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Brilliant that person, why didnt i think of that, iv only one small problem, i cant fing the plastic cover that goes over the dizzy cap. Is there any one out there who would be willing to photograph there dizzy with plastic cover on and send it to me. Iv moved house since the car decided to stop working and the plastic cover could be anywhere, iv spent the last 20 mins looking and its not in my usual bits department. Thanks Homer bhobson15 at gmail.com

Right all you tecnobuffs, Iv recently had my rocker cover off, distributer off etc, this was for another problem, the problem now is how do i time my vr. Iv had all the leads off the dizzy and what to know which is cylinder 1 so i can set up the leads, and yes im gormless for not marking it all up in the first place. Is there a section i can go to on here that will let me know how to do it / work it out or does someone know of a web site that might let me know. Thanks Homer

Hello, iv removed my rocker cover to discover that the two slots on the end of the cams dont appear to be lined up, but this is only visual, i really want to do a proper check ie number one piston at TDC check if slots are indeed lined up etc, Thanks Homer

water from the front could also be a core plug, on mine it was one right behind the oil cooler, tiny little pin prick in it, I actually thought it was the oil cooler at first and bought a new one. If you think it is the water pump then if its leaking badly you would undoubtedly find a puddle of water under that side of the car as soon as you turn the engine off.

Il cut a long story short. Friday of the floods, car broke down. Smell of burning coming from behind dash and smoke. Leapt out of car and disconnected battery. Towed car to my friend’s garage where I discovered that the relay that feeds the ECU was hot. On removing the plug from the back the wire had melted. Followed this up to the ECU, This wire was some what melted but not enough to melt any of the other wires. Replaced the wire, worked out where it had shorted, obtained a new Relay thanks to this web site cleaned the plug where it had got a bit black and sooty. Switched on the ignition,

Is this relay also the power relay for the ECU, reason im asking i have a wiring diagram and it does indeed have the large blue and red wire coming out of the back of the plug going to the ECU.

Hi there, Driving along today and the car died. I stopped at the top of the hill above our local garage, because there was a flood ( i live in Cumbria ) and i tried to re start the car. The dash lights just flickerd on and off and the car tried to crank. There was a very nasty plastic burning smell. it was either i disconect the battery or role the car into the water. I eventually got it to the garage and set to work trying to work out where the smell and melting was coming from. I traced it to relay 109 which was very very hot and eventually to a plug on the back G1 thick wire red and blue. T

Hi there, Driving along today and the car died. I stopped at the top of the hill above our local garage, because there was a flood ( i live in Cumbria ) and i tried to re start the car. The dash lights just flickerd on and off and the car tried to crank. There was a very nasty plastic burning smell. it was either i disconect the battery or role the car into the water. I eventually got it to the garage and set to work trying to work out where the smell and melting was coming from. I traced it to relay 109 which was very very hot and eventually to a plug on the back G1 thick wire red and blu

not sure about a bypass mate but believe me when i was told it would take 8 to 10 hours to change they were not wrong. indeed 8 hours and i work in a garage with all tools available

PS forgot to mention, what about the lambda sensor are you sure its working, as soon as i replaced mine it went from 17 mpg to 27 mpg but admittedly the stinking of petrol thing and running ruff was down to MAF. Also the blue water temp sendor in thermostat housing. Mine is actually plugged into a sensor mounted in the grill because if its in hot water the car has about as much power as a wet fart. These early ones are a bloody night mare as i said. I have a scanner and it keeps coming up with a crank position fault ie bad earth on the hall sendor in dizzy, theres nothing wrong with the hall s

how about £20 delivered, im on pay pal and of course if it turns out that it isnt the MAF and you want to return it, then no probs il just refund your cash. I have an early 92 Golf no coil pack and its a bloody night mare every sensor is different nothing works so i know were your coming from its just another one to try.

how many pins on the connector, iv a small collection of the 6 pin early MAF if you need one, there like rocking horse S^&T

Hello there, i see that no one else has replied, having just done a gear box swap i had a similar problem. Changed everything new clutch new gear box etc. bolted it all back up and low and behold it would crunch trying to put it into 1st. I sorted this buy unbolting the the reverse switch from the top of the selector, then unbolting the selector arm lifting it off slowly and moving it round, ( towards my self ) by about to or three splines. Now i know some people will prob point out that the splined shaft should only sit in one position because it has a key on it, but due to the fact that the

Hi, i might have asked this in the past, but does anyone know where i can buy a hall sender for my distributor. Dont want to have to buy a new dizzy. Thanks Homer apol for posting this twice, iv got fat fingers

I have scanned my early VR and this code is thrown up even when running, 00515. I dont have a cam shaft sensor because i have a distributor, does this mean that its the hall sensor in the dizzy and not the crank position sensor that is just behind the oil filter. Car has always suffered from lack of power, Thanks Homer