing that job, looks like a right pig. Cheers, Nick

Hi do you have ABS 179 and 79 relays? Cheers

Yup that's great, sent you a PM but not sure if it got through :/ Nick

Anyone with VagCom near to me around this weekend? Would be appreciated! Cheers, Nick

Been a while since I updated so I thought I'd better. Seeming as the weather was nice I thought I'd give the car a small clean. Today I used: Zymol Auto wash car shampoo Meguiars clay bar kit Meguiars Tech Wax 2.0 Spent about 3.5 hours before I got lazy and called it a day. There are a couple of paint/rust bubbles which need to be addressed on the front end some time soon. For those who have followed this thread before, I actually managed to find someone willing to sell a cream leather rear bench! Matty123 (top guy btw) sorted me out! The leather is getting the gliptone treatment at the moment (thanks for the tips Emu) and will be swapped soon. Therefore soon I will have some spare cream rear bench bits (2x bases, passenger side back and the central armrest) if anyone is interested? Might also be able to give them some treatment if I have any product left. Drove up to Birmingam to meet Matty123 and couldn't resist a pic of our storms together: Loving his one - 200k+ miles, LPG conversion and a VSR (no pics of that :(). That's all for now. Next time I should hopefully get the damn thing lowered - getting tired of the 4x4 ride height!

Makes sense - Cheers! Just went for a spin...21mpg -_- Thanks!

Hi all, Last weekend, during the warm weather (Corrado reading showed 21c) I was on the M25 and noticed that my MPG counter gave a steady (50+ miles) reading of around 35mpg...the highest my VR has seen! (35.4mpg max). I have a feeling that my MAF or blue sensor is a bit dodge because I normally get around 25-28mpg max on a motorway run (I know, I need to sort it out!), has anyone experienced the same or who can provide an explanation? Perhaps the sun was getting to my eyes? 8) I doubt it makes any difference, but I filled up with Esso regular. Bonus question to whoever is in the know - I need to replace my rear bearings. I have some gen 16v ones I never got round to fitting before, are these the same for a VR? Cheers, Nick

Hi and welcome :wave:

Waynos driving through Coulsdon, Sunday early evening...looked like someone else driving from what I could see? Waved anyway but I don't think you saw me!

:wave: First time I've ever been spotted on here! You should have waved anyway - I was having the most boring journey ever carting my mother back to her house :gag: Wish I'd washed the car now!

Jimpy66 - Excellent stuff, sir!

Will keep an eye on this thread, also agree with Jim - solitudes on a red C works well!

Touch up: http://www.zakparts.com/shop/article_L%25200C5%2520UP2/VAG---Aqua-Blue-Pearlescent---LC5U.html?shop_param=cid%3D1%26aid%3DL%25200C5%2520UP2%26 Spray: http://www.zakparts.com/shop/article_L%25200C5%2520U06/VAG---Aqua-Blue-Pearlescent-(Spray)---LC5U.html?shop_param=cid%3D1%26aid%3DL%25200C5%2520U06%26 Genuine :)

Thanks for the guide, very helpful - My gliptone just arrived so i'll give it a go should I have enough after my seats are done. Will keep you updated with my progress 8) Cheers

Interior looks great! I'm currently restoring mine too - although so far have only used some furniture clinic cleaner which is okayish (waiting for a gliptone kit to come in the mail). I also like the sprayed plastic part - it gives me inspiration as my parcel shelf support snapped and finding one in beige is nigh on impossible! May I ask what spray you used? Any links to products would be a great help. Cheers, Nick

Matty123 - Really great guy, went up to Birmingham(ish) to collect some bits off him. Buy with confidence, he won't let you down 8). He also has an awesome LPG storm with VSR...respect!

Hard to say, my old KR clutch badly needed changing and for a little bit extra i just put on a VR6 Sachs one :norty:

I fitted it to my 9A before :norty: :norty: