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Black K reg VR6 on M5 southbound between Bristol and clevedon.. anyone on here? Probably not, seeing as the driver was a good looking girl!

So im STILL having problems with my vr6, despite new ISV and MAF! Sorry to bore everyone with yet another thread like this, but any help or advice anyone can give would be much appreciated. Firstly i was having the classic 'vr6 stalling at junctions' problem. Cleaned throttle body and ISV; didnt really make a huge difference - but it was hard to tell as it was such a temperamental problem. So back to the garage where the fuel return piped and intake breather pipe were found to be split - both replaced. I was advised that the ISV was 'intermittantly sicking' - So replaced ISV. No change - car still had lumpy idle and frequently stalled, particularly when cold. Drove the car for a month or two anyway, and found the issue developed into lack of power or engine choking itself, even when thoroughly warmed up. for example on motorway if i applied a little extra throttle, car would slow, sort of choking itself as though i had completely removed my foot from the throttle. somtimes it would correct, and sometimes i would end up on the side of the road with no power available at all. idle would be erratic and it would be near impossible to get revs up to 2/3k. mostly it would sort itself out (temporarily) after a few minutes of patiently trying to coax revs up on hte side of the road. So i bit the bullet and took it to a proper VW garage, who checked it over and replaced the spark plugs. Seemed to run fine for the few days they had it in - their only comment was occasionally the lamda sensor gave a spiked reading for no obvious reason. Further investigation was going to cost me a fair amount, apparently. They suggested i tried removing the connection to the MAF next time it did its choking game; it worked wonders - although it still tended to stall rather than idle when cold, as soon as it warmed up it was pretty much fine; for a month or two, including 2 return trips from bristol to edinburgh. So given it was working ok (albeit with a crappy mpg) without the MAF connected, i assumed the MAF must be buggered and the source of my problems. Bought a new one, installed it and it was back to its usual issues, worse, if anything, than before. So the new MAF is unplugged again and the car runs ok when its warm (quite lumpy idle but drivable) but now when its cold it stalls every time revs drop. this is driving me mental and i cant afford to just keep throwing money at it! anyone have any suggestions?? cheers guys

Ill check the sponge thing tomorrow, thanks. Is there anyone in the bristol area with a vag com?

Sorry to post yet another boring VR6 stalling thread. Ive tried searching but cant find anything the same as this and would really appreciate some help or advice. I was having the normal stalling at junction issues even after the ISV and throttle body had been given a good clean. my local VW specialist, who generally seem to know what they're doing, fixed a couple of leaky pipes (air and fuel) and told me the ISV was intermittently faulty and needed replacing. The car runs ok when its properly warmed up, but initially it wont start properly without some help from my right foot and for the first 5/10 minutes when its cold it stalls unless i keep the revs up manually. Now, having replaced the ISV with a brand new one at an extortionate cost there is no change from what the car was doing before. Obviously this is pretty annoying given the garage were adamant that the ISV was causing the problems. anyone able to shed any light?

Thanks to Pat McCrotch; TT wipers are a million times better than the original ones! I havent noticed any scratching by the base of the passenger side arm yet; there seems to be a bit of clearance too. have i done it wrong?!

its 260 just for the part, not including labour. The guy said it was simple to change and wouldnt take more than an hour though. im inclined to just pay so i dont piss the garage off; theyre local to me and generally theyre pretty good.

hello all, until recently i was having the usual VR6 stalling issues.. garage cleaned ISV & throttle body and all was well. Then it started stalling again, the garage replaced a leaking 'fuel return pipe' and 'intake breather pipe' and drew attention to 'idle control valve sticking intermittent.' Car was still stalling so i agreed that they should order in a new ISV, but since then it hasnt stalled in over a week of daily use. Sorry for the ramble ; heres the real question, theyve got in the ISV now and apparently they want £260 for it!! :mad2: Is that a massive rip off or is that about right? Im pretty reluctant to fork out that much, particularly now that the car seems to be ok again! sorry if this has been asked before, ive tried the searching thing but found nothing recent... cheers

ha that was me. seen a few round bristol actually, mostly parked up. gregulate do you use Vee W services in bedminster?