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Ok, finally got round to doing this. Feckin hell like, there just aint enough hours in the day :/ Just want to extend a big thanks to paul parky. I've posted this on numerous forums and you're the only one who's replied. Worked out exactly as you said it would, although the little oval plate was a bitch to get off until I figured you have to pry it off with a screw driver from the direction of the bulkhead. Got the little broken bit out of the drive shaft by using the nut and blobs of weld technique. It's no wonder that it wouldn't come out with a magnet etc, the wee bitch was twisted in there

Thanks for the advice man, I've posted on loads of forums about this and your the only one who's helped. Aye, I've taken the oil pump. Long story short, I shattered the end of the oil lift pump, and have acquired a replacement one but when I went to put it on, I noticed that the shaft for driving it was broken and one the ends was stuck inside the engine. It's broken off nearly flush with the engine and I can't get it budged. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks again mate.

One of the ends of my oil pump shaft (the little allen key bit) on my VR6 has snapped off and is stuck inside the part of the engine that it slots into. I've tried using magnets and I've tried using metal glue on the end of a metal rod to try and get it out, but it is still stuck fast. Is it held in place by a grub screw or some sort of clip? I can't seem to get it budged at all!

Changing oil pump this evening. The part of the engine that the shaft which drives the oil pump connects to, is snapped off inside the oil pump shaft. I take it that this is an engine out, possible head off job :/

Car was due for MOT today, took her for a spin last night, heard a bang from underneath the car, which isn't completely out of the ordinary. Turned car to come home about 3 minutes later, gave her the shoe, oil light and siren come on. I'm like wtf, she couldn't be out of oil, I just checked her. Pulled in, jumped out, oil pissing everywhere. Towed home. This morning, busted sump off, end of lift pump shattered, all pieces of shattered lift pump recovered from inside the sump. Didn't make it to MOT cry What end of lift pumps will fit my 1996 VR6 please? Also, is there anything else that I sho

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Did any of the VR6 range come with 16" wheels on? That's what I have on mine, and I thought they were standard fitment.

Are the rear top mounts on a VR6 Golf the same as the front ones?

VW have actually provided a great solution which was included in the spec of most of their cars with electric windows. i.e. Crap electric windows lol I was wondering why my back windows weren't working , so pulled the door cards off, and low and behold, the familiar sight of a piece of wood holding up a VW electric window lol.

The cooling fan? Realised the 5 amp one (the one closest to the passenger wing) in mine was blown the other day, and replaced it, but I can't notice anything operating differently.

Are they on all VR6s? I though it might've been something to do with the TOAD security system.

I have two fuses located beside my water resevoir, can anyone tell me what they are for?

I am having the same problem with my TOAD alarm, it is fecking annoying. Is there a solution to this problem?

I usually reset mine at each fill as well. It's strange, because the reading that you get from the average MPH seems to be alot lower than you would expect.