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Well I've fitted a brand spankers new set of leads and that so far seems to have done the trick. I haven't however refitted the ring sensor on lead 4. I can't get the lead through the hole without mashing the end and I don't want to have to shell out another £40 if I break one. How do you folks get the metal end through that tiny hole? Nick

I need a sensible daily though and a VR Rado would be just too juicey for my daily comute. In an ideal world the VR and camper would be best I agree. Nick

The problem is the van was bought for me and Mrs Horney's honeymoon so it has a large amount of sentimental value and think Mrs Horney will get all sentimental on my arse if I try and sell it! Nick

I only signed up as you guys with 2.0 16vs run the same set up as my Passat. I've been having issues with it and as there aren't many passats around I thought you guys would be better able to help out. I have been proved correct. The problem is I come on here to check my thread and all I see is pics of nice rado's and now I have a hankering for one! I'm mulling over the idea of selling my camper as I just don't use it much anymore and using the money from that to get a late VR Rado for weekend fun and frolics. You're bad people, you know that? :norty: Nick

Cheers guys. Swapped over to the set of leads my mate gave me and it's much worse, in fact I had to leave it home today and get the train to work. I'm going to splash out on new leads, plugs and arm tomorrow and see how that goes. If it's still not right I'll admit defeat and drop it into my local VW specialist (Who are very good, I'm just very skint!). You guys have been such a great help especially as I don't even own a rado. And yes you're right I mean't lead No4 not No1, got the wrong end of the engine! Nick

Don't worry found it by using the search about 50 times with different key words and got there in the end. I'll re use on of my old leads for now and get a fresh set tomorrow. Well as long as I can get the stuck one out of the head! Nick

How do you swap that sensor over? I had to cut the old lead in half to get it off. Tried to pull the new lead apart to get it on and broke it :-( What did I do wrong? Nick

Hi next time it happens, open the bonnet and swap the spade connection on the temperature sensor used by the ECU. See if that cures it. I don't think that's the problem, I meant more the air temp under the bay causing something to not work not the actual temp of the engine. I'm pretty sure the it's the leads or coil but as per my post above it's gone a bit wrong! Nick

Oh Cock! Broke one of the old leads off in the head and to top it off these leads are different to the set I was given by my mate. They are essentially the same but lead No1 on my enginehas some sensor on it that plugs into the wiring harness, the others don't. It seems like it's to measure the spark/timing Looks like I'll be training it to work tomorrow and then walking the 1/2 mile and back to ECP in my lunch break! Nick

With a friend last night we clenae dout a few bits and bobs and swapped the dizzy cap for a spare one he had as mine looked a bit old and knackered. THought this had done it but again this morning it started playing up. THis time however it took a lot long so I'm thinking it may be related to under bonnet temps. I've got a spare set of leads so going to try swapping those today and see if that helps. Nick

Not sure on that pipe chap, I'll have a butchers tonight and report back. I have a few more observations from todays journey into work. * Cleaning the ISV seems to have had little effect. * It only does it once warm/hot * Twice it happen while I was holding on the foot brake and I felt the peddle move suggesting a vacum problem. * I have an feeling it maybe linked to the fan cutting in and out. Will investigate this further. Nick

Pics of the bay: And here's a pic of where I would have thought the lambda should be but isn't! As I said though it's run fine for the month I've had it like this. So does this all look the same as the coraddo setup? Nick

Here's a vid of the problem. Car had done a 45min 21 mile journey home and water temp was 95deg and oil 104deg. If left idling it will do this approx once a minute. Sometime more, sometimes less. Pics of the bay on their way shortly! Nick

I'm located on Basingstoke chap so not on your doorstep! One of my best mates lives in RLS though, he's got an Atlas grey MKII GTI 8v on Audi Coupe Multi spokes, give him a awave if you spot him out and about! As for the burping, it feels exactly the same as the idle burp which is why I think they are linked and they both started on the same journey. I can see many hours of fun and games ahead of me, ha ha. Nick

Jim: I spent about 45 mins reading your thread, you had a tough time with that one didn't you! The thing that jumps out at me is the fact mine also coughs at low revs while under load which suggests something else is a foot. I'll start working through things and see how I go, will also check out the local scrappies for 9a cars but doubt I'll have much luck on that front. Looked up a new one and decided that's a no goer! Nick

I'll get one up tonight. I did have a quick nosey while on my lunch and noticed what I think is a missing lambda sensor. Looks like it's been replaced by a pipe and a bolt to block it off! Still it's been running fine like that for a while so I don't think that's got anything to do with my problem. Nick

Hi Folks, First off nice forum and a confession from me. I don't own a Corrado (although I do love them), I actually run a B3 Passat GT wagon with the 2.0 16v 9a engine. THe reason I'm here is because the passat scene is somewhat small whereas your scene is much bigger and therefore more folks who know about the 9a set up that's in my car. I've been into dubs for years and had 3 MKII Golf Gti 8v's and I also have a T25 Transporter panel van that I've converted into a camper. So onto my issue! I've had a good old search and read lots of the topics associated with bad idle/coughing of the 9a but though I would post up my exact symptoms and see if any of you guys have a eureka moment and know exactly what's causing mine. I'm incredibly skint and can't afford to just start chucking money at it in the hope I get it running right and I also can't afford to put it in a garage at the moment. However I also need it to get to work and back everyday! The Symptoms: * Symtpoms started yesterday. * Idle will drop to 400 rpm then jump to 1,200 rpm before settling back at 800rpm when warm. * It's accompanied by a judder so more like a missfire/cut out than just wandering idle. * This morning it actually cut out 3 times when this happened. * Every now and again I get a slight cough when cruising at low revs (less than 2,500rpm) but once wound up above that it runs fine. * No percieved powerloss through the rev range. * Fuel economy seems the same (32 - 40 mpg depending on traffic). * Oil and Water temps all good. Now on friday afternoon I forgot to check my water level (It's been using a bit ever since I've had it) and it got a bit hot on the way home, 110 water and 114 oil. I then spent the weekend fitting my coilovers (which was a mare) and not driving it. Journey into work yesterday and all seemed fine, these problems started to appear on my way home last night and then seemed worse this morning. I'm guessing (but hoping not) that the journey home tonight will be worse again so it seems to be a problem advancing in severity quite quickly. So I've complied a list of things from some of the threads on here and tonight I'm going to check/do: * Check all vacum hoses for splits/gunge. * Check inlet pipe from Metering head to TB. * Check all pipework to do with TB for splits/gunge. * Soak ISV in petrol overnight. * Clean and check Rotar arm and dizzy. * Clean out TB. Is there anything else you guys would recomend me do/check or have any of you had exactly the same symtpoms and can hit the nail on the head for me? Anyhoo here's some pic's of the car incase there are some passat lovers on here and I look forward to your replies. Nick