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Just recently had a chat with a local BMW specialist, (but with 30 years VW main dealer experience), with regards to engine oils. This came about from a major mayonaise problem on my 8v Gti, and he said that Castrol and Comma oils are pretty poor at combating it, due to lack of/wrong type of additives/detergents in the oil. His personal opinion was that Duckhams and Shell are good if your car suffers from this. He remained strangely non comital on the Quantum oils though??

Two white knuckles and a f@ck seems to be the torque setting used by most mechanics!!

Excellent work Phat VR6. Replaced my bearing last week, and no probs since. Great service by BG Bearing in Loughborough, if anyone is nearby. Oh, and the guy in thee local motor factors mentioned that these bearings are fitted to Honda m/c's, so a trip to a bike shop may be a good port of call if you can't get hold of one.

VR6-er - I've just noticed your thread addressed to me. Thanks very much for the concern. I'm afraid I've not read through this item for some time, as it was getting a bit techy for me! I'll read it all through from the start and get back to you all. :D Oh, and i'm on broadband.

About £20 IIRC for the housing. And you might as well fit new seals, just to be sure.

Aposegil wrote; ull find out that anyone under the age of 25 can not be insured as a 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc drive on a car where the main named driver is over 25. Its basically to stp all the young people getting cheap insurance on their powerfull car Sorry mate, don't agree. i'm 26, the g/f is 23, and Elephant even asked if I wanted her on the policy as 2nd driver for £5 extra? This is on a VR6 btw.

Hello mate, give Elephant.co.uk a try. Saved me £100, and even stuck our Gert on the policy for an extra fiver!

Not always the case. My aux pump and thermostat housing both had tiny leaks, but the heat of the engine evaporated the coolant before I could trace a leak.

I'm 'just' a tyre kicker too, so don't know too much about the rosters etc, but i'd say 90% of the crew would sooner be else where from the chats i've had with them! From my experience, the companies grown too big, too soon and there is no-one from the top down with much idea of how to run it. Every shift I find myself doing every job under the sun, bar the one I'm paid for just because the head honcho's couldn't organise the preverbial pi55 up/brewery. Oh but hang on, i've just realised, thats most airlines isn't it!! Any way, rant over, sorry if thats not been of much use, but i do feel better for it!!!

The future may be orange, but it ain't that bright from my experience! :brickwall:

VR6 26 yo 6 Yrs No Claims, 3 points Full trck day cover £600 H.I.C :D

So that was for center and back boxes? And was it a genuine article? If it was I may be tempted, cos it's still the original and it's been on 10 years.

The thermostat housing is plastic, and gets brittle with heat and age. To get to it, take the plastic engine cover off, remove the coilpack, and the three coolant pipes. Once all these are off, it should become clear. It's held on with 3 allen key bolts. And I think the housing is about £22 from VW. Good Luck!

Thanks Kev, advice noted!! As for the VAG-COM, cheers for the offer, but your a fair way away. If Leicester get relegated, and the're playing the 'swich, i'll let you know! And Roddy, I'm saving all my money for an insurance renewal, the robbing ba5tards. All I can say is thank god for the xmas bonus!

The hanger has snapped on my VR's exhaust, on the pipe going into the centre section: (See Pic) Would it be possible to weld back, or am I looking at a new centre section? 2ndly, A wishbone rear bush has started to split. Is it worth the upgrade to poly bushes?? And last of all, does anyone know where I can get the car hooked up to VAG-COM in the East Midlands? Thanks in advance, Stu :D