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Ok well worth a check, i'm not sure about the whole central locking business because i have an aftermarket alarm on mine which does all that, so i don't know how it would work standard Sorry

Can i ask if when you rotate your key, do you then push it in to release the catch?

I have already fit the new bolts, and it did make the clunk a lot less harsh, but it is definitely still there! Yep im with you on the mexican wave, and would be awful it it is the gearbox :( so now i have a few questions concerning this damage How are the gearbox cups held in? Is the inside the same setup as push in driveshafts? Can i remove the cups, and check the splines? (assuming the answer to the previous question is yes) What would give way first male drive shaft cup splines or female gearbox splines? Cheers

Well it used to be a sump scraper maybe a year and a half ago, before i bought it, then previous owner then raised it to an acceptable height, i dont know how low it is as ive never measured it, this weekend, its new drop links, check ARB mount bushes, and subframe torque settings, and repack out cv boots, if none of this does the trick then i really am stumped and maybe time for a new gearbox, or driveshafts, obviously ill check them first, no noticable pitting or damage to inner cv bearing though. another thing to point out, when i removed the old bolts from the driveshafts they were all different, some had shrouds, some didnt and some shrouds were different lengths, not even sure if all were high tensile, so i can only assume this was the problem with them snapping and coming loose Thanks for all the help so far, need to get this problem sorted!

I changed my gearbox mount a year ago, and checked/flipped the other two mounts 2weeks ago, I've got drop links ordered in ready for the weekend as I can't find them anywhere in the service history so I will check the other bushes and clamps then I crowbarred the subframe mounts also two weeks ago and they seems perfect, and same with the lower ball joints, yes the car is lowered, but the wishbones were changed last month for mot and have no memory of a balance wieght on the drive shaft? What does it look like and where is it? Deffinately nothing mo being about on it though.

Ok thanks that's all useful to know although neither of those seem to match my problem, my problem seems more load related, when I power on, I get a clunk, then when I slow, not always instantly on power off, I get a second clunk, there are always in pairs as if something moves out of place then back into place

Ah right assumed it was that, Anyway replaced them over the weekend and still getting the clunk, although the new bolts have helped reduce it, which leads me to believe it is still a driveshaft problem? What's inside the outer cv boot? Could lack of grease cause a clunk to come from here? If anyone got any suggests that would be great wanna get this sorted! Cheers

Thats the thing, i dont even know what they are theyre for? they will be staying there on mine though, i order bolts with 3mm more length on them to account for my washers

Cheers for the help guys, ive got 12 new studs and going to put spring washers on there with them, lock wire's a good idea but hopefully this will do the job, yeh then this dreading clunking noise will go! Cheers

Recently my VR started making a clunking noise when going on the power and slowing up, I had a good look around underneath and seen that some of my driveshaft bolts onto the gearbox were loose! Got the car up and took them both out, repacked the cvs and put them back on the car and torqued them upto 40nm (found that torque in another thread) but some of them snapped as I was doing them up, I drove it home from my mates workshop and the clunking had stopped but halfway home the clunking started again Plan is to buy 12 new bolts from vw (hopefully not discontinued) and torque them up again! Anyone had this problem before? Am I doing the bolts up to the correct torque? Cheers

Recently my VR started making a clunking noise when going on the power and slowing up, I had a good look around underneath and seen that some of my driveshaft bolts onto the gearbox were loose! Got the car up and took them both out, repacked the cvs and put them back on the car and torqued them upto 40nm (found that torque in another thread) but some of them snapped as I was doing them up, I drove it home from my mates workshop and the clunking had stopped but halfway home the clunking started again Plan is to buy 12 new bolts from vw (hopefully not discontinued) and torque them up again! Anyone had this problem before? Am I doing the bolts up to the correct torque? Cheers

definitely up for a few sets if the price is right cheers ---------- Post added at 3:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 3:30 PM ---------- definitely up for a few sets if the price is right cheers

Joined the list the other day, never been to a meet, had the car a year and have been meaning to see what power its got so thought it would be ideal, look forward to it!

Hello, i would just like to add please try admiral, elephant or bell for your insurance, dont go through comparison sites though, im 21 and pay £550 a year on my VR, baring in mind thats with mum and step on the policy, 2 years NCB, and one year of owning the car. Im pretty sure you should be able to get insurance cheaper then that because last year i only paid slightly more then what your quote is! Also something to bare in mind is that if you need to pay monthly, different insurers will give you different interest rates, i took out an interest free credit card so i could pay annually and just pay the card back monthly, you can save a hell of a lot of money by just shopping around :) Hope this helps, and im not too late!

Cheers mate yeh they look wicked, might just have to be a bolt and some gun gum though because I need it done! They won't come in times cheers though

Wicked mate :) do you know the depth by any chance? I want the plug sitting flush :)

Hello, i purchased a stainless exhaust manifold recently but didnt realise OBDI and OBDII manifolds are different, me having an OBDI car and the manifold being OBDII, i need to plug the, what i can assume are the lambda sensor wholes Does anyone know or can anyone find out the lambda sensor thread, so i can make sure i get something that fits correctly? Cheers :)

Been having troubles with my abs for a long time now, have looked at everything I have found to do with it and it all seems to be working as good, vancomycin brings up no error codes and have just pulled out my owners instruction manual and found something called Electronic differential lock which shows faults through the abs light, considering it has stuff to do with wheels spinning it would makes sense that this is where I go next to try and find a fault, which cars are equipped with this system and is it part of the main ecu, abs ecu or does it have its own ecu? Cheers

Just seen A green L reg in outlet car park swindon, was having a good look but was in my sisters corsa! Nice and standard looking

Vagcom gave me nothing, changed front sensors resistance checked and clean up the rears, checked the fuse in the board and the fuses, relays and controller, passengers side, for mosture damage, and checked the relays work replaced the pump and bleed the system, only thing I can't be sure of now, is the controller, can you take these apart? And is that no on the accumulator? Cheers

Hello, been having major difficulties with my abs light and keep coming across threads on the US forums where the ABS pump accumulator is always mentioned, and a pressure switch, do we have these on UK/RHD corrados? And if so where are they? Can't see them in the bay anywhere? I believe it's the black sphere object in the picture, but that's a LHD pump where the pump is under the reservoir. Cheers

Cool well make sure to check the rollers on the window as well! Coz mine was both, let me know if you get stuck but ill be working on mine as well

Yes because it's sat in the tray which is the bit that makes it go up and down the slider and rail I just a guide, if you do auto down on the window and when it gets to the bottom there is a small bang that could quite well be the window hitting the slider!

No sorry mate didnt take any photos, silly really basically take the door car off then take the celphane off under where the lock pin is there is a wide metal rail, my slider was sat at the bottom off this rail when it should've been attached to the window, it's a bit fidly in there but you should be able to suss out what I mean!

This happened to my passengers side window and I was annoyed when I found out the rollers where obsolete, what I did was swapped the rollers round (one at each side of the window) because the rear one takes more of a bang! There is also a slider at the rear side, stuck on with silicone, this had unstuck on mine, so I removed the window, unscrewed the metal holder at the bottom, and slide the slider off its rail, cleaned the old crappy silicone off, and restuck the slider, make sure to get the slider in the right place did this about 4 months ago and it's never banged since! Hope this helps