Dox 23 Posted May 6, 2023 2 hours ago, peterpp said: It seems the same tensioner is fitted to a Ford Galaxy and I managed to get a brand new complete unit for £50, and having fitted it using the recommended flexible pipe, I found the car runs absolutley fine so no blown head gasket/damage to the engine. I have the guide to remove the dashboard , and now it's warmer in the garage, I want to replace the internal pipework and the heater matrix. The connectors that go through the bulkhead are in very poor condition, they sort of crumbled when I took that pipes off, and I had the correct tool to loosen the clips. For quite a while prior to the pipe bursting I had been hearing air in the internal pipes, so maybe that was a cause. Can anyone provide advice on where I can buy the internal pipework, matrix & bulkhead connectors? Or is it a case of just buying the matrix and a length of pipe which I shape myself (how would I do that?) and some copper pipe to go through the bulkhead? Once again really appreciate the help for thoise with prior experience. Matrix and connectors are all a single piece Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cressa 44 Posted May 6, 2023 As above. The matrix does come with slightly longer pipes on it and then the 2 blue coolant hoses that you have joined together, join to this. A simple fix. You just need to take your dash out 🤣 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peterpp 11 Posted May 7, 2023 OK thanks Cressa, now I have looked for the part I see they some with the pipes. I can't find a Valeo / Hella when I searched for it, should I get one from Heritage? Also the car has failed it's MOT due to a split steering rack gater with an advisory for play in the rack inner joints. For a while I have been feeling knocking through the steering wheel under hard braking, so I am thinking it might be a good idea to take the rack out and have it refurbished (the car has done 230K miles with a full engine rebuild at 175K). A search on Google brings up: https://www.lionautomotive.co.uk/product/volkswagen/corrado/vw-corrado-88-95-power-steering-rack (£100 plus £75 Surcharge which is refunded when you send the old unit back to them). Not a lot of detail about what I actually get - does this include the tie rods? Steering Specialists Limited Autoparts are advertising on ebay £300 for a refurbished reck (think this includes the tie rods with new outer ball joints On the face if iy a big difference in price, anyone able to advise / comment / (or have a good rack for sale) Have read the dash removal guide ... fills me with a certain amount of fear, but then the heater control lights have never worked so I can sort that out at the same time... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dox 23 Posted May 7, 2023 Personally I’d only have my own rack refurbished. I’m sure a friend of a friend had their Volvo rack refurbed there, so far all good. a friend with a mk4 is on his 3rd rack in 2 years, exchange is a bit of a lottery imo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tonedef 9 Posted May 7, 2023 Had mine done a few years ago at Power Racks Direct, excellent service. https://the-corrado.net/topic/84949-steering-rack-refurbished/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cressa 44 Posted May 7, 2023 When you get the dash out to do the heater matrix, you may as well recover the internal flaps whilst you are there.....They will need to be done and a cheap fix for it to work properly and not blow old foam in your face 😊 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
