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  1. Scott
    aye mine splutters if its low on fuel and you take a right hand bend too hard, or boot it away from a junction - shat meself the first time it did it, also seems to drive better with a full-ish tank. The extra weight even seems to even-out the engine mass. Now for more power.....
  2. Scott
    not bad mate, they are close to £70 most places. ebay kicks arse.
  3. Scott
    +1 on the maf. ive got 2, and one makes the engine idle lumpy, but gets great mpg. The other is down on mpg, but no lumpy idle! Im wearing the lumpy one just now lol...£1.20 a litre!
  4. Scott
    jeebus mate that sucks. I am rethinking my vr6 ownership meself after all this lol, its one bloody thing after another...
  5. Scott
    and you need a 2x2 adaptor to read the codes on the early type as they obviously dont connect to a standard obd plug. Mine was £3 off ebay.
  6. Scott
    no filter as standard but the pipe isnt meant to leak so you have a vac leak then because of this mate, replace the leaking pipes and there will be no more smell, plus the motor will run better.
  7. Scott
    was the chain rattly before it died? funny for it to jump if it wasnt slack mate, its a weird one.
  8. Scott
    I have no lambda, get 33.5mpg at a steady 65mph. My MAF caused running probs, but the lambda does not, mines obd1 however.
  9. Scott
    they sound too raspy with no resonator mate. Heres my fav sounding VR6, same setup as I have lol: clickyand another guy with similar set up: http://www.youtube.com/user/donvitovr6 clicky - play main vid.
  10. Scott
    Pearsy, that vag405 is a wicked tool mate, got one meself, it is epic-ly good and retail is around £200 in halfrauds, grab one bud. Mine is in the boot and goes everywhere wi me, cleared my maf problem with it and it runs perfect now, does immobs, radio codes, etc etc everything. It will pick up any fault codes as well as reset the ecu etc, remember when engine is off but ignition on and scanning, you will always always get an engine speed sensor fail, its just cos it isnt running, goes away when started. Its fake, unless it remains while cranking over on the key...then it is faulty right en
  11. Scott
    ah ok, no main feed to the instrument panel - I get ye. That has to be the main ignition feed, a huge fuse under the bonnet could be the culprit, near the passenger strut turret. Also check the plug going to the instruments and to the ignition switch, for 12v on at least one thick wire, measure to a known ground point like the ignition barrel body. I assume youve checked all the fuses, there is no specific one for the instruments but fuse 15, 10A is the engine electronics supply, Relay 3 is the engine control module one, maybe these are faulty and so the ecu is not waking up when the ignition
  12. Scott
    lol good one
  13. Scott
    you mean even in neutral mate, or when in gear and pulling away?
  14. Scott
    no idea mate, not enough info really to go on, its a swap that only a few folk have done. the fuel pump relay cannot be getting power, I would start there, the clocks illumination comes off the lighting switch to the right, after the fuse and relays.
  15. Scott
    soz good point mate, I have an obd1 vr6, keep forgetting the differences. M44 DUB - I live between glenrothes and cupar, and I have a VAG405 Scanner, If you want, I can check your motor for faults again and reset the ecu / immob etc. Chuck me a PM if you need it done mate.
  16. Scott
    i always reset the mfa once i drive off, i leave it idling to warm up but it'll always give a crappy fuel calculation at that point cos you are burning fuel and not moving, and a low figure from idling will pull the mfa average down when you drive off, just push in and hold to reset it once you hit the road and you will see your getting much more mpg than you thought.
  17. Scott
    good idea actually, yeah. Will slap some round the connection box asap.
  18. Scott
    yeah my idle is lumpy too, even with the maf fixed, but i have a decat and no o2 sensor fitted (previous owner didnt get a decat wi an o2 boss on it)
  19. Scott
    nice one, I had a list of vag vehicles and the controllers you can access, but have had no response from the abs on my car, but that could be something i can change. Will look out the list and post it so everyone knows what can and cant be done on the mk3.
  20. Scott
    She's fixed. The vag405 scanner picked up the MAF as being short-circuited, and then open circuited, what seems to have happened is water has gotten into the MAF electronics, shorted it out and caused the running problem. Next when i disconnected it the open circuit code was generated, so I reset the codes after having cleaned the original MAF and it runs perfectly now! Achieves 33.5mpg at 65-70mph, well chuffed. The Autech VAG405 tool is the real hero, cos it seems the ecu refused to run any better unless it was cleared and reset. The battery removal clear had no effect on this, I tried it b
  21. Scott
    dont unplug the lamp! The faultt will be at the gearbox end. Theres a switch that goes on when you shift into reverse. Its on the gearbox near the end of the shift cable levers
  22. Scott
    ah soz mate, vibratech are the only game in town for decent vr6 engine mounts im afraid...
  23. Scott
    fourseason tuning - click green arrow: http://fourseasontuning.com/?product=14 pap http://www.pap-parts.com/products.asp?dept=4085 vortex http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2302255 bremmer http://www.bahnbrenner.com/vw_audi/products/1858/VR6_Timing_Chain_Kit
  24. Scott
    mine has never risen above 70, except on a hot summers day, heating is red hot
  25. Scott
    idle air control valve it sets the idle, if its jammed shut it wont idle cold, or jammed open, wont idle hot. The maf (airflow meter) if open circuit, will make it start but immediately cut out when cold, will idle for about 10 seconds when hot a short circuit maf will run perfect cold, then cut out and refuse to rev when hot (over 60oC oil temp on MFA) Engine coolant temp sensor (ECT) will cause the same symptoms. immob ring will always start first then cut out a few seconds later on the mk3
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