girlracer 0 Posted November 15, 2005 :cry: I have a 1989 corrado vr6/g60. Ihave owned it for 6 months and not too many problems. Last month I discovered my engine was a transplant when i tried to get a water pipe from vw. The one i had on my car matched up to vr6 passat! After investigation i found out my engine was from a 1993 passat (AAA 2.8 vr6) Iam now having running problems with it that nobody can diagnose. There are no diagnostic sockets! It starts ok, idles a little irratically but always has, drives ok at low revs but get on the open road and put my foot down and might as well be driving 1.1 metro. Spent god knows how much on it so far contemplating putting a match to it!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bcstudent 0 Posted November 15, 2005 I'm a litle confused. You bought a 1989 Corrado VR6 under the impression that it left the factory that way? With respect to the problem I'm not the best person to offer a diagnosis as I've never even owned a VR6. If VAG-COM is likely to be able to find the fault I wouldn't think that retro-fitting the diagnostic sockets is a major job - if you can find the loom. I assume they're connected straight to the ECU. With 34 views to this post I'm surprised nobody's replied. I guess they saw 'girl' in your name and curiosity took over! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gradeAfailure 0 Posted November 15, 2005 So it was originally a G60 (were they around at '89?), but is now a VR? Apparently VR's have a habit of idling slightly erratically, which is normal... As for the lack of power when you put your foot down, I'm afraid I can't help you there, but I'm sure it won't be long before someone knowledgeable comes along... Hope you get it sorted! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vr6storm 0 Posted November 15, 2005 unless you can hook it upto VAG-COM or know someone with a factory fitted VR6 engine,sounds like you'll have to maybe go down the route of replacing all the sensors to see what ones fubar'd...............if you know someone with a VR engine in their car then you could always swap over sensors to see what works and what doesn't Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaz g60 0 Posted November 15, 2005 dont think they made vr6 corrados till 92?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gradeAfailure 0 Posted November 15, 2005 They didn't - it's been converted (if I've read the first post correctly)! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch24V 0 Posted November 15, 2005 Are your wheels 4 or 5 stud btw? ...nothing to do with your problem, just trying to figure how well it was converted. Dutch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walesy 0 Posted November 15, 2005 ... or did you buy the car thinking it was a g60, then discover 6 months later that it's a vr6?... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DelMonty 0 Posted November 15, 2005 DieselGolfWales, love the avatar! :) Sorry for being off-topic, regarding the problem I can't give any advice that hasn't already been given here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
girlracer 0 Posted November 15, 2005 dont think they made vr6 corrados till 92?? no its a 93 engine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_mat 0 Posted November 15, 2005 Do you know who did the conversion? Maybe they relocated the diags port? Maybe they wired up the standard G60 ports (under the gear gator - the 2x2 plugs)? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaz g60 0 Posted November 15, 2005 well if you can get it running right it's not neciserely a bad thing . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted November 15, 2005 Wouldn't an 89 Corrado make it a 16V to begin with? Since the 89 1800 valver had no ABS or engine management ECU, it's minus the diag port. Chances are the K line for the ECU is tied up somewhere under the dash, or worse, snipped off completely during the transplant. Look for a thin grey/white wire behind the centre console, if not there I'll find out which pins on the ECU you need to run wires to in order to get your comms working again. The socket you can lift from any scrapper Golf, Passat or Corrado VR6, in fact you may aswell get the socket and all associate wiring and hook it up to your ECU. I wouldn't worry about the Passat water hose too much, so long as it fits and does the job. A lot of the same VR6 parts were utilised across the spectrum of models that used that engine. You need to get that diag port sorted before we can go any further......but if it feels down on power, it could be the usual suspects.....cam sensor (or hall sender if it's a distributor model), MAF sensor or the lambda probe. How are the spark plugs, HT leads, air filter etc? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted November 16, 2005 I'd have thought the socket would be around somewhere... maybe try and contact a previous owner? Also - I reckon the stored faults could be read by sticking the ECU into another car and hooking them up to VAGCOM without turning the ignition on... Or I'd say any reasonable engine management specialist should be able to read them directly from the ECU - Bosch service centre maybe?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted November 16, 2005 Unfortunately you need the diag port in order to communicate with the ECU due to the way it's wired up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taggart 0 Posted November 16, 2005 remind me to change my name to "blonde bird with big jugs" next time I want help :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted November 16, 2005 I thought only Tom was aloud to call you that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RW1 0 Posted November 16, 2005 Also - I reckon the stored faults could be read by sticking the ECU into another car and hooking them up to VAGCOM without turning the ignition on... Erm...... ECU Reset = Total memory loss including fault codes. :wink: . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickVR6 0 Posted November 16, 2005 Where are you in hants? Ross (Tekara on here) and I are both in Hants and he now has a full vag com set up on a laptop. If your reasonably close give us a shout and we could take a look and see whats been done to yours no probs. Sorry, speaking for Ross there too, but im sure he wont mind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
girlracer 0 Posted November 16, 2005 :-P Cheers guys for your help, for those who who didnt catch on it left the factory as g60 and had vr6 transplant. Think my best bet would be to follow Kevs advice and try and trace wires from ecu. Question: where the bloody hell is the ecu? Sorry its a women thing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walesy 0 Posted November 16, 2005 LOL>.it's not a women thing...my wife would'nt know a ECU if it jumped out of THE SCUTTLE PANNEL (( top right hand side of the engine bay below the window on any standard raddo ive had )) and unchained her from the sink :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tekara 0 Posted November 16, 2005 Where are you in hants? Ross (Tekara on here) and I are both in Hants and he now has a full vag com set up on a laptop. If your reasonably close give us a shout and we could take a look and see whats been done to yours no probs. Sorry, speaking for Ross there too, but im sure he wont mind. As Nick has volunteered my assistance it would be rude not to honour it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
girlracer 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Thanks guys. the car is currently in bognor regis as it is out of MOT. where bouts you from? how much will it cost me for boys to come and have a look at it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2cc 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Well, while we are on the subject of helping each other, my VR always likes a run out..... Give us a shout if you want another pair of eyes looking at it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walesy 0 Posted November 17, 2005 Give us a shout if you want another pair of eyes looking at it > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
