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Very interesting, obviously everyone else has had a go to, I wonder how accurate these mfa`s are i remember having a series 2 gti k jet and i used to get 46 reguraly out of it but they were always known for good mpg. Anyway who cares Performance is what we want, After having a VR6 golf for 12 months my 1.8 16v does seem a little sedate but sometimes i think driven enthusiasticaly it performs well i have touched 140 in my old one which had starship miles but this one 60000 miles struggles at 135 not bad for a 1.8 though, :) :)

Hey everyone, went out last night did a 70 mile round trip Tested my MPG and got 36.6 mpg out of my 18 16v {saddo} When you all have some time on your hands see what you can get, ?? :shock:

Hi Ross its weird it seems ok now appart from the fact that the heater only works when it wants to ? Im going to the main dealer today to see if its had the heater recall done ..

Hi Ross ive just had a load of trouble with my 1.816v overheating it was a knightmare totaly unreliable the maindealer told me it was the headgasket but i checked all the usual suspects, ie. themostat, blead the system countless times new antifreeze, lots of head scratching i was told the heater valves could cause it to overheat, after 2 weeks i finally tried a expansion cap, and that was it, but the heater still wont work and now the rad has blown ! so get a second oppinion and then another oppinion, because dealers can be wrong, as regards unleaded causing a problem i dont believe that ive been running my 16v on it and ive had no problems, i think £400, sounds. try a specialist there usually cheaper and better Good Luck !

Yep definatly the rad, steam coming out the top, anyway rad weld did the job. looks like i gotta try and fix the heater now its freezin.

Looks like my rad got a hole in it somwhere, this car is cursed gonna try some Rad weld 4 now. Any experiance with this stuff please let me know, i know its just a quick fix..

Thanks for that Roddy i think its been done as i had one done on a GTI and i think its the silver valve that fits on the hose, but i will check with my main dealer

You name it ive tried it, you think if it was the head gasket it would be like it all the time wouldnt you..

Cheers Nik after 2 weeks of searching it was the cap i replaced it the other day. But just been out tonight and got home to steam pouring out from the bonnet i wonder if it wants bleeding again, this car is getting me down i must of blead it ten times its been fine for about 4 days, any ideas

Thinking of spending some hard earned on the corrado early this year, my suspension is getting a bit wollowy so ive decided it needs uprating i was considering a koni eibach setup but dont know how low as im running 205/40/17s i dont want to compromise the ride to much, also ive been told to use VR6 top mounts, any ideas welcome. BTW its a 91 1.8/16V !

Thanks will check out !

Tidy Lookin Moter Jim ! Mines in burgundy pearl, simmilar lookin colour to yours i think, im getting a digi camera next week so ill put mine up, should be fun ?

The original antifreeze was red ! But i have drained the system about 6 times. and i have blead the system rigourlesly (big word) But the ba****d wont Heat properly ?

Happy new year to you all, Hope everyones not suffering to much. Finally got the corrado running again after about 6 litres of antifreeze, new thermostat, and lots of checking, it would not stop boiling over, My independent specialist told me it was definetly the head gasket (Big money) i nearly booked it in but thought i would try a expansion bottle cap. Bingo, sometimes it pays to start at the bottom, replacing a thermostat on one of these on boxing day is not to be recomended,Anyway now i can enjoy the corrado again! But the heater only seems to work when it wants to? any ideas i thought of those silly return valves, which one causes the problem? also any ideas on antifreeze ive used duckams blue, but the book says G10. The vortex site says anything else will ruin the system ? Any ideas... :?

Thanks G60, Will try tommorow phoned the maindealers they didnt have a clue and couldnt look at it till monday anyway, looks like ill be running around in my old van over xmas...

I use semi synta vws own oil i have always used it and ive had several gtis corrados and so on !

Loks like we have the same problem i think ill just throw it off a cliff

I tried a stat on my last one but no diference i think hes barking up the wrong tree there

"HELP" This cars doin me head in, tried bleedin the system, it wont, it just keeps boiling like a kettle ive used 3 litres of antifreeze ive had yhis problem with my old corrado and took it to a dealer they tried and tried most of the day to bleed it but couldnt it seemed to sort itself in the end this one wont though any ideas "please" My local dealer doesnt know what a corrado is there useless so ill have to go elsewhere, at last resort.....

Cheers G60 Will Get under the bonnet tommorow...

Cheers it is an 1.8 16v This problem has only just occured and tipically at xmas time i will have to look at it tomorow, so dont you think the oil temp is high then. cheers

Hows about this one then, just popped out to tesco for some beer in the c oil temp hits 122 and the heater is blowin cold and temp guage is normal oil temp has always run hot but the handbook says dont worry upto 140 this seems high as after owning countless vw`s ive never had it this high, any ideas

No its turned of but its only stays for a minute or so

Hello everyone,im new to this forum and think its great just wondered if anyone out there knows if the back box on a 1.8 16v1991 is the same as a 20.16v also wondered if anyone could pinpoint a slight hissing noise i get from somwhere near the dash when i stop the engine i wondered if it could be mfa pipes, any ideas ? cheers