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    Whats the best thing to flush it with?
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    Is this a weak point? It looks like it has been replaced but it is a cheap part not oem
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    Hi guys, Rite roughly 6 months ago drove my vr bout 5 miles to local shops as I was walking away noticed my car was leaking water, so after I got home over the next few weeks ripped the engine apart flushed it new water pump all new coolant plastics up rated silicone hoses, new head gasket and fresh coolant. The car did bout 50 miles then sat for three months after starting it up opened the coolant bottle and the water was thick with oil!!! Not frothy just thick oil. So I ripped engine apart expecting to see the head knackered as it was quite pitted and not in great shape but the gasket and h
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    every american company i have spoke to about a turbo kit for a rhd car have just said that its the downpipe that needs modification. trouble is do you trust them and hope it is only a small amount of frabrication? cos it could turn out to be alot of work. i have been looking for a turbo 'kit' for my vr6 from the uk for a 3000 budget and it is hard, most uk companies do not even reply.
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    can anyone tell me where the main lead from the alternator connects onto, as i hav just put my car back together after a month being sat there and i cant remember where it should connect to, the only terminal i thought it mite go to is on the starter motor, the same termainal as the main power from battery.
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    could be the thermostat not opening properly, slowin the flow of water or water pump, i had same problem bout 2 weeks ago on my vr rado, took the old water pump out and it had 1 and a half of the eight impeller fins left lol water pumps easy to change on these, there is a thread sum where on here bout how to do it worst case it head gasket, but they aint too bad to change on these engines
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    i had the same sort of problem with my obd1 rado. no hesitation but wud stall after taking my foot off the throttle. with mine it was the idle control valve, i just removed and cleaned it. not sure if will sort yur problem but its worth a try, there is a thread on here bout how to do it but only for premium members, http://www.vr6oc.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?151343 basically it is positioned next to the throttle body, a silver cylinder with vac pipes connected to it, you need to take out and clean inside cylinder, be careful not to bend any of the internals tho.
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    cheers guys, tried them but no luck, but always handy to hav em on the favourites list
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    that link is old jimmy march 09 but ta anyways
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    ahhhhh i see, well if it comes to it then yer i think that is an option just depends how long i can hold this search on for as i hav the doller to start tinkerin, so its killing me not having an engine
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    u got 1 for sale??
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    cos i got a 2.9 corrado, and basically i am buying a second engine to tune up while on a stand and then just chuck it in the car when it is completed so it dont ahv to be off the raod for any time. so wud prefer to keep 2.9 but if i get extremly desperate i will hav to look at converting to 2.8 as they are easier to get hold of
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    alreeet gang, basically i am in desperate need of a 2.9 vr6 engine but they are bout as rare as a pork pie at a jews wedding anyone know of any vw breakers yards or dismantlers that i can hit up to try and find my pork pie tried a few but there are always others hiding away round the country, any areas in the country as like i say i am desperate cheers
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    its just not fair these things never happen to me lol how long till she up for sale im interested
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    haha yer it is the same car. cheers guys im def gona look into this, gona concentrate on get the engine fully tuned first i think, then crack into it. awesome thread btw paul
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    yer fair point, the vr is a awesome bit of engineering simplicity, and judging by the thread it was a whole lot easier to pr-fab yor own floor pan compared to cutting in the whole floor of the syncro, which a friend of mine tried and failed, which is y i find my self in the position to buy the syncro bits lol i just need to find out if it will sum how fit the rado shell
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    so paul your running the r32 4wd, with a syncro rear sub frame?? could you not hav used the r32 sub? tbh im a mechanic but a newbie to vw and in depth stuff like this but im looking to convert my rado im just looknig for the best way. i know sum1 who has a sncro set up for sale, but dont no any info on using the r32 set up if it would work on the older stuff
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    how much is the tickets ??? im meant to be saving for turbo for my rado but if they aint too much then i will def come up
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    sooooooooo jealous!!! wish i was coming to this but i think i hav left it a bit too late oh well hope everyone has an awesome wknd the venue looks quality
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    i just hate anything wiv the word bush in it (unless in womanly instance ) wen i used to be a mechanic i always seemed to get given bush replacement jobs, so i seen enough bush o last me 2 lifetimes!!
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    tbh i cant even help u but im gona post anyway haha, they both look pretty darn gd and i wud prob hav the same problem choosin, so as i hav been of no help good luck haha
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    i hate ordering stuff like this cos at the end of it u know u gota fit them and it dont make ur car go any faster haha spose u gota do the boring bits wiv the good stuff tho
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    i had a mk4 gt tdi and mine did it and it was the anti-roll baar bushes were shot to pieces, strangely only on 1 side tho ;/
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    has anyone had their arches rolled on their rado?? as im looking to do it cos i want pretty wide wheels as i got plans for a lot of power so the more rubber i can get down the better take off i get i was looking the other day at the arch and if i get it done do i need to cut away part of the arch liner as it comes across quite flat and even if the arch is rolled the liner will still foul the tyre. unless anyone knows of any desent wide arch kits about as all the ones i seen so far ar pap!! any advice much appreciated, cheers
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    posi - got loads of overtime coming up to go towards turbo for my rado negi - got to use some of the doller to buy my gf anniversery rubbish
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