Fuel guage / heated seat / creaking from osf when turning

[oxfordpaul 0]

Hi all, just bought a beautiful Aqua Blue VR6 with leather...now want to sort out a few problems.

 

1). Fuel guage reads either completely full or completely empty and goes up or down depending on motion of the car (accelerate = up, decelerate = down I think) any ideas?

 

2). Drivers heated seat inop but can hear click in rear right hand panel when turning the switch on and off.

 

3). When turning steering there is a creaking noise from front o/s wheel. Hard to say exactly where from but worse when warm and does it if stationary or moving - poss dry joint sound??

 

4). Needs a full service inc. plugs I guess (last had plugs 36,000 miles ago)...any advice on type of plugs/oil etc? A VW specialist locally has quoted £230 plus VAT for everything inc. brake fluid change.

 

5). Thinking of lowering and changing suspension as it's quite crashy over bumps...any suggestions?

 

Thanks guys (or girls!) for any help... Also any other Corrado owners around Oxford get in touch!

[vr6storm 0]

Hi all, just bought a beautiful Aqua Blue VR6 with leather...now want to sort out a few problems.

 

1). Fuel guage reads either completely full or completely empty and goes up or down depending on motion of the car (accelerate = up, decelerate = down I think) any ideas?

 

2). Drivers heated seat inop but can hear click in rear right hand panel when turning the switch on and off.

 

3). When turning steering there is a creaking noise from front o/s wheel. Hard to say exactly where from but worse when warm and does it if stationary or moving - poss dry joint sound??

 

4). Needs a full service inc. plugs I guess (last had plugs 36,000 miles ago)...any advice on type of plugs/oil etc? A VW specialist locally has quoted £230 plus VAT for everything inc. brake fluid change.

 

5). Thinking of lowering and changing suspension as it's quite crashy over bumps...any suggestions?

 

Thanks guys (or girls!) for any help... Also any other Corrado owners around Oxford get in touch!

 

 

here's a few pointers for you............

 

1)knackered sender perhaps.....or some sort of bad earth????

 

2)have you checked the seat is still connected to the plug under the seat????............if it is........its maybe just something as simple as the heat pads(approx £50 per side) needed repaired or replaced.....IIRC icewhitesocks repaired his recently

 

3)have you checked yer CV joints for splits or are the gaiters and general area caked with grease...........sounds like a Knackered CV joint to me

 

4)ALWAYS USE NGK plugs for the VR..........due to the intense heat generated by the engine NGK's seem to be the ones that can take it the best.........DON'T buy these from VW tho.........they sometimes charge £20 ea :shock: :shock: ......as for oil........you won't go wrong with Synta-silver(semi-synthetic)or you can use Synta-gold(fully synthetic)........VW's own branded oil from their $tealers or from the likes of GS&F............tho don't be too surprised if using the Synta-gold you have a more tappetty engine......i've used Gold in mine since i bought it 3 years ago and have't had any problems whereas others have..........so the Silver seems to be the "safer" choice so to speak.........also if i were you i would budget on a coolant change/brake fluid change/Fuel filter change and get them to check the "serpentine" belt as well.....unless these have been done in the past 12-18 months of course

 

5)its all a personal choice with suspension but if you want it lowered best use quality suspension kits