_Matt_ 32 Posted October 15, 2024 nice line up n3p. ULEZ etc is a bugger for those it affects, a Corrado in the garage would be a lovely thing to have when wanted alongside any of those lovely motors 😄 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STU175 0 Posted October 19, 2024 i still login every now and then still making improvements 😂 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corrado wannabe 13 Posted October 22, 2024 Very nice Stu! Really like the white ancilliaries under the bonnet, nice touch on a white car. Dougie 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corrado wannabe 13 Posted October 22, 2024 Just to update on my banjo bolt situation.... After a short hospital stay I finally got a chance to look into getting the old girl sorted and to my surprise when I looked at the smaller of the two banjo bolts, the one I took off the car didnt have the small filter in it, so I presume at some point its been changed and not with an OEM bolt. Given the car ran fine, just going to run on that basis, so ordered a couple of HEL performance stainless steel ones and also ordered a couple of the large bolts from the LLL website, so thanks for those Matt it was very useful. No excuses for me now! Dougie 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Matt_ 32 Posted October 22, 2024 Good luck Dougie. Mine is booked in end of the month for a proper alignment with rear shims and camberbolts and changing clutch master and slave. Horrible to drive at the moment due to bad alignment. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian1975 14 Posted October 22, 2024 On 10/19/2024 at 4:46 PM, STU175 said: i still login every now and then still making improvements 😂 Love this car ! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrahamU 6 Posted October 29, 2024 (edited) I've not been on here for a while, car was in storage but its back home now and I will get the MOT back on it. Edited October 29, 2024 by GrahamU 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geeba 0 Posted November 18, 2024 I'm still here! - finally working on the Corrado again... engine is back from Silverstone and close to going in.... lost the flywheel over the years so looking for one of those and ARB bushes... I keep meaning to join and post some pictures, but the forum seems a bit hit and miss... sometimes pages dont work etc? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geeba 0 Posted November 18, 2024 Actually if anyone has a flywheel and maybe a good gearbox let me know! 😉 are the ARB bushes on a stock setup VR 18mm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stone0311 0 Posted November 19, 2024 I'm still around albeit been tied up with other things recently, off to paint this winter and will be out and about next year - can't wait 😁 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corrado wannabe 13 Posted November 24, 2024 Can't seem to start a new thread, so will just reply here. Not often the fleet is all together, but took the corrado out for it's last run before SORN for winter. Managed to fit a new water pump and radiator, then noticed the wires had broken on the O2 sensor again, so fixed that as it was running rough. Thought I had cracked it as the mpg was heading back out the teens into the mid twenties, but just as I pulled into the drive it started popping and banging so will need to fault finding again. The joys of classic car ownership! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bristolbaron 11 Posted December 10, 2024 Morning all! it’s been a while… life took over and things have been busy, too much for this time of day. I still have Corrado number 10, although it’s not been on the road since Covid. It did start earlier in the year, but needs a full respray before it goes anywhere. I’m not doing that until I’ve built a garage, which is getting closer to a reality. Meanwhile I went through a B8 RS4 and C7 RS6 before picking up a V8 R8 in the summer, a natural progression from the Corrado and they do look great side by side. I often look about for very good examples of Corrado’s and think it’d be cheaper and easier just to pick one of them up than sort mine! Hope all is well with those still here, maybe I’ll have some more exciting news in 25! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon green 6 Posted December 10, 2024 Good to hear from you BristolBaron, I always thought you would still have a Corrado Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philuk 0 Posted January 2 Long time since I was on here! Still have mine and after spending many many pennies having the EPAS fitted by JMR during covid never actually used it properly or found the love back for it. Currently sat on the driveway and expecting to find it on the Facebook group “sitting there rotting on a driveway” Keep threatening to mot and try having another bash at it, currently in the midst of changing job so the daily c8 tdi estate audi is going and will be getting replaced by a Golf R.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geeba 0 Posted January 28 Still seems a bit hit and miss on the forum - is it just me or do page numbers not work correctly? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cressa 45 Posted January 28 The page numbers are an absolute ball ache. I think because it is impossible to navigate around the site, that is why it is so quiet. Real shame Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geeba 0 Posted January 29 On 1/28/2025 at 8:38 PM, Cressa said: The page numbers are an absolute ball ache. I think because it is impossible to navigate around the site, that is why it is so quiet. Real shame Yeah it is a ball ache! - I was thinking of joining up, but if the sites been put out to pasture I'm not so sure.... tis a shame. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geeba 0 Posted January 29 Dam! - I've just made a 1,000 posts as well! 😄 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corrado wannabe 13 Posted February 1 Apologies again for.cluttering up this thread, but I can't seem to post a new topic in engine. I'm looking for a sense check from someone as it's been driving me mad. Blue temp sensor. Firstly, am I correct in saying that my 2.0 16v 9a engine has a k-motronic fuel injection system.? Secondly, is the blue temp sensor located on the rear of the cylinder head and will require the inlet manifold to be removed to replace it? Thirdly, can anyone confirm that it is the blue temp sensor that sends the signal to the ecu for adjusting the mixture, and not the temp sensor on the side of the block (which on my car appears to be a white two pin connector with brown and white and lilac and white wires) Any help would be appreciated. Dougie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cressa 45 Posted February 1 Apologies that I can't really help with having the 16v, but. Have you looked in the WIKI at cooling, as i recall that mentions the sensors. I think the best investment with any corrado is the Bentley manual. Some people have a pdf version floating around 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cressa 45 Posted February 1 On 1/29/2025 at 4:59 PM, Geeba said: Yeah it is a ball ache! - I was thinking of joining up, but if the sites been put out to pasture I'm not so sure.... tis a shame. True, gut it isn't much money and we get to see nice updates on your car 👌 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philly-R6 1 Posted February 1 This is what Cressa is referring to: The definitive VR6 cooling guide - Engine Bay - The Corrado Forum. Most of it carries over to the 4-pot cars (radiator switch, fan controller and sensors) - just ignore the auxiliary electric pump. The blue sensor tells the ECU the temperature. If you can get to it, disconnect the housing and measure the resistance of the sensor with a meter. Cold values are larger resistances (250 Ohms) and warmer values approach zero Ohms. (If I remember it correctly!) Or if you have VCDS or such like - see what temperature the ECU believes it is. Looking further the 16v seems to have both sensors in one 4-pin sensor.. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corrado wannabe 13 Posted February 1 On 2/1/2025 at 2:30 PM, Philly-R6 said: This is what Cressa is referring to: The definitive VR6 cooling guide - Engine Bay - The Corrado Forum. Most of it carries over to the 4-pot cars (radiator switch, fan controller and sensors) - just ignore the auxiliary electric pump. The blue sensor tells the ECU the temperature. If you can get to it, disconnect the housing and measure the resistance of the sensor with a meter. Cold values are larger resistances (250 Ohms) and warmer values approach zero Ohms. (If I remember it correctly!) Or if you have VCDS or such like - see what temperature the ECU believes it is. Looking further the 16v seems to have both sensors in one 4-pin sensor.. Thanks guys, much appreciated. I have the Bentley manual and I also have a Haynes manual for the Passat which covers the 9A engine. If I could figure out how to navigate the version of ETKA I have, the exploded diagrams may have been of some use. Interesting that the diagram above says the sensor body on the 4 cylinders is black and has 4 terminals, when the sensor I have purchased is blue and only has 2 terminals. Going to keep digging , but thanks for the information so far. Dougie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
g0ldf1ng3r 16 Posted February 5 On 1/28/2025 at 8:38 PM, Cressa said: The page numbers are an absolute ball ache. I think because it is impossible to navigate around the site, that is why it is so quiet. Real shame i dont know who to contact anymore about issues i have tried toby several times but not had any reply - im kind of lost on how to get this place back to some kind of normal functionality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geeba 0 Posted February 16 So is Toby the owner of the site? does anyone else have admin rights? I'd like to join, but I'm dubios...... if like I said before, its been put out to pasture then I'll probaly not... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites