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Success!!! I drained the old oil and hey presto there was maybe half a tea cups worth in there! So I filled it full of fresh oil and away I went! It's going into gear fine. It does have a funny noise when it's in neutral, that stops when you press the clutch down. But it had stopped doing it when I had given it a run?

Thanks again for the replies. I had swapped for a gearbox from a scrap yard fitted about 6 months again ago. I think it turned out to be noisier than the one in there!? Doh! I'll try the gearbox oil I guess. I think the clutch is disengaging. But we'll see!?

Thanks for the reply. The gearbox whines a little in 2nd. It could be the clutch< but the gears arent crunching when it does go in, so i woulkd so that the clutch is disengaging?! It does stay in gear. It does seem to be in every gear. It feels like something is stopping you getting it in? Some times you can force it in, but sometimes you can't.

I have just taken the vr for a 100mile round trip. On the way back it sarted to become hard to get into gear. The gearbox is a little noisey, so dont know if its that? Any thoughts people?

Thanks dude. I've now ordered a hose. I'm pretty suprized Europerformance doesn't say that you need a hose. When other people ordered them di they come with a hose? Hopefully fitting the bad boy on saturday.

Right, I sent back my Green Cotton panel and asked them to send me a BMC CDA, which can yesterday. I have just been to fit it and I think im missing a piece of silicon hose!? There is a fitting guide on here and it shows and says you should get a small length of hose to connect the filter to the air in take. I haven't got it!! This is doing my freakin' head in!!

Cheers guys, I was looking at a tread where somehad drilled the shizzle out of their airbox! Surely you should only drill holes in the part of the box before the filter? Other wise you'll bypass the filter, and that surely ain't good? But as for me I think I'll bite the bullit and get me some BMC action in life.

I have exactly that problem! Do you find that the Scorpion hangs a bit low? I dont know what to do either. Get one made or buy an off the shelf. It seems that people on here like the Milltek. I want a nicer sound thean I'm getting right now. I was a bit disapointed with the sound of the back box. Let me know what you go for. Cheers, Max

Hi y'all. I have read the thread on induction and kinda can to the conclusion that I would get a replacement panel filter and drill holes in the air box. I ordered a Pipercross from Venom, it came and it was the wrong size. They sounded a bit confused, when I rang them, and got me to measure it. It was a different size to what it said on their website. So I sent it back, and thought I would order one from somewhere else to save time. I ordered a Greencotton panel, from Europerformance yesterday. It came today, and guess what....it's the wrong freaking size!! This time it's too small.

Hi, after bashing the hell out of my sump and it beening so thin it starting to leak. I ordered a new one from VW a a cost of £100, fitted it, thought "I must be more careful now". Then I drove over some large ruts in the road, out side the steel works, where the massive lorrys cross the road. I had no time to brake!! Only time to brace myself. Well, the new sump looks just like my old sump, not leaking yet, thank god. I've looked for a sump gaurd and only found them in the USA. I heard you can fit a R32 mk5 sump and oil pick? And dad said why dont you dry sump it, like old racing Jag

Not sure if its extactly the same year, but I know it's and OBD 2. Do you think it'll be ok?

Thanks mate. Is that the main ECU? Do I have to change it if I use an ABS pump from another car?

Hi, I've had my VR for about 8 months now, and the ABS has never worked. My very freindly MOT man said that someone has taken the warning light bulb out!! I have toyed with the idea of removing the ABS altogether, which I still might resort to. But my local scap yard has a VR around the same year as mine. I'm thinking that I might as well see if I can fix my ABS with parts from the scappy, but I'm not sure which bits I need? The ABS pump is at the back of the engine bay. ? And I think it has a ECU of its own. ? Are they in the same unit? If not where is the ABS ECU? Any help would

Hi, after much fannying about (new water pump, new thermostat, new hose coz it split,)! I think that the head gasket has gone and is pressusising the water system. I think?? On checking the compression I'm, getting 10 bar off most the cylinders, 8 off one, 7 off another!? I'm going to bite the bullet and change the head gasket. I have read that it is good to use a mk4 gasket, it being metal and not composit. Is that a good plan? Is there a 'how to' on the gasket swap? Thanks

Howdy y'all, today I decided to let the car tick-over until it got nice and hot! As I can't replace the thermostat (without mucho sweat to the balls), I thought I'll just let it sit there and if it pops another hose then I'll know the thermso isn't wotking! I'm not sure if this is very sensible, running out of ideas. It did get warm, temp gauge reads normal and stays there. Didn't pop anything. But was getting steamy-ness from the exhaust and there was gunk under the oil filler cap. I am thinking the gasket has probably gone. But it didn't show up anything when I tested the compressio