seanl82

Distilled/de ionised water is better, and its cheap if you go to the diy/car isle in the supermarket.

Bit late but happy birthday mate, hope you had a good day! :thumbright:

On earlier models yes, donut is located on the king lead for the dizzy. The VR6 has two and are bolted to the engine block. One front, one rear.

You're probably right, but I don't think I've ever come across that - EVER! They're usually just spliced in where fitters can find easy access, then twisted onto the existing loom and covered with electrical tape! For the more thorough fitter, they're soldered on.

Great wheels these.

I replaced almost every loom on my car last year due to a history of severe botch jobs. Just be meticulous in labelling your old looms at the connectors, taking loads of photos for reference, and look at this: https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjh3afJmfDKAhXCZw8KHfn4D9AQFggfMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.a2resource.com%2Felectrical%2FCE2.html&usg=AFQjCNE0Xl3oi6z65qAWFzrR676wP6zb6w&sig2=5h_x14qD3rvpDkQz5BT0Vg&bvm=bv.113943164,d.ZWU All the wires should be the same colour/strike if from the same year and model, so when you remove the old ones you can cross reference which plug goes where, and label the new one and fit it straight in without hassle. Getting it all tidy behind the fusebox is a challenge especially when its been so disturbed in the past, but it do-able.

As long as you get one from the same year and model, its pretty straight forward. You're best off removing the dash though as its easy to run everything with it out.

Would have been easier to trace all wiring from the control module back, and removed it where its spliced in. They are generally fitted behind the glove box/passenger undertray, or behind the centre console. If you can see nothing around the fuse box area, check around there. Trouble is that if the car has been off the road for a while and not started, it could be an unrelated issue. Best off just checking and/or replacing as much of the wiring and looms as possible.

It connects directly to the lambda. The lambda cable runs up next to the downpipe (drivers side) and there should be a bracket that they sit in on the rear engine mount. They connect together at the bracket mate.

Agreed. Really helps sell with an MOT, as people will travel all over the UK for a Corrado - its a limited market as it is so its not worth limiting yourself to potential buyers in your relatively local area only. With an MOT they can turn up and drive the car away, rather than potentially spending hundreds on a flat bed or trailer.

Yep, I confirmed too (yet to pay though). Could you put me down for camping to please Phil.

I took a car for MOT with the wheels on the wrong side, don't worry Rob! I console myself that its because I rarely buy directional tyres! :iamwithstupid: I've also done this with the dash.......... Managed to figure it out after a few minutes though but it was a bit of a facepalm moment! :lol:

I wouldn't bother with a whole new one mate. Pretty sure you can buy the dash pots separately and you can get the tps, other than that its a hunk of metal, butterfly valve and a spring! Unless yours is obviously knackered then save yourself a few hundred quid!

I had a cam sensor fault on another VR6 which I had, and it showed on VCDS. The symptoms I had were real lack of power so the fact your car drives well and idle is normal when warm, suggests to me that its fine John.

I picked up a blue temp sensor today from TPS, pretty sure mine is good but worth a try. Black is just fan speed 3 and yellow was almost £40 and is for the dash gauge so didn't bother with those two. I'll see how I get on but not holding my breath. My TB was off about 2k ago with an engine clean and light refurbishment, so isn't gunked up or anything. Angle increase was also steady with throttle on VCDS although a little slow to react, but I imagine thats normal.

Ok I'll give it a try tomorrow, thanks John! :thumbleft:

How do you get to the test mode John? Not seen that and if I'm honest, I haven't been through too many of the functions.

I've seen that before....... I'm not sure either, it looks very well done from afar, but I think the front end looks a bit too bulbous with those headlights and the grille being such a narrow car.

Is it just the grub screw or the whole adjuster? May be worth contacting koni uk with the coilover model as lots of manufacturers can offer spare parts. I imagine you'd need to remove the whole assembly to replace it though.

Think that was aimed at me from jekel. I have vcds and monitored both from stone cold, and was getting the same temp (around 10 degrees iirc. The original one rose in temp on vcds in line with temp gauge on the dash so pretty sure its good.

Ha! Great name change Matt, love it! :lol:

I've got all three but planning to go back to stock on the gearbox mount. Its a little too hard for me as it increases cabin noise and vibration which I'm no longer happy to live with.

Now you're just being greedy!!! :lol:

Drivers door solenoid and around the rubber boot in the door jam.

Cheapest Bosch maf I've found is £128 with the correct part number for a Corrado, but I'm nipping down to see 'Harrier' Friday afternoon as he's kindly agreed to let me try his first, which may help avoid a needless extra expense.