oneohtwo's VR6 - New Engine!

[oneohtwo 8]

I think the Golf motor superseded the Corrado one and might have been used on some late cars? I thought I was buying a mark 3 motor (with a 3a09 part number) but when it arrived it was clearly a Corrado motor. It was a bit odd, the box it came in was a proper VAG box, sealed, with a 3a09 part number and the motor was in a sealed bag, but the mark 3 motor looks quite different to the Corrado one. This was identical and it didn't have a VAG sticker on it either.

My guess is that VW had some of the 535 Corrado motors left in stock after they were superseded but repackaged them as 3a09 as this was the new required part number.  They perhaps then removed the 535 part number sticker to avoid confusion. Of course it could be a second hand part that someone was trying to pass off as new and I was mugged off - but the sealed VAG box makes me think it can't have been this. 

Anyway, all's well that ends well.

 

[oneohtwo 8]

Another year, another MOT pass, after an initial fail! Only failed on rear brakes being corroded so an easy fix, and in fairness that's been an advisory for a good 10 years... just never got around to it myself.

Do need a bit of a win with this car though, it's getting a bit frustrating - every time I try and put something right I seem to cause more issues. I finally managed to get the sunroof drain pipe down the A-pillar (of my own making) but then promptly dropped by socket wrench on the boot lip and dented it. Just another dent to add to the many that have accumulated. 

I'm hoping this facebook chap comes good with his fabricated sunroof parts, so I can finally put that right (also my own making) and get the car back to where it was a year ago.