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Always heard good things about the Autoglym ones, my dad's got one, he gets on ok with it. Maybe it needs a bit of breaking in like a chamois ususlly does?

The only major 'flaw' with my Corrado is that it isn't RWD!

 

I'd also like a quicker rack; the feedback is there, but when I jump from my MX5 into the Corrado it's like helming a Routemaster bus by comparison. Don't get me started on how slow the rack is on my Golf VR6, I'd imagine the steering on the Titanic was more direct.

Yeah the slow rack is a bit strange, the rack on my 8v Gti is so much quicker too, like night and day difference.

The 2.8 from VW was £2300 but not inc the head!

Aha I misread that bit. Hmm that puts a different slant on it :-)

If you can save a grand by going for a 2.8 over a 2.9 from VW, I know where my money would be going. The 2.9 is pointless anyway. A grand extra for .1 of a litre. Think what you could spend that extra money on......

Not sure the best place to go but in the interests of getting the quote down; if you have an older relative with a good driving record get them put on as a named driver it generally brings the quote down significantly. A friend of mine saved £170 doing just that, mine is normally £50 cheaper for having the old man insured on it too even though he never drives it.

Scary that his username is P_D or Police Driver.......hmmmm surely not! Hilarious post. :cuckoo:

tail out behviour as the C???

Tail out behaviour? What are you doing to it? :nono:

Never ever experienced anything close to tail out action from a Corrado.

Took the saggy headlining out, stuck the bugger back down and refitted. 3 hours all in all. Sunroof seal was a b1tch. Managed to bleed all over it :-( No sagging now though. Where's the vanish!

I've had 5 older VWs with 100k plus mileage no issues with ignition switches whatsoever, always have a bigish bunch of keys jangling too. I don't think there's an issue with them at all. Headlight switches on Corrados however is another issue....... Bit like the sunroofs!

How would I do it myself approximatly?

 

I was thinking of removing the wheel, drop the car back to level, jack the wishbone up to approximatley the normal position, and use a spirit level on the face of the hub.

 

I guess this will indicate if I can get the camber in the ballpark? If i can't pull it out enough then the bearing carrier / car (!) must be bent.

 

what do other people do? Thanks for all the help again! :notworthy:

Thats what I've done before, or even just eyeball it until getting the allignment set professionally. If you can't get it pulled out enough, your subframe may be mounted incorrectly/damaged or the hub carrier or even the shock (though v unlikely) damaged. Are you 100% sure the correct wishbone was fitted?

It does look like a very nice example, but £5k is hilarious. They were probably sold it as having a rare Karman interior, special edition etc.

Good effort :clap: Its cleaner than mine is I'm sure.

Cam Position sensor as Jim said is a likely culprit. I had a Golf VR6 before the Corrado and had a duff CPS, it had the same symptoms as you, I changed the sensor and it made a night and day difference to the car.

Amazing Value, funny how parts made in Germany can be shipped to America and back and still be cheaper delivered to your door than it is to drive several miles to a VAG dealership and buy them there. Quite tempted by that, thanks for the info.

I removed my canister with no running issues at all, why should there be? You can poke the fuel tank vent pipe out into the wheelarch to stop fumes entering the under bonnet space. You can then run your cold air ducting through the carbon canister hole.

hoses are porous ,as glass is a liquid , there are many things in life which you would not believe.

Indeed, rhubarb is a herb, tomatoes are fruit. I don't belieeeeeeve it. :shock:

I used spray carpet adhesive, last summer to repair odd sagging bits on the headlining, it was easy to apply and worked really well at the time, however a year on and the headlining has dropped all over the place, its a job to see out of the rear view mirror on occasions! I think I'll be trying something stronger soon.

I would recommend Bostik 1GA 186 contact adhesive, its a heat resistant contact adhesive, we use it to stick headlinings in limo's.

where would i get some of this from?

Are the rubber brake hoses porous then?

Certainly not. If air could get in under atmospheric pressure, hydraulic fluid wouldn't have any issue getting out under hydraulic pressure.

To be honest this problem sounds entirely like a seized caliper, I can't believe for a moment its got anything to do with the brake fluid not having been changed. It may be ideal to change fluid more often but how many people really do. I've left fluid in donkeys years longer than that with no ill effects at all.

Or 9 quid each from GSF. For what it does I wouldn't bother paying 3 times the price for arb drop link, its a 4 inch long peice of metal with two bits of rubber.

That part is a damper, to stop the airflow from being cut off dead, just closes the throttle plate a little bit more gently when its nearly shut. If you have adjusted it wildly then yes you could probably hold the throttle part open with it.

Awesome stuff, love the bunny-hop :)

What a head turner! :shock:

Welcome! :D

Your car looks very nice, the leather interior is in unbelievable condition for a 1992 car, or even a much later car.

Not sure about the transmission being a weak point though. Most standard VR6s have few problems in that respect.

I would pay money to get my hands on the idiots that did that, pure waste of oxygen.

The simple answer is that they don't break often, VW ones are bombproof under normal driving. I have had one start clicking due to a failed boot allowing the grease to escape. VW didn't even have them available because they relace them so infrequently. If however you start giving the drivetrain loads of abuse, you're going to start stressing your CVs. Its a bit like saying how come tyres wear out so often, they don't, but if you start wheelspinning and throwing it about they will wear quicker. :D