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I have mine back up for sale now as car up for sale and this was never needed in the end. £116 delivered as per group buy- think there is an ad in the classifieds for it..

They still sell them at VW- picked one up myself only a few weeks ago

Yes i had the same problem- new black temp sender fixed the prob- best to get a new rubber seal as well - the old ones go hard and don't reseal properly- also to remove you just need to unclip the metal clip that holds the sensor in- but fiddly to get back but do-able

I had a quick google on this actually- 30-70 mph in a Corrado is 5.7 secs- the R32's is 6.3!! It actually shouldn't be a suprise at all that the Corrado kicks butt- just a bit embarrassing for the poor chap with the R32- I even saw him nudge his mate in a kind of 'watch this' stylee as he came up behind me on the sliproad haha

Well the puma came and went- best handling car I ever had Got offered an R32 at a good price- nice car and its everything everyone always says it is- Fast, comfortable, secure, sticks to the road well etc. Had a sneaking suspicion the Corrado was always faster though- proved yesterday when I handed a bit of a kicking out to another mk5 R32 yesterday- actually pulled a good 2 car lengths out from 40- 80mph :D ETKA Corrado.pdfDSC00464.JPG[/attachment:1twddrhj] Golf is going to have to go as have a new 1 series company car coming in April (PM me if anyone is interested- 06 manual in black with 30k on the clock) So its back to the Corrado! Been a few changes in the last few years including new KW V1's, new windscreen, new headlight glasses, recon-sunroof, new rear calipers, discs and shields and a nice full machine polish! stromlaufplan_gamma4.pdfDSC00426.JPG[/attachment:1twddrhj] Corrado92.pdfDSC00423.JPG[/attachment:1twddrhj] passat climatronic wiring diags.pdfDSC00428.JPG[/attachment:1twddrhj] climatronic wiring-Golf from May 01.pdfDSC00430.JPG[/attachment:1twddrhj] 2.8l 24v Climatronic system.pdfDSC00443.JPG[/attachment:1twddrhj] DSC00454.JPG[/attachment:1twddrhj]

had the same problem myself- a blowtorch was the only way I could get them out- wish I would have used it first :-(

You know I got away with dropping some light oil into the cable outer (done by lifting the rubber boot at each cable on the caliper side)- mine froze up all the time last year but never had any problems since doing this (and it was minus 8 this morning)- Think its just when you get water into the cables which lock up solid when its cold.

I think 1/2 litre per 1000 miles is a sign of engine wear, not to mention the amount of oil the OP mentioned is in the intake pipe. 1/2 a litre per 1000 miles is undeniably a sign of engine wear- I never said it wasn't? In fact I never even mentioned anything about oil usage :?

Yep I got one of these too- couldn't believe what a great fit it was!

I had exactly this issue- I just pulled the PCV off and cleaned the joins, retightened the clips, and that was that. I wouldn't automatically assume its a symptom of a worn engine as mine uses no oil, keeps its plugs perfectly, doesn't smoke etc. It only takes a few drops of oil to make a nasty smell if its just being left to char itself on the manifold.

Sorry Jon I missed your final question on this- so to bring it back from the dead: yeah they came round and fitted new bolts- all sorted. Had a leaking coily on the front when I checked a month or so ago (seems very unusual for a KW)- but they sent me a replacement out without any messing so just gotta get that fitted now at some point.

Yep got mine too- thanks :D

Funny you should post this Kip as you might be able to help me out- I am halfway through replacing my rear brakes (shields, bearings, discs, calipers etc) and noticed there are two types of slider on the carrier- one tapers down in three steps and the second has two or three flats on it running the length of the pin- have you (or anyone) got any idea which way round these are supposed to go?? Cheers

Sorry fella- paid on Paypal just now :)

Me too please

Bloody hell thats good value- never thought about Ebay- nice find :wink:

Never had spoiler issues so can't comment but the sunroof is generally never a fuse- its a big job requiring removal of the headlining and quite a technical rebuild of the sunroof cartridge-its actually easier to replace the whole cartridge with a known good one but even thats not a simple job (just going through the pain of this now :( ) Cheers

Assuming I don't manage to find any old stock in my local VW dealers- has anyone got a recommendation on a good alternative? Cheers

Update- got a call from Andy this morning who seemed keen to put things right and find out what happened with the bolts. They are ordering some bolts in and coming to fit them to the car at my home which saves me a lot of aggro in getting them fitted myself- then they'll take the bolts back and see whats happened. Whilst I still think the bolts were too battered to be really re-used- he did make the fair comment that maybe these weren't the original bolts and so might not have been fit for purpose from the start (although they lasted 55k on the last set of suspension so who knows). The important think is they have been in touch and agreed to put it right- I'll keep you posted! Cheers for all your helpful comments :)

btw Jon I see your in Stockport- there are some quite good meets up the A6 in Buxton/Chapel (peakvagclub)- you should come along :)

Hey Jon, No don't feel bad- the KW V1's are really cool and PSI are obviously a proper outfit- I would have recommended them myself One thing I will say is the Geo on my car was terrible (I could feel it straightaway)- the car was checked on the 4 wheel alignment machine when it went in for new tyres and once they had stopped laughing they said it needed redoing big time (this was obvious from the tyre wear as well)- but tbh the only aligment that ever felt right was one Stealth did for me so the plan was for it go there later this week after the new tyres were fitted- but I'll put this on hold until I get some proper bolts back on! Did you take the bolts off btw to check? They would only have looked like the one in the picture if they had actually snapped? The bolt on the other side appeared fine but was actually ready to snap at any time? Cheers

Yes I think this will go to trading standards in the first instance- The problem comes is that I haven't really got much choice but to replace all the suspension bolts now with new ones so I'll be recovering these costs if I am advised that this could be possible. Its with the garage now as apparently a phone conversation wasn't enough. The problem is they seem good guys- so much so I overlooked the fact that it came back with the lowest trip MPG on it I have ever seen (6 miles at 14mpg).... and I can stand the new tyres I had to pay for due to the poor tracking.... but this is unfortunately 'unoverlookable'- I could have been killed!

Hi James- hope your OK!. The car doesn't get used much nowadays but the car never made a sound. I am thinking bolt was finished off by it going up on the ramp (I guess the weight of the whole beam will have been hanging on those two bolts). As far as non-standard items go- If I was fitting these myself I would have used new bolts (and in fact I am sure you would too). The VW workshop manual states new bolts should be used and I would expect any garage to use new bolts as well (when you see the condition of the bolts you'll probably agree). But yes that what all this will boil down too- I expect new bolts to have been used and thats all there is too it. Cheers

The bolts had snapped on the threads just short of the bolt - the other bolt was the same- some of the the threads had stretched to almost twice their normal length! The car is at my parents where it limped along on some old non-tensile bolts the garage had lying around and the bolts in the boot- I'll get the picture of the bolts up soon. Bearing in mind the garage doesn't want to know- where can I actually go with this? Trading standards? A Pistonheads thread!! Cheers

Hey, Spent this morning getting four new tyres as the car seemed to have been tracked by Stevie Wonder and had bad inner tyre wear on the fronts. As the car was up on the ramps I noticed the lower rear suspension strut bolt has snapped clean in two as per the picture- this was on a brand new set of VV1's fitted only 1000 miles ago. The tyres fitters sorted it all out and checked the other bolt- that too was on its last legs. I spoke to the garage that fitted it (PSI)- they confirmed the bolts were re-used from the old suspension as they aren't included with the kit and so "thats just the way it is" even though they seemed to overtorqued to within an inch of their lives . I drive this car fast and this kinda thing could easily have caused me a nasty accident I think a few of you guys have had coilies fitted by PSI... might be something to check.. Cheers