mattp1983

That car was at inters in 2007, on the ukmkivs stand, he has many cars, was speaking to the guy at length over the weekend, he has two HGP R32s, one std R32 in DBP, an Audi RS4 (older type) and a porsche GT2, he had just brought the 2 turbo'd 32s and the RS4 that weekend to the show, the car is very nicely built and very stealthy.

No the OBD1 and 2 MAFs are not the same (the 4 pin ones I mean) They carry different part numbers and if an OBD2 part is used with an OBD1 car then it will not idle, I know this from direct experience. The end part of the part number differs between the 2, incidentally the OBD1 part is dealer only whereas the OBD2 equivelalent is available through GSF. The 6 pin MAFs come on early cars, usually the dizzy models.

I'm up for this, car is just about done, so reckon it should be there.

I bought some formula power 10mm leads from ebay on the basis of a few recommendations on here. They use genuine VAG plug ends and are very heavy and look to be very good quality compared to the OE ones I just took off, bargain at £65 posted.

my mates did that when he bought it and it was the coil pack that had gone.......

Coilpack seems fine, so have ruled that out.......

I'll take it off and inspect it, thanks mate. Engine was stored in a bodyshop for a couple of years and everything was full of dust, had to replace a fair few ancillary parts. Guess the clicking I'm hearing could be something arcing out, thought it was chains at first but its intermittant and engine has only done 60k. Would the plug leads possibly cause this? I havnt changed those....

My MK2 VR6 conversion cuts out about 10-20secs after firing up.... It seems to be over fueling, and just before it dies it starts to miss fire slightly. I have changed: MAF Coolant Temp sensor is brand new New plugs Swapped Relay 109 with a known working one out of my mk4. Vag com shows nothing. It is decatted with boss for lambda probe. Any ideas? Its a coil pack engine.

Mine is OBD1, coolant temp sender was a brand new one out of my old digi 8v mk2, same part no... Although makes no difference if you plug that in/unplug it. Intake air leak could be a possibility as I have deleted the carbon canister..... (Its a mk2 conversion)

mine does the same Comes up with a fault... MAF B+ short to ground...... Changed MAF and checked all wiring, still same fault....

only on mk4 golfs, roll bar touches driveshaft on 2wd ones if they are too low.

most come with it mate, its just not shown in the pic, they wouldnt mount to anything else with those two holes.... Basically there is a donut style gasket, the bolts are sprung and mount into the 3 hole flange which then tightens down to seal the gasket, leaving 3 holes to mount to the cat/decat...

nope, the diff flanges are sealed, no oil loss, or there certainly shouldnt be...... lol.... Think a lot of french cars lose oil when changing them....

Yup, thats connected, theres just 2 2 pin plugs that arent connected to anything....

Well I connected the first one, lol..... The new one is from an OBD2 car, there are two extra 2 pin connectors on it, presumably to run auxillary functions directly, guessing air con for a start? There is the single blue wire going to a single pin connector near the gearbox, the main line going to the starter motor?