rossmilford19

no mate still got standard wheels at the mo, they were the next thing on my list before my engine went pop tho!

got my car back :-) the chains and tensioners cost around £150 - £170 something like that. all in all it cost about a grand (including the new engine) but got a warranty that covered the first £500 so it could have been a lot worse really

i dont actually know how much they cost yet as they still havent arrived from vw yet!!! grr!!! but ill let you know when i know. p.s i live in st. austell

97/98 is R reg so this was one of the last ones to be made

hello again i have another question for you guys... was just wondering if my old engine was actually worth anything? the crank is chipped and it has 8 bent valves and my mechanic wants to know if i want my engine back or if he should get rid of it. i know i can salvage some things (plugs and leads etc...) but i dont know a great deal about engines so wondering if you guys could give me some advice

cadguy how did you spray your heater control surround and still keep all the pictures and numbers on them? always wanted to spray mine but didnt know how i could. gauges look really good too!

sorry but i didnt actually buy the obd 1 engine i just found it and was wondering if it would be ok in mine. i used 2 online spare parts finders to find my engine:first choice spares and 247 spares. if you type in all your car details on their website they txt you quotes. give them a go i think i got a really good deal. sorry i couldnt be more help

new chain being done as we speak... my old engine had 95k on it, had all the tensioners and guides done last year, so thought id be ok but then it just went ping!

thats what i thought tbh, its just a bit of a pain having having to shell out so much cash but im not gonna chance it after whats just happened to me

im not sure about the chain either tbh, do you reckon its worth replacing the chain on this new one before it goes in? dont want it happening again but not sure how much more i can afford at the moment!

my drivers one keeps doing the same too, my passenger one just works when it wants to! very very common problem i think!

ive managed to find one from a 98 golf with 67000 miles on it for £400 so im quite happy really, thought id have to pay nearly twice that for a good one!

ok thanks for the advice, anyone got an obd 2 engine going spare? :S

:-( my timing chain decided to snap a week or 2 ago and the mechanic that is fixing it said that it has done so much damage i might as well get a new engine - gutted! anyway i dont know a great deal about mechanics so was wondering if you guys could help. i found an engine from a 94 vr6 which i assume is obd 1, mine is a 97 model (obd 2) so was wondering if there would be any problems with it fitting in mine? also heard from various people that obd 1's have less power than obd 2's, is this right?

in my experience inxx lifters are utter pants! had some on mine and they were fine to start with, after a while they just stopped working so took them off again. :-(