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Grrrrr! Turns out it didn't fix the problem after all. 300 miles and 4 litres of water later, I'm not impressed. After further investigation, it turns out that the electric water pump had siezed. Not only that, but the feed to it wasn't pushing any power to it either, so a dicky sensor as well. That's now been taken out temporarily so as not to block the flow and the coolant re-tested... STILL NO WATER FLOW... (heater only gets hot when moving and after removing a coolant hose, water wasn't being pushed round at all!) so I can inly surmise that the mechanical water pump is goosed too. So it's
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Try checking your water pumps dude. I have the exact same symptoms (losing water, rock hard hoses, etc.) and both of my water pumps (electric AND mechanical) are goosed. It's in on Monday for new items. Take off a coolant hose and see of there's any water flow with the engine running. Hope this helps... Giles.
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Update... 17/09/07 After a bit of invvestigating by my local VW Audi specialist (Grimsby) we've found some light water seepage from main coolant flange under the coil-pack. It's in on Wednesday for a new flange unit, thermostat, thermo housing and all related seals. Hopefully will stop my constant coolant loss. Fingers crossed.
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Don't know the drop on it as this is the stance when I bought it a month ago. I'm replacing all the suspension as it's quite bouncy at the front and I've caught the sump a couple of times already at speed. Also the top mounts are knocking... so I'm waiting on delivery of some coil-overs as we speak. Loving it now with the new rims instead of the BBS Solitudes. Still a few more things to do to it to get it up to scratch... Thanks for your positive comments!
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Funny... seems to have sorted itself out over the last few days. No more coolant loss. Strange. I've not touched anything. Anyway, as requested, a pic of it with it's new Merc rims on. Comments welcome...
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Pics on my phone. Will take some photos with the camera tonight and post them up. They look great... well chuffed with them. from the Edition 38 forum. The guy I got them from had a supercharged Mk3 VR6 that had been on the front cover of PVW a few months back... metallic black on Image 16's with baby blue interior... lovely car!
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Travelled down to Milton Keynes from Grimsby to pick up my new Mercedes rims for the VR on Saturday ready for the VW Festival on Sunday, As I returned to come home, the coolant level indicator started flashing, so I pulled into the nearest services on the M1 and let it cool down for a while. Popped the bonnet, and the coolant level was at the bottom of the reservoir. Took the cap off, slowly, and as the pressure was released, the coolant rose and came out of the reservoir top. No longer lacking in coolant fluids! Coolant temp sat at dead half all the time. No obvious problems there. Put the ca
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Interested to read the replies to this as I was thinking about getting one for my VR. Caught it twice now!
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Aaah, ok. I knew it was a cable change, but didn't think it would be so different from my rod change Mk2's... Is there a short/quick shift kit you can get to help eliminate this at all? Is there one worth getting over the others that are available? Or am I wasting my time/money doing this?
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Hi... Just bought my first Golf VR after numerous Mk2's. I don't pikc it up till Tuesday evening though... but in the meantime... On test drive I thought the gear lever was a bit sloppy. Gears selected okay though... Is there a mod to remedy this? Is it just the lever bearings do you think, or is it more major - gearbox related? Sorry for the quick question right off the mark, but will introduce myself later when I've got more time! Thanks in advance, Giles.