VR6Pete 1,455 Posted July 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Cheers@c00k and @20JahreGTI for the info. To be honest I think I will just get a complete kit to keep it simple ! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted July 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 So bit of an update! It's still running nicely and now has a fresh MOT ticket. Only advisories were rear axel bushes and some play in rear bearings, but as the bearings were new they just needed tweaking up now I've got some miles on them. Axel bushes I will do next month and replace with power flex ones. So she's had s good wash and Hoover ready for a drive to Cornwall soon!Got the roof box on - total nightmare with the roof rails for the Corrado! Lol Got to do some club repping So fingers crossed it doesn't let me down as nearly 300 mile drive each way! Dave_ciw, Bealieboy and cactusjackslade 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Dave_ciw 507 Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Have a good time fella! Let us know the MPG with that coffin strapped to the roof! Bealieboy and VR6Pete 2 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Enjoying the views cactusjackslade 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted August 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 Well that was short lived. Alternator has packed up and go home tomorrow! Probably due to tension off the charger. Luckily through the power of the owners club and it's great members will have another alternator fitted tomorrow ready to go home tomorrow night ? Dave_ciw and D11PS 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Dave_ciw 507 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 On 8/3/2016 at 9:44 PM, VR6Pete said: Well that was short lived. Alternator has packed up and go home tomorrow! Probably due to tension off the charger. Luckily through the power of the owners club and it's great members will have another alternator fitted tomorrow ready to go home tomorrow night ? Did ya make it mate? VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Damn right I did. Nothing keeps me away from VWNW! George and Dan were diamonds and helped me out big time! Of course they did all the work and I sat back with a brew joking of course... Big job to get alternator off with charger. Ended up taking front end off, charger, pulleys just to get to alternator. At that point noticed the bolt was rounded off and just spinning in the housing so had to smash the alternator apart to get mole grips on it so could remove the nut. The alternator was clicking when spinning. Although bearings looked OK and was still spinning freely! But when putting back together noticed the smaller idler pulley bearing had collapsed and had movement and was not spinning freely. At this point it was getting late and had a 300 mile drive ahead of me, I decided to simply remove it and take up the slack on the belt. Managed get it all back together for about 21:00 and set off for home shortly after, made it in just before 4am this morning. Have ordered a new pulley so all good and ready to rock for VWNW, albeit needing a bloody good clean! Great holiday though and still proud of the Corrado doing over 1.2k miles in the last 2 weeks! Neil20vtc, c00k and Dave_ciw 3 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted August 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 So managed to track down a new idler pulley ! Hopefully get it fitted this weekend and get boosting again ?? Also managed pick up some power flex rest axel bushes for £48 quid from car parts 4 less using discount code FAST10. Bargain, can't wait get them fitted as old ones seen better days. Not a job ill be doing myself though oh no ! Sunroof also broke on Sunday after VWNW ? so will be replacing the troublesome Corrado cassette with a golf mk3 item and using a Passat b4 moon roof glass. Should be a nice upgrade. bennyk 1 Link to post Share on other sites
c00k 435 Posted August 19, 2016 Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 Nightmare mate. Still it not that bad for the amount of miles the old girl did Why didn't you chop the end of wire instead? And put a new terminal on. Could of save the alternator, and rebuilt and refurbished it. VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted August 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2016 Nightmare mate. Still it not that bad for the amount of miles the old girl did Why didn't you chop the end of wire instead? And put a new terminal on. Could of save the alternator, and rebuilt and refurbished it. It's done well for original alternator. Halfords was an hour away and the bolt in the old alternator was just spinning in the case due to already being cracked, so there was no hope besides time was ticking and as soon as we finished fixing it up at just after 9pm jumped in the car and drove 300 miles home just needed take the quickest route to get the job done c00k 1 Link to post Share on other sites
c00k 435 Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 (edited) Fair enough dude. Main thing it got you there and back with very little drama Edited August 20, 2016 by c00k VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted August 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 Got my new idler pulley fitted just need put belt and charger / pipe work ontogeny it's my daily motor for while as Mrs now owns my punto after passing test. Need get the axel bushes and sunroof sorted on Corrado next.Will be tuning it in the club RWYB day at Santa pod in October too. Also got new wings and now starting collect parts for bodywork next year. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted September 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 Heeelp!Loosing the love a little for old girl !Needs new engine mount and making some rattle noises on the exhaust somewhere. And only producing 5PSI of boost. Suspect a boost leak somewhere. Please send words of encouragement !! Link to post Share on other sites
wayne_1@tiscali.co.uk 27 Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 It will be all good in the end I got rid of my supercharged syncro 2 yrs ago I luv my new car I have had since selling my Vr but missing a Vr so bad so going to buy another much to my wife's dismay once your hooked there's nothing else once it's fixed you will have that smile back on your face again VR6Pete and bennyk 2 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted September 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 Part of the problem is that's it's my daily for now. Really need to buy another (cheaper to run) daily.I probably would never sell it but the old girl just isn't cut out for being driven daily anymore lol Link to post Share on other sites
ssaunders 199 Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Keep on slogging Pete! Going to do sunroof swap soon myself, where are you getting the glass? S VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted September 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 4 hours ago, ssaunders said: Keep on slogging Pete! Going to do sunroof swap soon myself, where are you getting the glass? S cheers mate, I got a Passat B4 glass, a Golf MK3 cassette as they are a better design than Corrado and Passat, I just need the sliding interior sun shade. now Link to post Share on other sites
c00k 435 Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 You'll get there in the end mate, compressor test you piping, to check for boost leaks. Few DIY guide on you tube if your not 100% sure how you do it. It's easy to make the stuff you need. Plus you need a compressor with an adjustable regulator you can set to the same as you max boost. VR6Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted September 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 On 08/09/2016 at 6:33 PM, c00k said: You'll get there in the end mate, compressor test you piping, to check for boost leaks. Few DIY guide on you tube if your not 100% sure how you do it. It's easy to make the stuff you need. Plus you need a compressor with an adjustable regulator you can set to the same as you max boost. Sorted Wasn't a boost leak as such, just a combination of the silicon hose on the ABS booster line not being secured properly so was under reading, but also the belt needed more tension following replacing the idler pulley. Happy to report its now producing 9 PSI again and feels strong. Sorted a few issues as well at the weekend, there was a noise coming from the rear of the car on the exhaust but just needed to secure the rear heat shield above the backbox again. Checked the gear box mount and it looks OK, I just jacked up the car slight on the gearbox to see if there was a lot of movement, there is a little, enough to get my fingers under the rubber flap, seems secure enough so one less thing to sort before GTI Festival ! Also ordered some more pipework for the air- intake as I had to perform a repair whilst in Cornwall after I put a hole in it (bit of electrical tape sorted that! lol). Next on the list is to sort the exhaust next weekend as my decat pipe is 2.25" and my exhaust system is 2.5", got the following adaptor, ideally I would like a 2.5" decat pipe, but for now this will do and only cost £8, so will stop the blowing as you can imagine has never sealed well and requires a lot of exhaust paste! Also replaced the bonnet seal clips as a few of them had snapped and the rubber was just sagging down. Overall a good weekend sorting jobs on the Corrado and hopefully come the end of next weekend will be ready for SantaPod! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted September 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 What a nightmare. We suffered a flash flood in Stoke on my way home from work. Long and short is that I sucked up a lot of water into the engine. Luckily the engine still turned over and didn't hydro lock. Was crawling at the time. Luckily after about 20 minutes the plugs dried out enough to start and get me home (eventually). The storm was a strange one, left houses without water and power up my way and cars floating away on other roads near by! There was a lot of water sitting in my intake pipe. The way I have it is that it forms a U bend and this is what was in it! Contents from the catch tank: Car runs and idles ok now. Had it replace the MAF too as it was damaged. All pipe work dried out. Will be doing an oil and filter change this weekend and see if I can mount my air filter in an alternative location. Will be doing a compression test for peace of mind. Fingers crossed I got away with it!! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted September 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 Have spent a few hours on it today, changed oil, oil filter, replaced air in take pipe as it had some previously patched up repairs. Also repositioned air filter a little higher. Before:After:Doesn't appear to be as exposed to the elements now. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted September 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 This photo shows after better. bennyk 1 Link to post Share on other sites
c00k 435 Posted September 18, 2016 Report Share Posted September 18, 2016 Nightmare mate, atleast it didn't hydro lock, so long as you get rid of all the water like your are doing, hopefully all should be good. Snorkel kit you need, going up side of windscreen haha VR6CABBS and bennyk 2 Link to post Share on other sites
VR6CABBS 1,311 Posted September 18, 2016 Report Share Posted September 18, 2016 Nightmare mate, atleast it didn't hydro lock, so long as you get rid of all the water like your are doing, hopefully all should be good. Snorkel kit you need, going up side of windscreen haha And a 12 inch lift kit all round. Oh and don't drive it in flash floods. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,455 Posted September 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Haha cheers for the comments guys. Snorkel on order Link to post Share on other sites
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