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I’ve heard Heritage Obsolete Parts Dept have him on speed dial

£5772 with fees

Lol, I own 2 cars with black leather...................

Black leather is murder in summer even in a car with aircon

I'd fit a gauge to see what's going on, there's more to oil pressure than the pump - it delivers a volume of oil, the pressure is created by the tight tolerances between the crank and shells (big ends and mains). Get a hose pipe and hold your thumb over the end, the pressure created will send the the water over a reasonable distance, remove your thumb and the pressure drops as does the distance covered. Engines don't need massive oil pressure, they do need enough volume to make the crank journals float on the oil without touching the shells that are made of soft lead / tin alloy (white metal). Its difficult to measure oil volume, but really easy / cheap to measure pressure hence why its used industry wide. I fitted a higher volume oil pump 20 years ago to my 8V GTi, bought from TSR, I think it was meant for a turbo diesel mk2 - the extra volume was needed for the oil feed to the turbo (maybe Vince could help with more info and supply).

If the car goes in gear with the engine off ok, but struggles with the engine running you have a clutch drag issue - the plate isn’t clearing the flywheel. a clutch bleed is an easy fix if there’s air in the system

I doubt you’ll get 10mm to fit as the boss on the rear disk is 18 - 20mm or so. 56mm will bind before the wheel meets the spacer?

I was going to add rim width makes a difference too, a rim with the same offset but 2 inches wider would poke out an inch further out and an inch closer to the strut, nothing is straight forward....

https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/events/2020-auctions/cca-september-live-online-auction-2020/cca-september-live-online-auction-2020/classic-car-sale-19th-september-2020-from-11am/1995-volkswagen-corrado-vr6

I’d be surprised if it sells, bare in mind an auctioneer car run bids up to reserve and you might not get a real bid. I’ve bought from historics and watched a few online, many don’t sell live, but have offers accepted afterwards. Estimate can be different to The reserve too.

https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2020-09-26/cars/ref-145-1996-volkswagen-corrado-vr6-sb/

My next door neighbours lad put his M140 through a hedge 12 months ago

I don't suppose you fancy a MK7 2L tdi Golf estate?

I suspect they're exactly the same as hatch in the UK TBH

They were off a 1999 Golf V5 estate I broke, even rarer than a storm as it turns out - my bad

The UK got a VRS 2wd 180 bhp (AUQ engine K03S turbo), 1.8T 4 x 4 150bhp (AUM engine K03, then K03S turbo too, but de-tuned), 1.9 tdi 4 x 4 We never got a MK1 VRS 4 x 4 from the factory

MK1 VRS estate had 256mm vented rear as did the hatch So not a bolt on fit like the solids as they need the cassette type rear bearings mod. Could be lesser model estate though? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's a shame, I was hoping you would end the myth of estates having a larger piston in the UK - I've owned a couple and broke both without measuring them

I think I'd be tempted to grind the bolt to reduce its length over extra washers providing there's still enough thread located inside the calliper? I sold Fla Golf estate rear callipers years and years ago, maybe these are the ones? Measure the pistons as estates are reputed to have larger pistons and are sought after - I didn't know this at the time. I'm sure I sent them with the OE bolts so maybe compare the lengths?

Put the handbrake on, chock the wheels and get someone to operate the clutch in gear while you observe engine movement? Pedal sensor for the abs - spirited driving = lots of braking?

Electrolysis maybe? petrol floats on top of water so there’s need to be a lot to cause corrosion there? Chineseium alloy would be my guess

I have a couple of extinguishers in the garage, I always drain fuel outside. A work colleague of my oldest brother was changing his fuel tank using the pit in his friends garage, the pit was full of heavier than air fuel vapours, the 240v hand lamp smashed on the side of the pit and whoosh! 12+ months in the Birmingham burns units and countless operations after being given only a very slight chance of surviving. Lost his career, wife divorced him and his young kids couldn't cope with it all. Its a jungle out there.

I suspect they would fit physically but my have different valving in the dampers and spring poundage would also differ due to axle weight differences etc. why not put a wanted ad on the forum?

If the doors and / or hatch were removed you may have an air / vacuum leak?

Fast cranking can be tappet jacking due to excessive oil pressure, the tappets prevent the valves from completely closing giving the starter an easy time. if you search others have had similar diagnosed at stealth As faulty oil pumps