Holly

Going to get the HT leads changed then and see how it goes. I have also decided to go to GTi international so might see your stand there! Thanks for your help guys. :D

Wow am I the only girl here then?!! Yes it is real I had actually completely forgotton it was the 1st of April. Thanks for your comments guys, not sure they made me any happier though! I worked at the headquaters of Toyota for my gap year at university and bought my dream car which seemed like a great idea at the time, but now as a very poor student in my final year my car just seems to be going wrong! :( I had the oxygen sensor changed, and all the other sensors were tested. So basically I could be looking at a whole engine rebuild?! To be honest I planned on spending most of my money on my car to make it perfect but hoped it would wait till I finish and get a job in June, do you think it will be ok till then? I think I will get the HT leads changed to see if that will help they've had 107,ooo miles out of them anyway. Thanks for your help :lol: Oh and my insurance is £500 a yr with Tesco- Its great being a girl! :wink:

Hi Guys, Im so glad I found this site! I bought my VR6 Corrado last May but as a 21 year old girl with a VERY basic knowledge of cars I was hoping you could help shed some light on the acceleration problems ive been getting recently. It started about a month ago when im accelerating, the cars idling or running at a constant speed the power will just cut momentarily, this is more obvious if im accelerating, say at a roundabout its like every few seconds it will 'pull back' which is quite scary when your expecting to get accross quicker than you actually do! I took it to a garage and they changed all 6 plugs, they commented on what bad consition they were in, all black I think oily?! They hadn't been in long though so that was strange. Anyway the car drove fine for about a day then I started noticing it again but not as bad so I took it to a different garage where he checked the compression and it was down (but he didn't mention anything about head gaskets), then he cleaned the plugs again and re-gapped them (?), anyway then the car drove fantastically, power was up and very smooth accelleration again. But a day later its doing it again! Some days it will be fine but most of the time you can feel the periodic stuttering. This is turning into an essay- sorry! Just to add, its going through a litre of oil every 3-4 wks and sometimes theres a mass of smoke from the exhaust. Ive checked the water levels, they are fine and havn't needed to be topped up for months. Do you have any ideas? I dont want to keep getting the plugs cleaned every day but I got the VR6 for a reason and it aint fullfilling that at the mo! Thanks. Hol. :roll: