seanl82

Have been getting the kids stuff here and there, but just been in the get the missus, mother and Brother. Bit last minute but thats how I roll......... Anyway, left the house at 6, back by 7.15. Pretty quiet in town, Whats the problem!

Maplins is your best bet. If you can take a section of the wire in, the staff are generally quite knowledgeable and will advise you what's best that they have.

It's the most common problem. If you have a multi meter, check resistance at each connector which will tell you if it at fault. Intermittent problems though are better checked using vagcom if you can.

Welcome along! Good car that, and many helpful folk here to help you out with any problems that occur. Here's the members gallery from old for a bit more info on the car. http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?t=54525

I can't remember the diameter of the copper pipe sorry. If you measure the inner diameter of the hose that should give you an idea. It'll be OK running it short term I expect, but I'd change it out before too long. If the matrix fails, it'll spill hot coolant all over your feet and will steam up your windscreen pretty sharpish! If you have confidence in your matrix go for it. In the short term it's worth a try even if it just pinpoints your problem.

118d M Sport Bimmer. In all honesty, probably less practical than the Corrado! Certainly less boot space, and not much more room in the back. Apart from the Climate control, MPG, and tax (£15 per year!), its not a patch on the Corrado. Maybe a touch more comfortable on a long journey, but I'm quite happy driving the C for a few hours at a time and don't feel drained at the end. I've said it before, unless you can appreciate the Corrado for what it is, then you'll end up disappointed when you get back into it if you go for a modern quick car. It'll never match the refinement and build quality, or the speed of a modern hot hatch, but you look cool a F**K and get lots of thumbs up driving a Corrado, as opposed to one of the other fingers driving some other performance orientated car nowadays.

They were added years back as the matrix could sometimes fail and spill hot coolant into the cabin. The valves are pressure relief valves so should the water pressure become too high, it was diverted from the inlet pipe to the outlet pipe. (not flowing through the matrix). Newer matrixes are much more reliable and better put together, so the valves were not needed. To test, just remove both valves and the pipe that connects the two, and run some copper pipe directly to the matrix in their place. This obviously ensures the water passes through the matrix. Found a pic of my old valver when I did it. Remove these.

Ok it sounds like the thermostat is doing its job. Start by bypassing the bypass valves with a bit of copper pipe straight to the matrix. Its quick, cheap, and easy to do so worth working through the possibilities in stages. At that point you could also try flushing the matrix through in both directions but tbh, if its well past its best then flushing won't make a great deal of difference. Once the above is done, replace the heater matrix. If there is no history of it being replaced relatively recently, then its worth doing. To change it, you have to remove the heater box anyway. At this point, you can replace the foam on the directional flap. The directional flap is the one you will be seeing the foam from. A separate small solid plastic flap provides the switching between hot and cold so that will not be the cause of what you're experiencing.

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You mentioned in a previous post that it got warmer when sat in traffic. Right, read the previous post where I said about testing if the thermostat has failed. Once that has been done, we can advise further. It just seems we're going round in circles at the moment..........

I think that rules out 003 being Storm models at least.

Whilst driving yes. As I mentioned in a previous post, if the thermostat is stuck open (the failed state), the water is constantly being cooled by the radiator. When you stop in traffic for a while or sit at a standstill, there is no cold air flow over the radiator, so the water temp will increase and your heater should get warmer.

Turn the car on from cold. Let it idle on the drive. When the top radiator hose starts getting warm, check if the bottom one is as well. The bottom hose should stay relatively cool until the water temp gets to 90 degrees as seen on the gauge. If it gets hot well before, your thermostat needs replacing.

Haha, sorry, but theres a Yaris enthusiasts club!? :lol:

Correct resistance should be around 1.1k ohm. I'd suggest testing again at a lower scale but that seems quite far off. Generally faulty sensors give readings very high or open link, very low, or they fluctuate considerably between the two.

Probably a typo. (well, a hand written one!). My delivery inspection is 31/1/95, with a delivery date of 1/2/95. It's matters nor a great deal to me anyway tbh. I'd like it to be a Storm but I'm not desperate for it to be. They're not a great deal more desirable or worth more in value, so I'm happy with my lot regardless.

What we need is someone with an 8 or 16 valve registered around the same time to check their VIN. If any have 002 or 003 then we'd have a better idea if it was true or not.

Yeah both different. One measures pressure below 1.25 bar iirc, the other above. You shouldn't use both the same or you're asking for trouble.

They're interference fit I believe Chris. When I replaced my cable last year, the guide tube just pulled out with the cable. A rubber mallet was needed to get it back in afterward.

Or a VW original at twice that price again! I try to get genuine whenever it's possible to not have my pants pulled down, but in this case I'd get a branded one. I just got a febi rear for £30 and I'd advise getting one of them. Fitment is perfect and it should at least last a while rather than a cheep copy.

Indeed. Mine was registered in Feb 95 but registered to the supplying dealership for the first 3 years. Instinct tells me it's not a Storm, and was one of their display vehicles originally to promote the release of the Storm, before becoming one of their fleet cars. (It amassed 70k during this period). My VIN is sk0015 but I'd heard previously that they weren't sequential so any of the model types could have the next number.

To add, a couple of thing I'll stress is that its important to keep your cool if doing it over it on the phone. Make sure you tell them the problem, what you want done, and give them an achievable time frame to do it. Tell them you want updates if need be too. Stick to your plan, but don't stop paying unless its a very last resort. You won't loose any deposit if its been done through the DPS either. But you'll be seeing the owner off possibly un-necessarily as they may not even know about it. I let a house in Plymouth, and for the first 18 months used an agent. There were a couple of issues over the winter of the first year, that my agent didn't inform me of, and were evasive to the tenants. I left my email with her luckily and she contacted me direct after a few months of no joy with the agent. After a few harsh words, they then let themselves into the house unannounced which is illegal. My tenant is a single mother of 3, so to come home to a random guy upstairs in her house was very upsetting and obviously very scary. This happened twice! Needless to say, I'm no longer involved with an agent and let it directly now.

Have a look at any paperwork Jim. If they're an established agent they should be associated with a regulatory body which they should advertise on the paperwork. There is a property ombudsman too. Phone the agent and tell them your intention, and give them 48 hours to formally respond to you with a date to fix it. If they don't come back to you, email them both and CC the estate agent on it. Give them a call again and tell them what you've done, and this should spark them into action. If not, let their authorities process it, and hopefully come to some sort of decision. Be advised though, it could take a while if they don't get the hint........

100 times more rare than a well priced black switch though I reckon!

And pics! We love pics...... Oh and welcome! :thumbleft: