20vtvw 0 Posted February 7, 2015 Ha ha ,don't worry it's off the road more than on as I'm always changing things but I have told myself I will get some use out of it this year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobz_mw 10 Posted February 7, 2015 Haha sounds like a plan! Make a nice change to see another one around Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hairyarse 10 Posted February 8, 2015 Indeed I soldered all the wires up and still nothing :( Oh crap! :( I wonder of it's the light unit itself that could be faulty? Whatever it is it's intermittent, although mostly not working. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobz_mw 10 Posted February 15, 2015 Small update. Changed the 16v badge out to a red one as looks better then tatty old one This will probably be one of the last before it gets chopped in half to be a trailer and keep the front end as barbecue. More problems yet! Went to insure the car the other day and luckily before I did checked the car over and the headlights aren't working. Turns out the uprated headlight loom had been wired in wrong. But then when my dad step dad pulled the loom out tested the connections to the headlights turns out there is only 9v to the full beam and 0v to the dipped beam and then with the loom fitted still no dipped beam and no clock lights working in the car!. So at this point the car might aswell be useless seems as though I can't drive in the dark and am back working 6 day weeks so no time to even try fix things. So going to try find a vw specialist who I can drive to in daylight and see what's wrong with it get prices and decide if the car is actually worth keeping. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hairyarse 10 Posted February 15, 2015 Not great news Toby but have to say I'm baffled. The loom was installed as per the instructions that came with it and it's always worked ok. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
20vtvw 0 Posted February 16, 2015 Your not having much luck with this are you,,if I had some spare time I would take a look for you ,where abouts are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobz_mw 10 Posted February 17, 2015 Right so we finished having a fall out and made up this morning so I had a spare bit of time before work and was determined to get it solved and get the car out! Turns out it was just a fuse that had gone which my step dads old eyes must of missed so lights are back working now! So my next day off is Thursday so going to change the oil and filter and hopefully get the car out and take it for a good drive out for the day and just see if that will maybe help the running issues! Your not having much luck with this are you,,if I had some spare time I would take a look for you ,where abouts are you? Thanks for the offer I live down tesco in Starbeck. Hopefully all is well for now but if help is needed again at some point your help would be appreciated! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
20vtvw 0 Posted February 18, 2015 Glad you've made up... I live opposite tesco ,,so does Aaron with the blue vr.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobz_mw 10 Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Glad you've made up... I live opposite tesco ,,so does Aaron with the blue vr.. So we live less than a mile from each other and yet i have seen your car haha!! anyhow on the better side of things i managed to get the corrado out today and take it for a good blast Up into the countryside to the local reservoir so that i could give the car a good run out and see if that would help with the running. Got a couple of pics and must say its going to be some work keeping a white car clean. Excuse the sidelight being out. Must say although the car is out and running and seems to have settled it does run very spluterry and was hesitant at points. So going to try for a full service and go from there But assuming its probably going to something more. But all be it the car handles the road superbly in the corners even on the wet yorkshire roads! although to get the most from the car you really have to work gears! Also after the running problem has been solved i have been given a price off my bodywork guy to make the car less shades of white so all is on the up hopefully and get the car to a few shows and meets later this year! **touching lots of wood** Edited February 20, 2015 by Tobz_mw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hairyarse 10 Posted February 20, 2015 Nice to see it again Toby! I think this time of year it will be 50 shades of brown! lol At least once you've got the paint done and a nice coat of wax the dirt should just slide off with a quick hose down. I loved the way this one handles, always grinning and better than my VR. Ref the running issue, aside oil and filter change I don't think any else will be due down to time or mileage (check the spreadsheet ;) ) as I replaced most things when I got it to sort the running issues I had back then, so don't waste your money on dizzy cap, rotor arm etc. The only thing I never did was the plug leads - I was on the verge of doing them when I found the loose lambda wire which sorted the problems back then so didn't bother. So that would be the only other thing I'd consider. As an aside, have you been keeping track of Peacedub's thread on his valver? - http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?t=89926 He's recently done some tests on his metering head to sort out his running issues. Maybe worth doing some checks similar to see if you have any other problems. Again, not an area I checked other than cleaning and re-setting the metering flap as lambda wire sorted everything else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobz_mw 10 Posted February 20, 2015 Haha yeah that's true andy! I did have a check of the lambda sensor but looked fine but might just change it incase that is the issue and also another thing ruled out. I did have a quick look at peacedub's thread but will give it a better look over as to solving the issue as I say it's driving just rather it be spot on and running like its ment to :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hairyarse 10 Posted February 20, 2015 The lambda isn't original one so it should be ok and there were no fault codes from it once sorted so I wouldn't waste money on it to be honest. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobz_mw 10 Posted February 20, 2015 It's all good now andy! Left the car at home today with step dad and by bank card and just said do what you can so he went spent a while tinkering with it. Went and bought me a service kit for the car and got a new rotor arm aswell. So he fitted it all for me and was saying something about the rotor arm being off angle or something along them lines didnt really understand him to be truthful haha! which I thought was strange considering I drove home from you being a 120mile drive and it was spot on? But all sorted now anyway no more spluttering and idleing fine so happy days!! Decided on some all weather bulbs instead of the usual white/xenons sort of bulb and must say they look great! There like a rich gold colour! Hard to tell but here are some pics anyway! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hairyarse 10 Posted February 21, 2015 Nice one, glad you're sorted at last ;) It's got me scratching my head though lol. I know the timing was good as did that with the cam belt. I wonder if the rotor arm had got loose? (I didn't touch that, only the distributor body when tweaking the timing.) I had it on a MK1 Golf recently - the rotor arm itself looked like new, but you could wiggle it on the dizzy shaft an alarming amount. Surprisingly the car seemed to run ok so guess it was centrifugal force keeping it in the right place? Anyway, it's working right so that's great news :) Bulbs look bright too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tony_ack 0 Posted February 25, 2015 Did you get the abs problem sorted? I struggled to get the diagnostics connected too - if you're using a laptop and cable, try increasing the latency of the port you're using to connect Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobz_mw 10 Posted February 25, 2015 No didnt manage to get it sorted, infact thats one of my least problems with the car, its got really bad running issues to the point i cant even do a small journey for a bag of sugar :( So looks like the car might have to be sold as a project as i just simply dont have the time or the funds to buy parts that might fix it Or even get it to a garage for them to have a look at it. I have done a few tests with the multimeter on the metering head and they seem fine. so just dont really know where to go now as the MOT runs out in april its just got no chance of getting straight through. Just thinking its half best to accept my loses before i end up just spending too much on the car :( Unless there is anyone who is local to me that is good with 2.0 16v 9A engine that might be able to come and even diagnose the problem for a not so garage expensive fee? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZpog 10 Posted February 25, 2015 Unless there is anyone who is local to me that is good with 2.0 16v 9A engine that might be able to come and even diagnose the problem for a not so garage expensive fee? I'm local but it may be the blind leading the blind. What's the running issue? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobz_mw 10 Posted February 25, 2015 Where to start! They all seem to be intermitent faults so When i first start the car sometime it will run for about 10 seconds then turn off But then thats not all the time. Also when im driving it seems to have a constant misfire and seems very juddery and very hesistant and sometimes backfires when i get up to about 3500rpm. Then the worst of it is when i went out in today i took it round the block, no problems just a little bit splutery but nothing bad. got home turned car off for a few minutes then tried to drive to the shop and it just started kangarooing and the throttle wasnt responding, for instance i had my foot the floor in second and it wasnt accelerating just spluttering like it was about to die and then would just shoot forward for a second then die back down, then i lifted my foot off and then back on and it would be fine for a few seconds and then start running like crap again. Hope that makes sense, messaging peacedub aswell and hopefully he can help but any advice welcome :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seanl82 23 Posted February 25, 2015 Go out there with a spray bottle of water. Spray it around the leads and coil whilst its running, and you'll be able to see if anything is seriously amiss there as it'll be visibly arching. Sounds like a possible problem. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sexybourbon 0 Posted February 25, 2015 Clean the points up on the dizzy aswell or just replace the dizzy and rotor , pennies !! You can also try unplugging the cold start injector thats at the front right hand corner of the engine if i remember correctly as this can cause issues as it can go wrong and chuck loads of fuel in causing problems just unplug it and see if it makes any difference Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZpog 10 Posted February 26, 2015 Where to start! They all seem to be intermitent faults so When i first start the car sometime it will run for about 10 seconds then turn off But then thats not all the time. Also when im driving it seems to have a constant misfire and seems very juddery and very hesistant and sometimes backfires when i get up to about 3500rpm. Then the worst of it is when i went out in today i took it round the block, no problems just a little bit splutery but nothing bad. got home turned car off for a few minutes then tried to drive to the shop and it just started kangarooing and the throttle wasnt responding, for instance i had my foot the floor in second and it wasnt accelerating just spluttering like it was about to die and then would just shoot forward for a second then die back down, then i lifted my foot off and then back on and it would be fine for a few seconds and then start running like crap again. Hope that makes sense, messaging peacedub aswell and hopefully he can help but any advice welcome :) OMG, lots. Mine was a bit juddery/lack of revs (flat as a fart) when it ran out of electricity this winter and gave the same lack of acceleration (managed about 20mph max) - I assume you've checked the battery/connections etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hairyarse 10 Posted February 26, 2015 Oh that's not good news Toby. I feel really bad - the car genuinely gave me trouble-free, daily motoring up to the point of sale. I wish I was closer to help you out :( May sound a daft suggestion but could it be a vacuum leak - although it would have to be intermittent? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZpog 10 Posted February 26, 2015 Oh that's not good news Toby. I feel really bad - the car genuinely gave me trouble-free, daily motoring up to the point of sale. I wish I was closer to help you out :( May sound a daft suggestion but could it be a vacuum leak - although it would have to be intermittent? My idle issue was intermittent and down to a vac leak. Whilst checking the MAF as per Peacedub's post, I leaned on the boot off the meterhead and it stopped it's bad idle - no visible split in the boot but swapped for a spare and now she's running like a dream. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tobz_mw 10 Posted February 27, 2015 Well guys still no luck :( bought a new ISV and a new dizzy and still the problem is there. Had a good look round the engine for any split wires and cant see any for looking and checked some of the connectors and they all seemed to be fine. Although the idle problem has settled its still has a slight misfiring and again the still the problem when i accelerate and nothing happens and then all of sudden just shoots off. just run out of ideas now :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coullstar 0 Posted February 27, 2015 Have you checked the inlet manifold for any leaks or if its loose in any way that will draw in excess air? Does it splutter only under load or will it do it if your sitting still and just revving the car? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
