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    yea after i sold it he said that he had it hpi checked and the car was in a crash, cat D total loss. but that was in 1999 so the car was still worth a fair bit so was obviously fixed. im guessing the car was rolled as the paint on the roof had cracked a bit and it had evidence of filler which i didnt notice until i sold it to the chap. he did notice this when he viewed the car tho. just thought id check what had happened to it. any one got the link to the for sale section? i cant find it any where? cheeers john
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    Has any one seen this on here? its my old highline, just wondered if it was still knocking around? cheers john [mod edit resize pics] Moderator edit by: cadguy
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    hey guys, some times but not very often (once every couple of days?) when i come to my car i cant select 1st very well but i move the gears and lift the clutch and then its fine, all the other gears have always been fine and the box doesnt crunch or whine at all) but today i came to the car and it was struggling to select 2nd gear, i mean it wouldnt go in at all! i kept pushing it in to all the other gears etc and nothing then all of a sudden it did but was really stiff and after a bit of moving it freed up again, it did this about 20 mins later too. but its back to normal now. im sellin the c
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    i get 20mpg on average with booting and driving ok at times. not driven my car like a grandad yet tho i dont think it would be much more, i thought my mpg was normal? but ur getting 28 mpg when u boot?
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    hey guys ive been getting a ticking noise from my car for about a week, i got a mechanic to look at it and he said it was fine. all bushes etc were solid. then today i got time to look at it my self and noticed that one of the bolts connecting the shfat to the gear box was hanging out and there was a metal but on it flicking around making a tapping noise, another bolt was just missing!!! a few of the others (on both shafts) were loose! i could tighten them up by hand! very worrying and im getting them tightened up in the morning, where can i get these bolts from? thanks john
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    thanks guys, ive got a gtech meter so im gonna do some 0-60 times and see wot i can get.
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    i know that from driving the car its not m8, im sure its 5800 they wudnt have the peak power that close to the limiter anway, maybe if uve chipped urs they have changed the limit on it. ayn one else?
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    hey guys, whats the best time to change to 2nd gear on a vr6 highline? it seems best at around 5600-5800 to me, when is the peak bhp made? thanks john
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    hey m8 u live in bolton? u been to the cruise in the ncp car park?
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    suppose thats an explanation, but the hg does the hg slowly go or will it just go bang? when i used to work in this garage we had a vr6 from a non paying customer for about 7 months and every day we drove it in and out off the ramp and into the yard and then back in at night. and because of this petrol slipped down the side of the cold pistons into the oil, there was loads and loads of creamy oil... after an oil change it was fine but i have been doing 10 minute journeys and the engine has been getting to around 70/75 maybe 80 c.
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    suppose thats an explanation, but the hg does the hg slowly go or will it just go bang? when i used to work in this garage we had a vr6 from a non paying customer for about 7 months and every day we drove it in and out off the ramp and into the yard and then back in at night. and because of this petrol slipped down the side of the cold pistons into the oil, there was loads and loads of creamy oil... after an oil change it was fine but i have been doing 10 minute journeys and the engine has been getting to around 70/75 maybe 80 c.
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    no i havnt
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    thanks guys, the dipstick is always fine. only thing is that i can see some bubbles on the oil on the dipstick? any thing to consider? theres no steam out of the exhaust at all or smoke, engine seems to run fine. only thing is that in the morning it doesnt always start on the first turn but i think that its the starter motor as it makes a nasty noise and the engine doesnt misfire or anyhting. like i said ill check the coolant in a couple of hours once its safe. theres no loss of coolant either which is good, however when i did check the oil it looked like it was above the max a tiny bit. mig
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    hey guys, when i bought my vr6 i checked the oil and the coolant and they both looked fine, checked under the cap too again fine. the water was a tiny bit murky but nothing to worrry about as when i dipped a rag in the water droplets were clear and the tank is a murky colour so i just thought thats why it was. ive checked the oil and under the cap every day since i have bought the car to check its all ok, and it has been. any way today i took it round to show my m8 and unscrewed the oil cap and to my amazement there was some creamy substance on the bottom of the filler cap. i got really worrie
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    what does that do?
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    i dont have a camera m8, and my bros just gone on holiday so i cant borrow one either
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    just loookded under the hood of my new vr6 highline today properly and found lots of disconnected things!!! i know the abs light doesnt come on but this is a joke! please help me!! whats the black plastic cylinder thing underneath/near the air box? it has 2 clear tubes coming from it and ive just found out that one of them is cut and leads to no where.... also ive found at the top rhs of the engine bay near the header tank some sort of small plastic box with 2 wires attaching it to the main loom and 2 hoses covered in braided cotton also are cut. i did a search on the part number and got a few
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    lol how do i know i have an abs light if it doesnt come on tho? abs internals? what do you mean by that? and how much do you want for the cl motor and the abs internals? thanks john
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    hey guys just bought my vr6 highline last night and its a really nice car but i have a few qs.. dont really know where to post this either lol when i came to start it this morning it didnt start very well but on the 2nd turn it started then idled a bit rough/high for a bit then settled down after a few secs or so... is this normal? once i ran the car around the block for 30 secs it ran fine. the central lockign doesnt work, is this a common fault ifso is there a common cure lol? the drivers seat doesnt lean forward properly something to do with the cable. the steering wheel tilts a few mm up o
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