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Southampton Council take cars away for free, at least they did when I was living there. I've never heard of anyone taking your car and giving more than £100! I scrapped a top of the line Volvo V40 with Cruise Control, ABS, CD player, full leather interior and still only got about £100 for it.

Just got a text from the missus saying she has bad news. Some pikey has pinched the wheels from my bike! probs just front quick release, but you never know. At first I thought she meant something had happened to the car, so I'm kinda glad about that. But still.

I'm confused as to how the bike chain works? Have tou attached it to the floorpan or something?

sounds like the PCV (positive crankcase ventilation) circuit isn't working very well. All engines have them, it stops pressure building up underneath the pistons as they pump up and down. So yeah, sounds like the airways are blocked although I have no idea how that could happen. Best bet is probably buying a Haynes and doing a little experimenting.

yeah I have the boom and the rasp! I thought perhaps it was blowing! I'm glad that it is supposed to be like that although I will check for leaks. MOT advisory says there's a small leak but didn't say where :-/ thanks for the wealth of knowledge. I am tempted to scavenge the engine etc from the corrado and put in the golf, but then the C would never get finished! :lol:

Thanks team (not you alex :lol: ) what is setup mode? I'm guessing one of many little digi tips and tricks...! Also, random exhaust question. Is the std exhaust meant to be quite boomy? The compression out the rear twin pipe is impressively high, and the whole system burbles at idle when inside.

well the golf gauge doesn't have numbers on which isn't very helpful, it just has a thick band of white on the bottom end, and then lined intervals (no idea at what temps they're located though). I'll try the multimeter route, and possibly the revving one if i can get a hand from someone :D thanks for the info :salute:

I noticed last night that when the rev counter dies (still not sorted it! :s) the MFA MPG setting climbs quickly, and if you reset it will sit on 99.9 I didn't realise that the tacho reading had anything to do with it? I thought it was direct from the speedo. But then my speedo is mechanical, so I guess its easier to read the engine rpm. Actually, now I think about it when I coast at speed the MPG climbs up and up because it sees the road speed but also sees the engine speed at 1000rpm so thinks you're being really economical. Ok, answered my own question! :lol: Also, with regards blue temp sensor, the car is running well and never has a problem with cold starting or anything like that. Is it still worth swapping it out? I know they're not expensive. I still haven't done the thermostat. I was hoping to use Prodigal's driveway but he's not using his G60 as a daily anymore so the drive is full of both our Corrados.

who did the work? I would go back to them first and ask them what they did.

....until you ground it out again? How low is your car / steep is your drive?

I can help you by showing you how CorRado is spelt? :lol:

Mine's untaxed :D it also hasn't moved for about 2 years.

Ashley definitely do one, I had one on a mk2 golf. I'm not sure if it'll fit a Corrado though.

best bet is to find Mk2 Golf 16v ones I'd think. Doubt anyone makes a set for Corrados.

360 getting broken in 6 months - sounds about right!! :lol:

Shame you chose a mini over what seems to be the only Helious Corrado in existence, but we all have our own ideas I guess.

Yeah, I called up Jim and they just said they'd have to charge me for it! Very annoying.

i've always drained my engine when up on stands, there's just no clearance even on a standard car by the time you put a 6" tall pan underneath! As Jim said, put it ujp for draining, replace sump nut with a new washer too, then lower it down for the filling. No holes required :D

well done for getting the figures. I phoned DVLA about something like this recently, and they said they'd have to charge me! ---------- Post added at 11:19 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:18 AM ---------- and doesn't someone onhere have an auto storm?

only if you wear a turtle neck.

in tank or underbody?

yeah true. btw you're not allowed to finish your C before mine (any time in the next 10 years)...

you don't want to do the brake lines yourself? I'm halfway through and they're not too bad.

out of those twelve months, how many has the corrado actually worked?

crashing is generally the sign of a bad driver. I can understand why insurance companies would want to know about it, even if it was with a different car!