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Hello. Right, my heater was only working on number 4 so thought id have a look. Basically the copper connectors were not making contact. So tried to fix it but it looks like someone has previously had a go and has botched it up. While i was trying to bend the copper piece(the bit that is connected to the knob) i managed to break the thin plastic that holds it in place. I didn't take any pics but if you look at the pics in this thread you might understand what im on about. viewtopic.php?f=19&t=87464 I need the piece in the first pic and also the bit in the 5th pic. Also do i have to remove the cd player and cage to get the heater controls out? Thanks

I work in London during the week but weekends am normally back in birmingham. Live in Sparkhill, opposite the park. I take it your from birmingham too?

New head gasket and skimmed head is £400. Plus all the other bits and bobs looking at a bill for £600. Like you say, hopefully the car will be running perfect (finger crossed). Not having the lower chain done as they look ok otherwise it would have cost near enough £1000 :( Been wanting a corrado for years and finally took the plunge so definitely wont be scrapping her :nono:

Right just a quick update. Replaced the pipe that had a hole. THen drove it around and car seemed to stop smoking. But once car was cooled down and i started it again started smoking. Kept an eye on the coolant and it was loosing water hence the head gasket issue. Had it towed to Midlands VW where it is having the new head gasket fitted, head skimmed, new thermostat, chain guides, needs a new water pump and i think piston seals. So hopefully by the weekend i will have her back and actually start to enjoy the VR :clap:

This is almost like a little club. Ive got same 2 engines too :clap: Green 94 VR6 and Yellow 99 cupra although at the moment both seem to be for the weekend :cuckoo: Mylon89, have you searched on seatcupra.net/forums ?? There are a couple of guys that have gone down that route although they may have used the Golf VR6 engines and not corrado. Worth checking out though.

Luckily my mechanic is literally 2 mins up the road so not driving the car for long. He has had a look and said first point of call is to get a new pipe to repair damaged one. Hopefully this should arrive tomorrow and will take it from there. Its the white smoke coming from the exhaust that is really worrying me. Ive taken a small video clip, just trying to figure out how to load in on here. Will keep you guys posted. Cheers.

Am i right in thinking that most mechanics/garages will be able to do this compression test for me? Or is it something i can do myself? Also i assume i shouldn't drive the car as it is?

HI. Sorry if i ramble on but i want to try and give you guys as much detail as possible. Bought a Corrado VR6 yesterday. When i picked her up, there was a abit of white smoke/steam from the exhaust on start up but i assumed this was down to condensation. Drove around birmingham and it seemed fine, although the inside did seem to steam up quickly. Then on the motorway, doing circa 75-80mph noticed alot of white smoke/steam coming from the exhaust (enough that other drivers started changing lanes to get out of my path). Quickly checked water temp, oil temp, no warning lights were flashing on the dash. So pulled over onto the hard shoulder and switched off. Noticed that there was alot of steam coming from the engine. Opened up and there was water/coolant everywhere. The coolant bottle was completely empty. Called the RAC out. He filled it up (needed 6 litres of water before there was water sitting in the coolant bottle) and then started the engine. Noticed where the water was leaking from, a hose that was going into the block (its a 3 way pipe, one end goes to the heater matrix, ill try and get a pic up later this morning). So took that off and there was a spilt in the hose about 2cm long. So did a temp job on that (sealant tape) fitted back to car and started her up. Still white smoke coming from the exhaust. The RAC guy left the cap off the coolant bottle and was checking the top hose and bottom hose for temps. Would rev the engine (white smoke from exhaust) and after a while (once up to temp) the water in the coolant tank came gushing out (cap was off). Also he said that the top hose was hot but the bottom hose wasn't (it was getting warmer but no where near as hot as the top hose). So he put it down to the head gasket. While doing this the water temp had gone up to 90. Got him to tow me back to brum and now im not sure what my next move should be? Does this sound like head gasket? Theres no mayo/gunk on the oil cap. Also should point out that the oil is over filled (on the dipstick oil is about 1.5-2cm above the max point but again no mayo just normal oil) and the heater matrix was replaced by previous owner. Any help really appreciated. Krish