aaron-j

thanks for all the replys guys, i had a run in it and it seens ok now i think but there are so many things that need sorting, drivers side window has stopped working, spoiler is sticking, lumpy idle ect ect.... but most recent was today, engine was upto temp but was idling a little higher then usual, just over 1000 rpm, like the choke was stuck on or sumthing, any ideas??

thats the best news iv heard all week mate thank you for that

hello people iv got a vr i think the gasket might be going or gone but how can i be sure? i havent drove it for 3 weeks coz iv been using my van, started it up today but found some mayo on the oil filler cap and the engine revs kept dipping slightly on idle, what could this be? how much to fix and could i drive it like it is coz i need to do a 200 mile journey xmas day, thanks for any help guys

every now and then i get a burning smell but i cant place the smell, it seems a familier smell but just cant plase it! i dont think its oil coz im not getting any blue smoke, the only smoke i get from the exhaust is thick white smoke but that goes when engine warms up. i think it only happens on shorter journeys around town and only when the engine is warm, i had a long 100 mile trip the other day and it didnt smell at all! the smell only last about 30 seconds to a minute and then it goes away and lastly only once i seen a puff of smoke come from under bonnet just as it started smelling, it was on the drivers side about 6 inches from the windscreen any ideas guys???

cool thanks for the tip on the manual handle, never knew it had one.

hi guys the other day i noticed my sunroof had tilted just enough to see fresh air through it, about a 2mm gap, thing is i didnt open it in the first place, and then i tried to close it but it wouldnt close and it wont slide, it is wired up to the alarm which auto closes the windows and sunroof when i lock it with the fob but this didnt close it either, so i tried opening it full tilt which it did but as i feared it wouldnt close again, i went into asda for an houre locked the car with the sunroof still open but when i got back the sunroof had some how closed fully on its own! so i though great i will leave it like that and not touch it but now suddenly its opened up 2mm on its own again!! any idea why this might be happening? thanks for any help you can give me.

hi guys i need some help please, I never knew a vr6 had a secondary water pump and 3 stage fans which are meant to stay on after the engine has been swiched off (if required) The reason i never knew this is becouse they have never worked since i bought it so i was none the wiser untill i was told its meant to have this feature. so how do i get this fixed? what do i look for to find the problem? the fans do come on when hot but only one speed and they come on every couple ov minutes in traffic but the dont stay on long and dont stay on after engine is been swiched off and i cant hear any water pump when the ignition is on. any help would be gr8! cheers

i just put brand new plugs and leads on her and a new battery, they wasnt very expensive just basic stuff, i'll deffinatly find a place with a vag com, thanks for your help

yea cool im up for that, i'll pm you my number, thanks

ok maybe if people could tell me about their vr's speed wise? mine has no low down grunt at all, only when it reaches just over 3k rpm does it it pick up but even then it dont feel like a 2.9 v6 should, i drove a 3l v6 pug 406 last year and it was very torquey, what might cause it to loose power?

hey iv had my vr for about two months now and im just not happy with it, i really think it may have lost power over the years and its driving me crazy, maybe its just me but to me it feels like it doesnt have the guts i thought it would after reading alot of reviews i was lead to belive this would ba a crazy fast car but mine feels sluggish and its very frustrating, so what im looking for is someone with a well looked after vr as close to standered as possible as mine is standerd to drive my vr and tell me what they think, i live in newport south wales so if thers anyone close with a vr you consider to be fast then please would you come and compare and take mine for a thrash to see if thers something rong with it or if its just me, i can travel to meet half way is there is no1 close cheers

im not sure if the spoiler runs off a relay swith but thats how it sounded, like a relay switching on and off, it would click-spoiler goes up, click-spoler stops, click-up, click-stop and it will do this over and over untill it reaches the top

hey, iv tried doing a search for this but cant find anything, anyway my spoiler doesnt come up as smooth as it should, it comes up about 5mm at a time, stop for a second then another 5mm stop and so on, it takes about 20 or more seconds to get to the top ant the same going back down again, its the same on the switch and automaticaly while driving, i tried it the other day on the switch with the engine off and i could here a little clicking sound coming from the back, the click was swithing on and off as the spoiler was trying to go up? can anyone help me please? thanks

well i managed to get the job done, wasnt as simple as i thought though, first the alarm kept going off every time i dissconnected the battery, couldnt figure out how to stop it so i just replace the battery with the alarm sounding, its ok now, then two plugs started cross threading :bad-words: but sorted itself out and i had no trouble taking the leads off but loads of trouble getting them to pop back on, im still not sure if they are aon as tight as they should be, seems to run ok, abit lumpy but it was lumpy anyway, thats why i changed the plug and leads in the first place, so next job "moro, clean the ISV.

not sure who GSF are but thanks for the replys anyways im sure i'll sort it myself

i need it done 2moro i havent got time to wait for delivery, can i buy a removal in halfords or sumthing? anything other tips on doing these jobs? like using copper greas or anything?

just a quick one, im changing the plugs, leads and battery on my vr tomorrow morning, iv done these jobs on other cars but i just want to know if there is anything i need to know about doing it on a vr6 as none of my other cars have maent as much to me as my vr so i dont wont to break anything, do i need to use a plug lead removal tool or can i do it all by hand? cheers

iv got the same problem with mine, pulles to the left, and was told the same as you, they told me i would have to the the secifycations of the lowering kit from the people who fit it

hi guys, could any one tell me how the MFA works on a vr? i no the obviuos bits like oil temp n sfuff but not all of it, and what are the two differant settings i.e MFA 1 and 2 also my water temp gauge shows 70c and oil shows 112 usally once its all warmed up, are these normall temps?

hi guy, got another question for you about my vr, i got in it the other day and the clock and tripometer had reset itself, like the battery had been disconnected or something even tho i havent disconnected it or messed with any wires, any idea why this would happen? also the ABS light is satrting to stay on sometimes now, it will go out wen i start the car but then i will just randomly come on as im driving???? and the thing bugging me most is flat spots as i put my foot down, it will seem very dull and non responsive at curtain points through the rev range??? any help would be great guys.

Hey guys i bought a VR6 on monday and its great but theirs one or two thing im worried about, could anyone help please? 1st the tracking, it pulls to the left a bit so took it to get tracking done but they said because its been lowered they cant do it, i asked to have a go anyway just to at least make it drive strait, 40 mins later and nothing so i drove it away still pulling to the left, also yesterday morning i started the car let it warm up for two mins but then it wouldnt go into gear, any gear! but then it slammed into revurse with a big crunch!! then it was stuck there, so i swiched off the engine and it came out of gear, put it in 1st started the engine and with my foot fully on the clutch pedel the car was creeping forward?? it had a new clutch not long ago. it stoped after i took out of gear and put back in again, and lastly started her up yesterday afternoon after a 5 mile drive and she would rev up and cut out strait away, did this for a while then i keped it reving above 3000 rpm and drove down the road, got to a junction had to brake and it cut out again, started up again drove down the road got to another junction and she was fine! any idea what this might be and how i go abouth the tracking?

im 25 already, and i dont have anyone (especially my old man) to insure it for me, im on my own on this, sound like i,ll just have to bite the bullet and pay what ever i have to pay.

i got a quote from confused.com on a vr6, i used a reg number of a car on pistonheads, to get the quote i chose a vr as close in condition and spec as the vr i would choose to buy in the future, i was fully honest about my dr10 and the quote came back at £1200 which i was over the moon with, that was from admiral, but now iv chosen the raddo im gonna buy, iv paid me deposit on it and i pick it up next week, its very close to the one u used to get a quote on but its now coming back at £2900!! thats on confused.com as before, now i really am confused.com!!, im 25 with a DR10 and no ncb in last two years, not looking good for me is it :( iv got too much love for the raddo i just dont care how much it is, as long as i get to own a vr6 :grin: :grin:

hey dudes im aaron-j, brand new on the site and i need a bit of help, i used to have a 16v raddo but i lost my licence for 17 months but now i get my licence back next week and im picking up a nice shinny vr6 six the day after and obvously with a DR10 on my licence insurance will be a killer so the help i seek is for insurance companys you might know who could help me, any help would be great guys cheers.

im from newport, havent actually got my raddo yet, im picking my vr6 up next week.