kniterider

im not much help but had a prob with mine for a while last month, i was lead to believe the blue 2 pin sensor was the one which told the ecu the temp of the engine, the other does the gauge on the dash and im not sure what the other does, i changed mine and it made no difference to my prob as mine turned out to be the maf sensor that was giving me probs...

well , it ran crap after posting this... so i left it for a couple of weeks and brought a rover 220 diesle bubble car for work... lol... had lamba turn up. and temp sensor, and then a maf ( lamba 99p , temp sensor £7.65 , maf £15 ) lol... fittedn temp sensor 1st and still same froma cold start, then fitted Maf and it was instant, started, ticked over etc.now runs 100% better, sold the rover and made £100 too, , seems to be doing about 300 miles to £50 worth of fuel, cat smells a bit so will get the lamba swapped also and see if that makes any diffo to smell and any more miles to £50 wort

sounds like your havin similar probs to me sticks!! , had a misfire prob, replaced coilpack etc and that cured that, mines doing about 9mpg and overfueling like a mo fo... temp sensor and lamba are my 1st change then maf....

new coil pack arrived, fitted it and she fired up straight away, did a 30 odd mile run and seemed ok if a bit lumpy at tickover (will put new plugs in tomorrow and my newest set of leads again), cleaned exhaust before hand as was black from problems, now black again so either its burning /blowing the crap outta the cat/system or its got a fueling problem (maf/lamba/temp switch) as well... at least it will get me to work now, will do some bits tomorrow then run it for the week then take it to garage to see if any fault codes etc... at least its running and quick again!!

im not fussed about swanky ones... lol, im just going to try to get a cheaper alternative to run on my vr6 as its a joke for even 2nd hand prices .... and the person ive brought my coilpack from didnt send it special delivery as i asked as i havent received it today like i should have... car sat in an undriveable state if it aint here tomorrow then its scrapyard hunting as i need it running for new job on monday ...... heres hoping

just been on that vwvortex site and i think ive sussed it all now... i was right about it firing two at the same time 'wasted spark' as they put it.... also sussed this 'icm' ignition control module which is part of the coil pack but re useable if ok, so i think im going to try and convert my existing 'icm' to using another 6 cylinder coil pack cough cough (vauxcrap) which is like £10 on ebay... which is a damn site cheaper that what ive even paid for a 2nd hand coil pack.... will post what comes of my experiments with my old coilpack/icm once my new one is on the car so i can use it again!!

me coil pack has gone tits up and am waiting for a replacement to be delivered, ive stripped mine right down and it seems the the unit with in the pack (theres 3 twin coil units) thats nearest the radiator thats failed as im getting no spark on cylinder 6 and 1 (makes no difference with leads on or off.. lol) , the car will run on the remaining 4 cylinders but starts dying every now and then on 4 / 3 so im assuming that that coil pack is starting to break down also when the engine warms up, now my question is seen as cylinders 6/1 , 4/3 , 2/5 are running off the individual units that they are

well tried a maf, made no difference, tried a mates coilpack and bingo was running smooth on all 6 cylinders, have just got one thats being delivered hopefully thursday.... im going to disconnect my battery once the car is parked up later tonight to clear ecu etc, then hopefully when new pack arrives she should be back to normal...its cylinders 6 and one that aint firing, and there run off the part of the coilpack nearest the radiator, surely theres got to be a better cheaper way of sorting these coilpacks as there onl;y 3 twin units in a case!!

will let you know tomorrow evening mate, ive got a friend 10 miles away who has a highline so im going to try his maf then coil pack to see if either of them cures the problem, if they do then i know what i have to buy, no spare cash at mo to be buying 'it could be this' items!!

i think most testers will let it go through if you can get it to run at the level of emissions it would put out with the cat on??? well thats whats happened to a few peeps i know

nah i had to drive 15 miles to get them to see what faults, i havent been back yet, as i suspected i popped out half hour ago, ran fine for 5 mins then when off a couple of cylinders again..... ive got a blue temp switch on the way and gonna sort a lamba sensor , then it will be maf and coil pack... in otherwords very flippin expensive,,, not happy...

one other thing i noticed this morning , the car has always heated up quickly a couple of mins running and warm air through vents etc, now this is still the same but the temp guage is taking a good 10 mins of running before it gets upto the 90 degree mark on the dash, ive read somewhere about temp senders failing and causing severe over fueling and stuff cause the ecu thinks the engine is still stone cold and fuels accordingly???? craggsy, ive cleaned the maf with solent spray in case it was dirty etc, if i goto my local independant vw people and get them to clear all fault codes then run it

howdy folks, on my 3rd vr6 now, all has been well till a week ago, had a slight splutter for a few seconds on the way home from work, then all seemed well, then when i started the car 4 days later it ran like a bag o crap!! wont tick over, coughing / spluttering etc, now ive used the search function and read loads on here (as i had a similar probs with my 92 vr6 a few years ago) , i put new leads and plugs in 2 months ago, theyve been fine, i removed the plugs to see what there like and they are so black and choked up im supprised they worked at all, so i put my old plugs back in and it ran th

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right im pretty sure i had 195/40/17's stretched on my bbs rs2's on my old show car, come across some 17" wheels and tyres i might fancy for the latest sensible vr6 ive got, the tyres are 215/40/17.. would i get away with these on a 17" rim with a 35 offset and the car is lowered around 50-60mm all round??