madspark01 0 Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 i have noticed that my vr6 when i first start it gives a slight tick but shuts up after a few min my nephews vr6 makes the same noise is it anything to wory about yet Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 they do tend to be a tad rattly when cold, if it gets worse it'll most likely be timing chains wearing out. Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 yeah nowt to worr about.... mines a bit noisy in the mornings at the moment... but then again mine could be f*cked as well! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 hydrolic lifters mate..... had mine replaced a few weeks ago.... really noisey when cold before they were done. Link to post Share on other sites
madspark01 0 Posted October 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 bearing in mind that my sharan has only done 54000 mls and was serviced by vw from day one lets hope it is nothing to serious as i said it is a slight noise it normaly sits in the garage and only comes out once a week to play could this have anything to do with it Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 mine has done 80k now. serviced regulary. but your symtoms sound very much like mine, not a big problem really. not too much to replace either thankfully. Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 hey, is this our first sharan member? hope your going to do some mods... that would ba a mental sleeper, lol. some nova boy racer pulls up with intensions of getting past you in the wrong lane at some lights, then comes green for go. unlucky you nova fag, hammered by an MPV full of kids, he he.[ Edited Tue Oct 19 2004, 02:17PM ] Link to post Share on other sites
antera309 3 Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 VR6s are fitted to more models than you might think.The Touareg V6 has a Golf R32 lump! Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 yep, theres even a ford fotted with a vr6! Link to post Share on other sites
jte 0 Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Even a Porsche Cayenne engine based on the VR6!(Probably very similar to toureg engine) Link to post Share on other sites
madspark01 0 Posted October 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 note to vrmonster yes i do plan to piss off a few silly little boy racers in there novas, corsas and saxos by the way did you know that corsa is the spanish slang word for gay about right eh! Link to post Share on other sites
anorak 0 Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 VR6s are fitted to more models than you might think.The Touareg V6 has a Golf R32 lump!My step bruv had a 3.2 Touareg until recently. The V6 isn't quite so impressive in a 2 and a half ton 4x4.Drove a VR Sharan a while back and that seemed quicker 8) There's talk of a group buy on superchargers Link to post Share on other sites
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