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No arcing from the plugs and pulled each one when the car was running, and all of them made the engine change note and all of thier resistance is good. Lambda and ISV are my last point of call before its off to a garage. :brickwall:

I've had to drive at night with the fogs on before in the G60. Dipped beam was so bad I couldn't see a thing! Possibly the reason for it? Not sticking up for anyone like, just that I've been in the situation where I've have to use my fogs to see thanks to the wonderful standard Rado lights. Also it really hacks me off when people do it cause it "looks cool".

I'd be very interested in that, If I haven't given up on the VR6 by then! Haha.

I struggled with it, never used Vista before. When you unplug the usb cable does one of the ports dissapear? Thats how i figuired out what one was the cable. I plugged it back in then went onto it and changed the port. Have you installed the driver? - I struggled with this bit and windows installed one for it itself. If you find out how it works (no exe files in the zip I was sent) give me a shout.

Another MAF. Still the same! Last chance before I put it into the garage for sorting this and paying for them to find out what the problem is.. Was under the car checking the exhaust after changing U clamps and noticed the stutter seems to be coming from the rear of the car. Took a closer look and the noise appears to be where the fuel pump (or filter, the one just infront of the OS rear wheel?) is... VIDEO: (was going to take the computer to the engine at the end but there was no point.) Had the car out to get petrol into it (less than 20mpg) and there was no power behind the car at all. Can someone confirm that changing the fuel filter/pump will help? Still need to Clean the ISV also. Will have to be a job tomorrow if its required. Keep forgetting to buy new jubilee clips. EDIT: Just went back to double check my diagnosis... that noise Is coming from the rear silencer. So fuel filter is out of the question. :bad-words:

More than likely will need to change the port to port 3 in device manager. Can't remember how I did it but that was the missing link to getting my ebay cable working. :thumb right:

VAG COM just showed intermittent short to ground on the MAF. I had the MAF disconnected earlier and the car spluttered after starting and died when i tried starting it later, unplugged and reconnected the MAF then it started fine. Have a feeling its going to be that thats causing the problem anyway. Will try another and see how I get on.

Is there any thought on the noise the cars making from the noise in this video? Have changed plugs, fixed the leak in exhaust, re-connected to VAGCOM and the Lambda fault code has gone. Have checked all the HT leads with a multimeter and they are all reading about 5.5 with one just above 6. One of the leads has a slight tear in the rubber where it looks like a 'grip'. - that shouldn't effect if if the resistance is still okay? right? About to go to halfords and pick up some jubilee clips so I can clean this ISV and see how I get on with that. Also, the misfire is still there after fixing the exhuast. Will that still point to the isv?

Got mine today, absolute rapid and great tool! cheers!

Seen a Red early 16v today in Inverness. Private plate beging with an A. Got a wee wave from the girl driving it :thumb right: Anyone on here?

Glad the hum is normal! Was thinking that'd be a nightmare to fix if it wasn't! Will give the ISV a clean, don't think it'll help the issues with it under load but won't do any harm. Not sure how to measure ignition etc so going to get a garage to do that one. Think I'm just going to bite the bullet and start replacing parts that could be suspect. One of my mates was speaking to a mechanic about this too and was told to get me to try and start the engine with no spark plugs in in case there's water in the head? Surely that can't be right? :pale:

Right, Finally took the time to find out the difference between coilpack and Dissy. Turns out I have a Coil pack... :sleeping: Took the coil pack off, cleaned up the outside as it had oil on it (My coilpack didn't look as if it came apart. Bosch? Also discovered a leaky rocker cover gasket whilst i was at it hence the oil...) Sprayed down with WD40 and re-fitted. Still the same. Started the car without the lambda and was worse so didn't bother driving with it. Just misted water over the coilpack too when it was dark and no sparks... so can write that off. Noticed now though when the ignition is on theres a humm coming from the circular collection of wired behind it. Loom? Is this normal? Got under the car and gave the exhaust a good shake. Looks like the cat to middle silencer joint is pretty loose and sagging. and exhaust has become pretty noisey.... Surely this wouldn't cause my car to judder that much at low rpm?? Have a feeling I've been down the wrong street following this pressure washer! :lol: Cars also slightly erratic idleing... Starting to loose hope in this C :(

Right so took out all ignition leads, sprayed wd40 on the spark plug ends and wiped over with a rag. couldn't see any water left in with the spark plugs but used a rag and knitting needle to get down about the plugs and wasn't getting wet either. Sprayed WD40 in each hole of the dizzy when i was cleaning out all the ignition leads. Fired it up, still the same. Checked electrical connections and sprayed with WD40 but no change. After running it again today I don't think its a misfire/backfire. It sounds metal and from the front of the engine. Only happens now and again if I put the throttle to the floor at a low rpm in a high gear. - Is there any way water could have got in the throttle body or exhaust? or is that a stupid idea? Ran it through VAGCOM after washing and oxygen sensor (Which I assume is the lambda sensor) came up. - don't know if that was there before washing though. Where can I disconnect the Lambda sensor from to see if its this? Sorry if these are stupid things to try, clutching at straws hoping I don't need to fork out for parts that may or may not fix the problem. Already spent quite a bit this month on it... I've taken some videos of me driving it that shows the splutty exhaust but struggling getting them onto the computer. Cheers Keeve EDIT: heres the video, not much but best I can do. I also have the shareware version of VAGCOM if that will help diagnose if a cylinder isn't running? Not sure how to though still learning how to use it.

No, you'll kill your battery and probably burn out the starter. He means let it idle. Unless its really hot weather to evaporate the water it'll take a few days it would be better to run the engine and dry it out like that. If you already had issues before this then it could be prudent to replace sparks and leads and maybe even the dizzy, but try taking them off and drying with rags in the area and WD40ing first as has already been said. Don't feel like a nonce, its a mistake a lot of people make. Yeah I wasn't quite sure about letting it tick over that much :lol:. Going to take out the leads and clean up with a rag and some WD40 tonight and see how that goes.

Yeah I made sure I didn't spray directly onto the dissy but there will more than likely be water in the recesses. I've ran the car up to temperature a couple times to see if the heat would help it dry out but its not gotten better. When you say tick over for 1/2 hour do you mean disconnect the king lead and just keep cranking it over? Or would I be better just leaving it for a couple days and see if it dries out? or spray some WD40 into the recesses? Also, the car was feeling like it was lacking performance under 3k rpm before this, could it be that there was a problem with one of the leads/spark plugs and this has made it worse? Feel like such a nonce for this. :bad-words:

Right, first off, I know its my fault for not properly reading up on the subject but the problem occured after washing my engine with Autoglym's cleaner then a pressure washer. Read up on a couple sites about doing it but never covered the spark plug holes or dizzy on my VR6 - didn't say but i'm kicking myself for not thinking to! I let the car dry overnight, but took it out for a wee drive as i was bricking it thinking it was knackered after realizing they should have been covered... Turns out it is! Idles very poorly when I first started it, drove fine above 3k rpm. But when I put the foot down under 3k the car kind of kangaroo's (great description :lol:) with power and there's a misfire when coming off the accelerator. I'm thinking WD40 on the dizzy but I'm really not wanting to do anything to cock it up even more since it was my stupidity that caused this in the first place. Its a 93 VR6, not sure if it's coilpack or not so not really sure on what to do to WD40 the dizzy. Took the plugs off the dizzy and they look dry.

That can't be driveable!

I only just figured it out the other day too. It only stops on my VR if I push it back, then pull forward. Or am I being special?

So my workplace caught fire last year and since then they've had to re-locate the canteen to a temporary portacabin thing, which takes up a whole row of car parking spaces. So with this using up 10+ car parking spaces and the lack of car pooling the carpark will be full by 9am. Since my employers don't give a flying :censored: about their employees we've been told "If theres no car parking spaces you need to make your own arrangements". Which is pretty hard considering we're in the middle of an industrial estate... So people park outside on the road, no problems with the law since there's no road markings etc and its a pretty wide road so two cars can pass even with cars parked at the side of the road. Monday was the first day of having a lateshift with the Corrado. Came in early and got one of the last spaces. Tuesday I see people have already started parking on the street so pull up behind my colleauges mk4 Golf who had just pulled up. Come out of work at 6. We walk over to the cars and his wing mirror had been absolutely obliterated! No note or anything left for him either. Poor show! Had tape in the car so taped it up for him and giving him a hand looking for one off a car that's being broken. I had been so paranoid about parking my car on the street due to this exact thing happening. Could have been alot worse for him, and If he was 2 minutes later or I was earlier I'd have had a wanted ad up on here. :nono: Just wanted a wee rant but actually so annoyed and regardless that this isn't the first time damage has been done to a car due to the issues with the carpark our employer still have no plans to do anything about the issue and just ignore complaints. Oh and I've seen times where the carparks full our Centre manager sometimes just parks behind people and blocks people in the carpark. :eek: Oh yeah, and we've found (what we hope is) a safer place to park.

Yep I'm back in the game too. Did anyone ever organize a Scottish Rado meet? Might be worth trying to sort out before the bad weather comes in?

After being really tempted for another Corrado due to Svag members sick cars I ended up caving and picked up Snatrass's VR6 last week. :lol: Round 3 it is this time. My Valver. (The one that got me hooked) My G60 (The one that didn't last 3 days in my possesion.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/ ... 9_1733.jpg) :( Now the VR6! En route back up North. Got it home and cleaned it up. Not the prettiest bodywork but I've got a mate thats just finished a full respray on his MR2 and will no doubt accept homers. :tongue: Plans are to get the bodywork sorted, All red rears, 16" wheels, possibly Borbet A's or Porsche 938's. Still not sure. Looking forward to getting it up to scratch again and Driving it like it was meant to! Loving being back in a Corrado.

Whilst we're on the subject, what exactly do i need to grease to get the bonnet opening smoothly? Not sure what i need to grease on the spring parts under the slam pannel, I just greased up the loops and bunged in heaps of grease in the hole. Also the pins on the bonnet I'm assuming will need just covered in grease?

Ahahaha. Fitting the new cable, the metal trumpet's bolt shears off! Gotta love having a Corrado again! Another few days with one sitting on my drive with no grill/lights. :lol: Cheers again for the help.

GOT IT! (3 hrs later.....) Thanks so much for those pics 3corsameal! Helped heaps!

Ah ace, this sounds exactly what I'm looking for! Just gotta find something similar to what you've used. Worst comes to worse I'll nick it out of my passenger door. Thanks! Hopefully I can get at it without taking my entire grill off. One of the tabs have broken already, don't want to break both :s.