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  1. M4VTY
    I got my VR back, the reason for the non starting was apparently fuse 14 or 15 in the main fusebox, take a look at those, I'm not sure what these fuses are for as I dont have the book for the car that tells you. good luck & let us know
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    Well I just picked up my VR6, the VW dealership opted not to do my throttle body clean, as now the car is running they refuse to touch it anymore, they have not charged me for the call out of an auto electrician either, they did tell me that the cause of the car not starting was that fuse 14 or 15 which I am not sure what theses fuses are for was blown. Thanks RCF for you help with the legalities etc, and the calling every hour and only delaing with the service manager really helps. If anybody has any pics on how to clean the throttle body this would be really helpfull my VR is an OBD2, the th
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    If it were me I think I would look into a new set of spark plugs and leads, change the plugs at the same time, worn leads can lead to this problem, they can become brittle and worn then they start to arc out causing and general roughness and enginemisfiring., I had the same sort of problem with one of my previous cars.
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    do they look like any of these on the link bwlow. http://www.spark-plugs.co.uk/pages/technical/diagnosis.htm
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    370 BHP what the hell did you do to your VR? I want onr of those
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    much appreciated, I will always have a go at doing something when I know how
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    I get 12-16mpg arround the town driving sensibly 29mpg on motorways at arround 80mph, 100mph is arround 22mpg. £45 of unleaded last for about 210 miles
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    Cheers Steve, If the VW dealership have not already done it by the time I get a call tomorrow I'll collect the car and do it myself.
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    I had this problem on my old VR beofre it got fixed and I sold it to I guy in Belfast, it turned out that a small peice of the thermostat hosing broke off and got jammed in the therostat. My mechanic pulled the peice of thermostat housing out to show me, I got a new housing from VW for about £40 bit it cured the cars continual thirst for water which appeared to not leak out anywhere. nice peice of machinery by the way very subtle
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    take a look at my thread which is posted in this section "VW dealership borke my car"apparently this happened whrn my VR6 went sick whilst it was in a VW dealership,when I know hopefully tomorrow and I get my VR back I will post a reply on my thread.
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    Hi everyone day 5 without my VR6, and i'm starting to get very hacked off, I wote a very long e-mail to the service manager on sunday. To which they called today AM, I think all of my points have been noted, theysay that an auto electrician will be coming out to the dealership tomorrow! I mentioned the ABS cable being cut and joined under the bonnet by cutting the wire and joining it then taping it up, I was told apparently that it how the part comes from the dealership and they do not wire them directly into the ABS module so be aware this is something that can be done quite easily. Have just
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    Hi Clarkie When you say a K line fault what di you mean by that?
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    Thanks very much I really apprecite that, I will post how it goes, at the moment theyre not saying they won't fix it, some idiot half my age is tring to tell me I'm going to pay for it, I alread have a clifford alamr fitter onstandby ready to go and tell them it's not the alarm
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    Yes the told me the idleing problem would be a temp sensor £128 to replace the part £129 to clean the throttle body, none of which they have done yet I went down there this morning, only service staff were there, ECU is still dead! and it has nothing to do with the alarm. Also notice that instad of actually replacing the whole abs cable right back to the ABS module, they have just chopped the wire in the engine and joined it then wrapped it with tape, I could have done that myslef £92 for that!!! Wait till I speak to the Service Manager on Monday
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    VW seem to think mine is somthing to do with the clifford alam delspite being able to immobilise the car, going there with a cliffnet kit tomorrow to see what that shows, still does not explain why VAG-COM cant pick up the ECU, will post a reply so everyone can see what killed my beast.
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    did you have problems with starting the car before you replaced your ECU?
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    I going to try and get hold of a S/hand ECU tomorrow from somewhere to give to VW to try. can they be fitted easily i.e just unbolt it then just plug it in?
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    Anyone expreienced the signs of the above apart from the fact that the car won't start and and VAG-COM cant find the ECU. I drove the car to VW Heathrow on Thursday now it's abondoned there as a non starter. Technician can't seem to tell me wots wrong? although working when I took it there? Please help me before I burn down this dealership
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    I read their terms and condions says that under the 1977 the dealer will not be liable for loss or damage to the vehicle whilst in their possesion whatosever whilst in their workshop, wish i had left the bloody abs light on with a fault on the nearside sensor. according to VAG-COM they are not detecting my ECU, which I saw for myself they said the car just cut out. do you think that they may have f****d my ECU?
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    Hi There I'm new to VR6 owners club so hello everyone, last thing I thought about was asking for help on my first day in here. I took my VR6 to a VW dealership on Thursday to have a new ABS cable fitted as it was corroded right back to the control unit, they have fixed this and also changed the temp sensor then they call me at 16:00 today and say we can't start your car, it's something to do with the Clifford Concept 300 alarm system, despite them having my car running all day, I go down there to try and immobilse the car with the key fob remote and fiddle with the buttons on the remote and su
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