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i've had this problem recently, and have just changed the fuel pump and swapped a spare/ better battery on and seems to have sorted it.

the diapragm upstream of the fuel pump rupturing and therefore unable to sustain system pressure is a definite cause of slow starting on valvers.

yeh agree definitely leave it standard, smoothed would put me off if i was looking

seems like ages since i've posted in this thread.

green vr heading south from the ballmoney roundabout, i was flashing away in the silver merc estatemobile :D

yeh its a bit cramped, i removed the battery for a bit more room and simply used a spanner to undo.

drove through this place on the coast in north donegal last week....

and seriously, they actually have a 'diving centre'.

you've been busy! carpets, seats and wheels look really well, good job.

noticed my windscreen rubber is lifted in one spot too... am hoping i dont find what you did

i bought a cheap extended spark plug wrench from halfords, then chopped it down to about 40mm and used that with some mole grips and the alan key to undo mine recently, as found my ring spanners were too beefy to fit into the top plate.

fairly certain its not an easy answer, but i'd assume its due to the vr6's larger single valve heads, cast manifold, fixed length inlet runners and no variable valve timing, i.e all a bit less refined than the 24v.

i think the drilled box versus cone filter is a different reason, the standard box is designed to reflect induction pulses back into the inlet tract to aid cylinder charging, by drilling the air box you're allowing these pulses to reverberate like a speaker and also to escape, the cone filter allows them to escape only.

above is my theory only, happy to be shot down by more learned persons :grin:

Comming on nicely then, when do you think it'll be ready?

slow progress! still SORN but should be soon, I just keep finding things that need fixed and don't have a lot of time to get them done.

am now waiting on a set of 288 brakes to be delivered - broke the front bleed nipple when refilling the system - if i can get the brakes on I can at least get it back on the road for the summer.

stunning, get it bought.

stripped and painted a replacement sump, then fitted it.

ordered some parts from euro car, counter guy asked what they were for, i said "corrado", he said "nice" :lol:

fitted a new bearing to the tensioner following the how to, old one was foobarred, glad i caught it in time, also fitted new serpentine belt.

/\ yeh good point, and not only that but you can only vote once :)

reckon the poll is about right tho.

crikey this is coming along really well :salute:

very jealous, i need one of these with space for the kids :)

gotta love it in black

yep 8)

Mmm do you really think all materials used in building applications would be flammable!

Some of this stuff gets placed around gas and oil boilers for instance, and can be foiled backed to avoid contamination and degradation.

Haha yeh not doubting at all, just a turn of phrase :)

yeh lets hope so, mine didn't end up that way tho :lol:

the following from this thread, viewtopic.php?f=23&t=76563&hilit=vr6+widetrack+questions from the VW workshop manual apparently.

Yandards wrote:

16v/G60 running on 6 1/2J x 15 ET 33:

1439mm front track

1432mm rear track

VR6 running on 6/12J x 15 ET 43:

1450mm front track

1432mm rear track

So a VR6 has the same rear track as a 4 cylinder car but given the changes to the ET it is a wider beam. If you consider that they only widened the front outer arches as part of the 'plus' running gear set-up then a wider ream beam had to fit within the existing wheel arches.

i don't think this helps answer the 'internal' beam dimension where the arb would be secured.

never given this much thought, but sound deadening foam is used all the time in architectural applications to dull down 'lively' acoustic spaces, i'd be looking at those types of suppliers before vehicle ones - it is expensive though, not sure there'd be much saving in it.

you'd still have to cut to shape, but not a hard material to handle, you could use hvac aluminium tape for the edges.

each oem bush costs about £35 each.

some debate on how easy to replace, if all goes well half a day labour, issues can arise though depending on condition under there - siezed brake regulator bolts, fused brake lines etc

The car failed it's MOT earlier this week because of rough brake lines

Northern Ireland MOT's eh :hitler:

the fixing method for the abs sensor tube differ between early and late, early are a mushroom fixing, late are different.

guess who ordered the wrong ones when refurbing their rear beam :D

...anyone :scratch: