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good advice swiftkid but you need very BIG brakes & really a whole hell of strengthening in the gearbox, as i am sure poor VAGhag would confirm :( not to mention lots of other things; good suspension, big wheels to fit big brakes, LSD the list goes on personally, i think the 12v VR6 is a main feature of our rado's & should not be removed - plus the sound of it is just bloody awesome as we all know. i was, & am still, very happy with the increased performance & the way it delivers after Vince & Co breathed on it

i agree with Dox - a dying / dead battery can cause all sorts of issues IIRC dash lights etc will come on if it has a little charge but then nothing will happen if it has low juice i put a solar trickle charger on whichever rado i am not using that day to try & stop the batteries depleting you can bump start a VR but they are heavy to push & will run rough for a short run until you can switch it off & then re-start it (sometimes the fuel mapping goes a bit odd) i think, but not sure as it was the gf's storm which did it, but if the fuse is blown for the immobiliser you would also get the symptoms you describe personally, i would say that 90% of issues people get with rado's are due to lack of use - they dont like being sat doing nothing & then throw their toys ouit perfectly timed example being my VR playing up last week as i hadnt used her for maybe 5 days and i had forgotten to put the trickle charger on - which resulted in a very rough 1st start with revs almost dropping to zero & then barely ticking over. i had to give it some throttle to get it going on the 2nd start (which i never do as according to the manual). then the journey to & from work had my rev's sometimes jumping all over the place when it was trying to settle to tick over 3 days of constant use & all was peachy again get the battery sorted & then go from there m8 :)

ha ha ha ha!!!!

ha ha ha good try easy lol

available from classic-parts.de through heritage Dr_mat takes a few weeks but saves on the awful german shipping costs give Annavr6 a shout EDIT - sorry didnt see the bracketed part of you post - perhaps anna can get an eta from classic parts for you

some of you may have read that my oil pressure alarm is being temperamental on the valver but im hoping that it behaves after a proper clean of the connectors as ive only had a single little beep out of it yesterday (after a quick wipe of them with a tissue the day prior) the VR decided she would have a moan at me this morning as ive not used her for a couple of weeks - been using the valver in the warmer weather think i should have put the solar trickle charger on her but i neglected it & was put in my place by her earlier lol though i didnt get a battery light come on so possibly not related to charge wasnt she rough indeed on 1st start!! ewwww & struggling to get to get its rev's up too :( i dont like to give it any throttle when i first start it, as the manual states not to, but gave a small press & grumble it did switched her off, then she just turned over on the next try - oh balls! tried again but gave a blip of throttle & she fired up, rev'd her up to about 2K ish for a brief moment & then she behaved & all was back to normal let her warm up on the drive for a few minutes & then had a nice drive to work with no issues gave her a few pokey runs up through the gears to check all felt ok & reveled in the awesome sounds she makes with the BMC & SS - blimey ive missed hearing her growl turning into a roar!!! :D ive said it before & will say it countless times again, they really do not like not being driven regularly these beasts

just a single very short beep on the journey home last night electrical tape at the ready for tomorrow

thanks Jim - i thought they might be different

tidy - good luck fella :) let me know if there are any left overs - 5.25" speakers maybe ;) lol

are early & late glasses the same? if they are i may have one

odd - though my mechanic always says its impossible to replicate rain lol maybe it was a difference in wind direction have you tried giving it a good soaking with a hose? though id refer you to the above sentence too lol

how about side to side lean? was the car parked in exactly the same position as when it leaked? i know for example that sometimes the passenger side has a little water ingress if it is on a slight slope with the offside lower than nearside but if it is parked flat there is no issue at all

the V2's are adjustable in ride too ;) there are quite a few on here with KW i believe i think often people are put off by the cost but suspension is key to good handling & IMO should not be skimped on - not saying that bilstein is skimping though

are you getting much interest m8?

tidy thanks Dox - id love some VDO's for the VR so knowing that connector is helpful too lol buzzer is completely random in terms of when happens & also for a random duration, sometimes it just gives slight blip & others it persists, no pattern with RPM or anything else the constant is that it will always cease beeping if i turn ignition off & back on it doesnt beep when cornering but does sometimes happen when i go over a bigger bump in the road i tend to be quite careful when disconnecting/reconnecting things such that i do 1 at a time - it reduces the chances of me putting things back in the wrong place but i appreciate that bit of knowledge about the differences :) however, i can report that this mornings journey to work was completely beep free :) i had a couple of beeps on the way home last night but not one this morning i think i will get some contact cleaner, clean both sensors & connectors & insulate that tiny bit of bare wire on the one wire & then see how it goes i will check the by the head just in case too, thanks sanky

it shouldnt be there - should be the other side which makes me think maybe it has had some rear end body work/paint the RHS VR6 badge doesnt look like it is the factory position either - IIRC the 6 should end at the same place as the O above it

hi Rog - nice to see you back in a rado sorry to hear you are not so pleased wit its power though i am very much 'driving miss daisy' when im in my 16v but it does go somewhat better after its 1st proper service back in my ownership regarding you question, forgive me if i have this the wrong way round, but i think for the 2.0 ABF engine you can put KR cams in it & then a bigger TB for a quick fix increase - though unsure of gains alternatively, how about tarting the 8v & sell it to be replaced with a VR? lol

ok so i had a little fiddle at break ;) lol i could see 2 spade connectors going to sensors above the oil filter - one of these i had cleaned previously (resulting in a few months of few noises from the alarm) but the other i hadnt cleaned both, well kind of with a tissue i had, but will do properly once home & also the ends they connect on to i did noticed that the front one has a suspect gap between the spade & the plastic wire sheath where you can see the wire itself - this is similar to how the VR oil temp sensor connector was when i had the odd readings & as such i think it needs re-crimping can anyone confirm if me temporarily electrical taping said gap would give a similar effect to a re-crimp? i guess it could as long as there is no bare wire showing however i could also see a 3rd wire coming out of the same place in the factory loom as the other 2 but it is not connected to anything - does anyone know if it should be? (it is visible in the picture i attached) or is it there for use on a different flavour of engine in a rado from googling i found that there is a low & high pressure sensor but unsure what that connector is for - it cant be oil temp as that reading works ok on dash thanks to all

lovely indeed - but 1400 euro's!! wow

from what i can see on google there is a low & a high pressure sensor sitting above (ish) where the oil filter is it is one of those i cleaned - i will check them both later

thanks sean - i will try the sensor/connection side first but keep this in mind - though it does not trigger it when cornering

thanks Dox - kid of the thoughts i was having do you know where the oil pressure sensor is by any chance? i can then check out the connection to it i am of the thought it is not a 'real' issue as i can get the alarm to go away every time - whereas i would expect if it was an actual oil pressure issue it would persist also the dials display no issue with oil or water temps - again which i would expect to be rising quite rapidly if the engine was being starved of oil

i just used a hose & elbow grease

hi all could anyone please shed light on what can cause the oil light / audio beeping on a 1.8 16v? i believe the beeping would be set off if the oil level had gone below a minimum level somewhere & triggers the oil light to flash on the dash & emit an audible beeping but what could cause it to randomly go off? i recall an issue with a connector on the VR such that it was causing very high readings on the oil temp so i have removed/cleaned/refitted the spade connector which i think is on top of the oil sensor on the valver that seemed to stop it from happening for a while but i am unsure if it is just coincidence the valver has just had its service & MOT so i know (& have checked as well to be sure) that the level of oil is perfect the beeping sometimes happens after a bump in the road but also randomly. the duration of beeping is also random as to when it shuts the hell up lol but i have been able to get a constant factor where if it beeps i depress the clutch, turn off the ignition, then back on & lift the clutch to bump the engine back into life - each time the beeping stops, as does the dash light flashing it is due to this constant that i think the alarming is due to a dodgy connection rather than an issue but i am unsure what actually triggers the alarm is there another connector somewhere that i need to clean or replace? thanks in advance

brilliant & funny how we always associate the smallest of noises to 'grrr something is wrong with the rado' lol