Wullie

What model and year is it? There are different heater controls with their own problems. You could check the fuse if it's the blower thats not working, No 6 on a KR. The fuses are listed on the bottom of the fuse box cover so worth a check. If yours is a later model with rotary controls there a load of info already on here so a search will throw up a load of possible solutions. Best of luck. Wullie

http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/14042011/36/20-year-old-writes-dad-s-pound-275-000-superc-0.html Ooops. That'll be £5 off your pocket money each week till it's paid for.

Welcome to the forum mate. Lovely car(s)

This is a link to how to check the injectors. http://the-corrado.net/.archive/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=78232&p=907912&hilit=injector+flow+test#p907912 Unfortunately the 1.8 16v injectors can't be cleaned, they just wear out. Worth trying a known good battery for a couple of days though the tendancy would be for it to start easier with a warm engine if it was the battery. Another possibility is the injector seals which you could check while you're testing them.

Temp gauge working now. It kind of went sender, cable, lot's and lot's of tape. Under the tape it continued, Scotchlock, cable, tape, Scotchlock, cable, female connector, male connector, original cable. One of the Scotchlock connections had fell apart. Problem solved. I think the previous owner had shares in a connector business. What I did notice was that the original loom covering is a kind of plastic tube which has hardened over the years. The edge of this has started cutting into the cable insulation where the wires exit from it. Temporarily cut it back taped it and the wires up to prevent any further chafing, another job for the summer.

The fan is blowing strongly now. I'm assuming my earlier lack of power diagnosis was down to the multimeter problem, it's that old it runs on steam. I can only assume it was a poor connection at the motor plug or fan switch. Need to track back the water temp gauge wiring from the sender end now while trying assorted cusswords to try and find the magic one.

Working! But I don't know how. Messed about today disconnecring things, cleaning things and generally swearing at things. Multimeter seens to work when it wants to and generally led me astray. Took out the heater motor, poked it, sprayed it, swore at it. Put the whole thing back together and it worked. Now to try and remember the magic cussword.

Helped a guy who couldn't walk back to the matrimonial home once. Wife came to door and he muttered 'I think I'm drunk.' She said, 'I can see that. Where the **** is your wheelchair?'

Crank bolt, timing belt, thermostat, dizzy cover and rotor. I had a poke around behind the drivers side suspension turret which is just a solid mass of wires, intending to check the condition of the brake servo which I haven't really seen since I bought the car. Because of this I didn't do much and stopped poking. Didn't move anyhing enough to pull a lug out though. Knowing my luck I'll have broken something though.

After doing a bit of work on the C the heater blower has ceased to blow and the dash temp guage ceased to register. I have checked the fuses and the all seem OK. Checked the fuse socket with a multimeter but don't seem to have any power there. Is there any other thing I could check (other fuse somewhere or a relay?), as I don't fancy disturbing the fuse box at the moment as I need the car as a daily. Alternatively, is there somewhere I could pick up a switched 12v supply from that I could wire into the blower switch as a temporary measure until a get a few days off? Don't know if the temp guage is related. Checked the sender but it's OK. That may be a broken wire somewhere in the bay. Any ideas appreciated as it chucking it down with rain and the screen is misting up and I can't clear it without opening a window and having a shower.

This sounds like must see. Will go lovely with some of the other great "Bad Movies" I've got..

Was surprised myself at the price, you fix yours now, maybe it will love you just a little bit more. :sunny:

Nice car, total numpty behind the wheel

Just a few words to finish this off. Firstly, thanks to all those who gave me hope in my darkest hour. Symptoms:- At first it was just an “off” feeling, the car not quite feeling quite as perky. Initially I put this down to the almost total neglect during the bad weather and promised myself that I’d fix it when the weather got better. Fuel consumption began to fall, again I put this down to the really cold temperature and most of my journeys were only 3 or 4 miles. Popping back in the exhaust. The cars never did this before. My first thought was a leak in the exhaust but a check shoed it was OK. Decided to check the ignition timing and found that I had to rotate the distributer almost to the limit of its movement to get a bit of power back, still popping. At this point I began to worry. Diagnosis was fairly simple. As things seemed to be out of phase I took out the plugs, they looked OK, possibly slightly rich but not by much. Put a dowel down No 1 cylinder and turned the engine to TDC watching the dowel. Looked at the timing mark on the pulley and found it was almost in inch before the mark on the lower timing cover. As the car was nose into the drive I stuck the plugs back in and drove it out and turned it, looked in the engine bay while it was still running and noticed the crank pulley had a slight wobble. Now I began to panic. Started too take bits off. I took the water pump and crank pulleys off before loosening the drive belts. The allen screws can be a real pain to remove and the belts being on provides a bit of friction to allow you a little leverage. Loosened off the Power Steering pump to give a little more space and took the crank bolt out. 19 mm twelve point bolt. This was tight but an extension bar and son with foot on brake got it off. Took off the crank sprocket. Note:- During all the straining and heaving the engine moved away from TDC. I didn’t notice this till later however a partial rebuild allowed me to retime it. Worth checking when the bolt has just been loosened. Totally panicked. The key in the sprocket had almost totally disappeared and the slot in the end of the crank was damaged. Went into the house, poured a large single malt and posted my problem on the forum. After a few responses decided it would be worth while replacing the sprocket and bolt and seeing what happened. Went to the dealer and got bolt and sprocket Bolt WN 903 670 01 £2.77 Intriguingly called a socket on the invoice Sprocket W027 105 263 B £23.38 Got a little discount on these. While the car was in bits and waiting for parts I replaced a few other bits to pass the time. I was getting hopeful now. When the sprocket arrived the damage to the crankshaft didn’t look too bad, when I test fitted it there was no rotational movement to speak of. The crank nose was slightly burred on one edge of the keyway so I smoothed that off using an oilstone, (quite new and the surface of it was still flat.) Rebuilt everything using a large screwdriver through the bell housing timing plug hole to hold the crank still while I tightened the nut as much as I could. Wwhen everything was back together I took it down to Jim at JR Volkswagen who for a cigarette did the final tightening. It’s less than ½ mile and downhill most of the way. Redid the ignition timing and adjusted the fuelling while I was in there and it’s a good one. Conclusion It’s worth while I think to have a look at the crank pulley while under the bonnet with the engine running. Any wobble would be worth investigating using the dowel down the cylinder technique, any slight variation should be investigated, especially if accompanied by the other symptoms above.

It's alive!:cheers: :dance:Got the parts today, spent some time with an oilstone to remove the burr. Took things off, put things back on, fitted new thermostat, timing belt, dizzy cap and rotor. Remembered to refill it with water and turned the key and off she went. Felt as if I was cheating as I usually drop the sump and put on new big end and main bearing shells when I do the timing belt but didn't bother today. Either getting old or lazy. I'll do them when the weather gets better. Feeling a lot happier than I was. I'm now going to get some of my ant warfare kit, aka a bottle of red and test it, just to make sure It's ready for the summer.:hic:

Joe Kerre, BMW Junior Operations Kindle Executive and [email protected]. kind of gives it away methinks

Don't know if this has been posted before. I found it quite handy http://www.wagenstad.com/

:scratch::dance::bonk::awesome: Underneath the triple column rhere's a [more] bit with loads of the little buggers. :confused4::agrue::fondle::angel::study::evilbat::flower:

I may be a bit daft here, certainly over literacised (IE ****ed) but where does the engine/gearbox Sensor get it's signal from. I'm sure you cant just take an old speedo cable out and stick in a digital sensor. I'm going to bed in a few minutes.

Go advanced, bottom right:scratch::cheers:

Don't depress me any more. Ive been without the car for a couple of days for the first time in years. The new sprocket should have a tooth I'd imagine and if the slot on the flywheel is worn I'll drop a little weld in and grind it clean. I was thinking of pegging it but I don't think I could drill straight enough and don't want to screw it up altogether. I was fortunate to catch it quite early so there hasn't been too much damage done, touch wood. Used she who must be obeyed's Corsa and it feels like driving a jelly while sitting on a bar stool. On the bright side I saw an ant today. Must go and buy some wine, I mean an ant control kit.

Crank face is pretty well smooth with just a slight burr on the keyway so hopes are high. Bits ordered and prayers to the weather god (aka Craigowl) offered.

Says a lot for the strength of a Corrado though.

It's was a 12 point bolt that came off it. I phoned the local dealer who seemed up to scratch, quoted the correct part number for the pulley so I'll see what kind of bolt comes with it and pray for some dry weather when they do.

Thanks for giving me hope David. At the very least I suppose it will give it a wee while longer before I have to source a crank or engine, or maybe it will just keep going for another 190 k miles. I've ordered a new pulley and bolt from the dealer for a reasonable £35 inc VAT. Unforunately they're not in stock so I'll have to wait a couple of days for them, by which time we will be back to torrentisl rain or snow here and I'll die of exposure while trying to fit them.