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What engine conversion did you do? I thought you were going for a straight like-for-like swap. To be honest, I'm not sure exactly what you want pictures of and what engine we're talking about. Maybe you could post up a picture of the plug in question and the connection for the missing hose?

Is the engine based on a KR, 9A or PG?

The engine doesn't *have* to be supported but once the bumper's out the whole front crossmember will only have two small-ish bolts for support. I'm sure they'll be fine but, for the sake of pushing a trolley jack under the car, I didn't risk it. I also took the bonnet off but mainly just because it was blocking the light.

Ahhh, so that inner water pump pulley is connected to the outer pulley but just spins freely. I get ya'. I'm really not sure. I only know that my early KR engine has the three-pulley system with a 41mm PAS pump shaft (Saginav). I've bought a 52mm (ZF) pump and have to change some of the pulleys to fit it. I'll update the thread when I've got it all lined up just to confirm what I had and what I changed to.

Bugger. I've just ordered the crank pulley and the water pump pulley from VW as the breakers only had the late PAS pump pulley. They were only £40 for the pair but the crank pulley is out of stock and will delay the delivery of the pair. Do the alternator and PAS pump belts both run around the waterpump on the three-pulley system?! It certainly looks like they do!

I think it's white-ish - it's definitely not blue. The G60 and VR6 (and probably the 8v too) use the blue temperature senders. They're a resistive device with a negative temperature coefficient, rather than the simple temperature switch the 2.0 16v uses. There's a picture posted at least four times in other 16v running-problem threads that show you where all the 2.0 16v sensors are located. I'll leave it to you to find as homework :)

Are you implying that Mercedes drivers have less ability to park than BMW drivers? You could well be right, although I've never seen you park :)

The fifth injector only operates via a thermo-switch for a few seconds so it's unlikely to be the problem. The first thing to check is the ECU temperature switch, which supplies the ECU with the enrichment signal for cold running. If that checks out buy this book and become a 16v expert! I can't believe the search turned up nothing. I've answered similar posts several times this month alone.

Those two part numbers are, indeed, for the late KR and 9A setup. Don't you need the late crankshaft PAS pulley (051 105 255) too? I think I'm just going to go to the breaker's and pick up a stack of pulleys!

Just to keep this thread up-to-date (and because I'm not sure when I might have access to ETOS again) I thought it'd be a good idea to add these for reference:

I'll have a dig around the breaker's yard tomorrow and see what I can find. Thanks again.

roo, that's exactly what I needed! I don't suppose you got the part numbers off those pulleys? Just to confirm, you bought a pump with the longer shaft spacing and had to change from the three-pulley system you had to the two-pulley system in your pic? The water pump pulley looks like 027 131 031, but I can't make out the others.

lol...I guess there is that to it.

Those are some awsome pics 16v. I've seen the top few before but never the ones with the jet and the leg. Who owns that car?! It's one of those Corrados I see in pictures all the time but know nothing about. * EDIT * I've just noticed the bonnet vents. They're arse!

If my car failed the MOT on just those two things I'd be having a party!

I live in North Walsham - so not far from you at all. Kings Lynn is 55 miles west of here if that helps. I used to work in Peterborough during the week and commute back at weekends. What a pain that was; I don't miss it at all. I'll make a point of getting the welder back.

The prices STORM 2 has got are very competitve. To be honest PhatVR6, I doubt you're going to beat it by enough to be worth the wait. I just got a quote for an RT-S4.2 from my closest dealer and it was £154.52 delivered - ouch - that's £22 more than the single unit price from STORM 2. Maybe the group buy could still go ahead with the dealer offering them at £90.30 + VAT? It'd be handy but if it's going to cause trouble I'll just buy from my local dealer and swallow the extra £48.42 it's going to cost me over the 15 units price :(

Well, on the car at the moment the 41mm pump is driven by the outer crank pulley if that helps. I'll take some pics when I can but it's not the easiest place to get good pics of!

I've got a Saginaw 41mm pump on the car at the moment and I'm trying to fit a 52mm pump. If anything I'd expect the KR pulleys, rather than the 9A, to stick out further as the shaft for the pump is 11mm longer.

God I'm confused. The car is an early KR with the chassis number I forgot to write down the part number of the pump pulley when I was last under the car. I may have to go and find that later. As far as I can tell, for an early KR, we've established that the new pump I have is right (026 105 255D), the pump bracketry is the same and the problem is pulley-related. Am I right?

Thanks for the reply. I read somewhere that the KR and 9A setup are different, as one uses an idler pulley (or something); the 1.8 if I remember right. However, I'm sure the pulleys themselves are the same - one setup just has more of them. ETKA even lists the pump shaft spacing as 41mm for the 9A pump and 52mm for the KR pump, so that's spot on too. It's very strange. I guess the point is if the crank-driven pulleys *are* the same between the KR and 9A engines then the pump mounting has to somehow be different by 11mm. If anyone has access to ETKA/ETOS can they have a quick look at the PAS systems and list the parts that aren't common to both? Alternatively a screen grab would be sweet. davidwort, thanks again :)

Does anybody know the difference between the way the PAS pumps are mounted on the KR and 9A engines? My car's had a lack of power assistance in the steering from cold since I've owned it (a little over two years). I finally decided to do something about it when a brand new ZF PAS pump came my way from eBay for £40. The problem is at some point in the past someone's fitted a Saginaw(?) pump from a 2.0 16v Corrado to the car and the two aren't easily interchangable, mainly because the shafts are 11mm different in length (with the correct pump being longer). So, if I fit the KR pump in the place of the current (wrong) pump the pulley is 11mm out of line from the rest. I don't have access to ETOS (since my copy locked itself after a month) so I've been down to my local VW dealer and confirmed that the PAS pump pulley, the crankshaft pulley (026 105 255D) and the pump itself (028 145 157D) have the right part numbers for the car. I can only assume that the PAS pump brackets are different but I can't see any way that the new pump can move 11mm further in as the 9A pump is already very close to the engine. The fact that I'm posting about this at amost 2:00am means it's costing me sleep! Help. * EDIT * Changed title for search purposes.

I'm so glad nobody bought your Corrado back when you were all pissed off with it! Now we get to watch the re-evolution.

1bar = 14.5psi

Do you still live in Norfolk Ben? My mate's got my 130amp MIG welder in Derbyshire at the moment but it's due to be returned a.s.a.p. If you're stuck for a welder you're welcome to borrow it for a while. Knowing my mate it'll be out of wire with an empty Argoshield bottle by the time it comes back!