VR-Sixy 0 Posted July 25, 2013 I've been tidying up my engine bay over the last couple of days as it looked a bit sh!tty ! [ATTACH]75129[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]75130[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]75131[/ATTACH][ATTACH]75132[/ATTACH] I was thinking of doing the rest of the engine plastics in blue aswell? What ya think? :) Ben Looking good. Something that i could do as well. Any special kind of paint used? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benjevw 10 Posted July 25, 2013 Cheers mate I used some halfords high temp silver on the manifold and normal car paint on the plastics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZippyVR6 0 Posted August 5, 2013 Nasty one Ben. If these are the same Hoses I had on when I owned the car, I had exactly the same thing happen to me, You can see the damage on the pic below. The main hose ruptured in the same way. and the smell of coolant was always there, as if the coolant was somehow seeping out of microscopic pore holes in the hose. BTW the car is looking excellent. Its great to know it is being cherished in a way I didn't have the time or knowledge to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Bowen 1 Posted August 5, 2013 I just ordered some roose ones, only bought the top and bottom rad hose, but starting to think i should of just ordered the 8 hose set. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benjevw 10 Posted August 28, 2013 Nasty one Ben. If these are the same Hoses I had on when I owned the car, I had exactly the same thing happen to me, You can see the damage on the pic below. The main hose ruptured in the same way. and the smell of coolant was always there, as if the coolant was somehow seeping out of microscopic pore holes in the hose. BTW the car is looking excellent. Its great to know it is being cherished in a way I didn't have the time or knowledge to. Oh dear! You don't have the receipt by any chance do ya zippy? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benjevw 10 Posted August 28, 2013 Hi guys I had a slight misfire for about a week, I put it down to maybe the fuel filter or pump as I've never changed the filter and heard they can misfire if blocked! Changed the filter and checked the pump and all was fine so next up to check was plugs/leads/dizzy.... I pulled a lead off the dizzy while the engine was running and nothing changed. I removed that plug and it didn't look good! Covered in black stuff and the insulation around the bottom was cracked.....definitely the problem :( I only changed the plugs a few months ago when I did the chains so don't know how they've got this bad! Any ideas? Also my key fob stopped working last night which is annoying! It resets the battery every time I unlock it. I'll check the fuses tonight as my cabin light doesn't work either! Oh yeah and a parcel shelf strap broke yesterday aswell :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZippyVR6 0 Posted September 3, 2013 Oh dear! You don't have the receipt by any chance do ya zippy? Sorry mate. Even if I did have the receipt still, I doubt it would do any good, I bought them in 2006, and the car has done at least 50k since then. Is it one plug more oily than others or all the same? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benjevw 10 Posted September 3, 2013 Sorry mate. Even if I did have the receipt still, I doubt it would do any good, I bought them in 2006, and the car has done at least 50k since then. Is it one plug more oily than others or all the same? Yea true! Well I haven't had a reply yet anyway! It was just on one! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZippyVR6 0 Posted September 11, 2013 I thought Plugs 1 and 6 were prone to being oily anyway. Must have been that cracked insulation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benjevw 10 Posted March 16, 2014 Hi guys I haven't been on here much lately because of changing jobs and forgetting my password! The estorils I got from a member on here have been fitted. She hit 150,000 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_Jaymo 0 Posted March 16, 2014 Welcome back! Nice dials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZippyVR6 0 Posted July 18, 2015 Hi guys I haven't been on here much lately because of changing jobs and forgetting my password! The estorils I got from a member on here have been fitted. She hit 150,000 Just logged back in for the first time in a year or so, god I miss my old car. Have you still got it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benjevw 10 Posted July 27, 2015 Just logged back in for the first time in a year or so, god I miss my old car. Have you still got it? me too! yeah ive still got her :) , still driving it daily! Its long overdue some love so hopefully ill get some time to get on here and update as I go :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZippyVR6 0 Posted July 27, 2015 Awesome. That's great news. I'm really pleased someone could devote the time needed to keep her going. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benjevw 10 Posted August 18, 2015 UPDATE!!! I've finally finished building and fitting my wheels!!! And that's about it.... The car has been pretty much faultless apart from a slight misfire from time to time, which I cured yesterday with a new set of plugs. Had the manifold off for a clean while I was at it, along with the isv. Runs lovely now :) So I picked these up late last year, all in pretty bad condition. Faces were chipped and scratched, barrels badly corroded and centre nuts chiseled off!! Stripping them down was fun... Sheared a few bolts as they were so ceased! Even after being soaked in penetrating stuff for hours. One wheel turned out to be a 3 piece.... After a "very light" blasting. I had the centres powder coated by mint alloys in silsoe, Bedfordshire. The barrels (and lip) were ceramic polished by TRS in sherington, near Milton keynes. I decided to polish the fronts myself. After many, many hours i got them to a finish that was ok.. After many more hours I got them looking 'as good as possible'. I'll have them ceramic polished as well in the near future! New nuts and bolts. New billet centre caps and pins. Set me back a few quid but look the bo//ocks. Also finding originals was near on impossible. Splashed out on a set of continentals! 195/40/16 And now fitted. Still need to roll my arches and get it sitting right , but Im liking it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VW_OwneR_85 2 Posted August 18, 2015 Nice!they suit the rado rather well, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StueyB 0 Posted August 18, 2015 Loving it Ben. Makes me smile every time I see you rolling around Flitwick. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
