Bally

thanks all for all yr comments...

wanted to see if I could get away with removing the handles without taking of the cards.. oh well no 5min job.. taken the cards of plenty of times...

thanks guys...

sos lads I meant the handle you pull to open the door.. Ive bought some chrome ones so want to replace them...

is it bedtime yet :lol:

as above how do you remove/replace them??

hey Lorn, saw yr motor at cov meet wednesday nite, on the move etc the rado looks phat... its different, like it... :D

lovely 8)

Cheers feela - they really are a lot of fun! Ours is a 1.4 petrol and has done 44K but still slightly more expensive to tax than your diesel although still worth the money! Would love to have ours detailed - would benefit from a good session with a PC but at the same time the paint is really good for 6 years old! It's only had 2 previous owners and they've obviously cared for it :D

 

Quite an underestimated motor IMO - your's must be great with the re-map!

Yr A2 sounds good... well my bros a detailer in his spare time so PM me if you want yrs doing... ours had one lady owner..

its my old mans motor, we use it now & again.. really does rev well & the black smoke is funny... was running 75bhp got it upto 112BHP & 190pounds of torque which for a small car like that is good enough.. for now :D

WTF :lol:

Hey Phil, you wont be disapointed with the A2, we've got one not long ago.. 1.4 TDI.. such a good little motor.. so cheap to run, bro just detailed it, looks like new only done 44k now, I had it remapped, goes really well & upsets a few peeps too :lol:

Im running 205/40/16's on my 9's... get hardly any rubbing on the rear.. fronts rub on full lock..

looks so different on the BBS.. like it...

RC's look sweet in the darker colour.. myns not far from hitting 200k :D

welcome to the forum.. lovely car 8)

cheers all... ive used 2 1.5L G12 vag coolant & mix of water... its been fine in the past...

I found alot of air in the system & tried to get most of it out lastnite.. seems abit better than y'day... gona keep an eye on it...

I think there is a sensor on the on the back right hand side of the block. I think that is the sender for the oil temp IIRC :?

The sender might be the problem causing the oil light to flicker.. the gauge readout is sitting below 1bar, so somethings not right.. oil pumps been replaced, so has the pressure switch...

Bally sent you an e-mail, but I reckon it could be the rad fan switch, just seems odd how hot the water was coming out of the rad at the bottom hose to the engine, it should have cooled down more than that now I think about it, the mk4 has a big old rad but the water coming out of the bottom of that is much cooler than going in at the top - obvious I know!

as for the air lock, not sure we added at least 4 litres of coolant and there was probably a fair bit left in the system, the top and bottom hoses were definitely full of water as a lot bled out when we filled initially, are the heater matrix hoses both hot, if so then water is running through those too, I'm doubtful there's much air in there TBH.

 

how does it drive with the ignition timing right? I'm sure it was on about 15 degrees at idle before yesterday!

Thanks for yr email mate

yes after speaking to you & mate at auto-werks convinced the switch isnt working at 2nd speed... so like you mentioned will try the earth & wire to the batt to see if it works etc...

its drives ok.. but still seems abit slow on pickup... maybe its time for big power :lol:

Hmmm, 16v's are notoriously hard to bleed. Could be a bit of air lockage! I found that mine ran hotter after replacing the pump and stat too. I found it ran cooler with less G12 in it :?

I hope it is a airlock.. althought we did get alot of them out.. weve stuck in 2 bottles of G12 coolant...

still finding it stranger why it running warmer though.. are there any other oil/water sensors on the back of the block? as a friends just mentioned it to me??

Is it boiling up? fan should cut in at 105 i think

the fans kicking in after the halfway mark on the temp guage, its just getting hotter alot quicker than it used to for some reason...

there was alot of air bubbles when we was bleeding up the system...

i asumed it would run alot cooler with a new pump & thermo... oil temp seems to get rise alot quicker then it did... ive fitted a new oil cooler too lol

as above, big thanks to davidwort for giving up a lovely sunday to work on my damm corrado..

basically we replaced the worn waterpump & thermo, but it seems the car runns even hotter than it did??

water temp nearly hitting 110 & the oil temps hitting 124plus?

oil pressure is fine, been tested, changed the oil pressure switch abt a month ago..

ive done a head rebuild abt 2k ago & oil pump, sump gasket, oil cooler & HG...

any ideas peeps?

nice looking corrado 8)

thanks chaps 8)

Thanks Fella :D

James lovely set of wheels... Car looks amazing... alltime fav corrado back in the day when asim ran it on RS301's... :D

looks awesome on the track Ben :D

nutty bra 8)

dayymm they look cool...i done a phtoshop a while ago on mine...but they didnt look like they do in your pics!

 

respects paaji, you got some stretch goin on at the rear:p

 

i proper want to see your car in real life brv

 

:Bacardi:

 

Singh

Cheers bro.. Im at most of the meets.. mostly cov, but should be at the west london meet on monday all being well... 8)

hey b, all this arguing :confused4: you know those rims were about since 04 right?

 

p.s. The silver centers have definatly bought out the blue in the colour 8)

No.. these are the new modernlines... the older ones had more dish, the centres on these come out more... thanks bro...

im not arguing, just friendly banter lol

nor was I... indeed... :D

Bally as my bro says the silver centres deffo bring out the colour in your car for the better. Reminds me of wheni first saw your car parked in hounslow a few years ago when your rc's were silver, it has that fresh look back.

thanks yeh I remeber them pics you took... thats 4yrs ago!!

anyways more pics......................