After 12 months of fanaticism, I finally have one..

[VisionaryVr6]

hey man, looks verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry nice




p.s. (touches wood it doesn't happen) should you crash it and its too much $$$ to repair, i'll happily take the leather interior off your hands

[SpeciP3]

ahh nice beast!! i was eyeing this one off, but then it was goooooonnneeee!
glad a veedubber got it
yeeeeooow!

[GoLfMan]

real clean there mate

hope it stays that way!

[SoVeReIgN]

Nice car!

lol @ someone not selling it to you because it is too powerful.

I'm jealous, looking at these nice VR6's i'm very tempted to buy one - They are a special car.

[dubbed]

lol @ someone not selling it to you because it is too powerful.

haha I thought the same!!

Mint VR6 mate. That's an epic score for a young'n. I remember looking back for one several years ago but they were way out of reach for a 16 year old back then

[-Dell-]

And after 2 weeks of ownership, I'm starting to have a problem

Driving back home tonight from a mate's place in Auburn, the coolant temperature light started flashing on the M5 which worried the crap out of me, but the temperature gauge was hovering at 90 degrees (normal) which really confused me.. Pulled over and popped the hood, and my god was the engine hot Left it sitting there for a bit to cool down while we opened the coolant lid and let some pressure out, before we decided sack it, leave it here and get it checked on Monday..

Checked in the manual which said if the light is flashing but gauge is normal, the coolant is low and should be filled up, but it was pretty much full when we popped the hood so I'm confused! I've built up a theory that the gauge has carked it and that's why it was showing normal temperatures.. Wait and see I guess Any ideas?

[MattyT]

Busted waterpump?? No idea sorry.

Paging one of our many forum mechanics, please report to this thread!

[peedman]

Could be just a busted sensor in the coolant bottle. If ur temp is fine and ur coolant is full then u need a new sensor (which is a new coolant bottle).

[sydVR6]

This just means your coolant level is low, or as mentioned, that the coolant level sensor is playing up.

Make sure you check the coolant level when the car is cold and preferably on level ground - ie: first thing in the morning.

If it's only just started, most likely it just needs a top up.

[-Dell-]

This just means your coolant level is low, or as mentioned, that the coolant level sensor is playing up.

Make sure you check the coolant level when the car is cold and preferably on level ground - ie: first thing in the morning.

If it's only just started, most likely it just needs a top up.

Strangely enough, we checked it on the night and again yesterday morning and it was full to the brim, so we drove it over to Bondi Junction to our mechanic and left it there.. Probably getting the heater core and dud handbrake sensor fixed at the same time, and then start looking at some basic cosmetic mods (clear indicators, Euro lip and black VW badges )

[-Dell-]

right... i've just given the mechanic a call, and he said that along with a dud coolant sensor, the abs module is in a bad way... apparently the abs globe was cut off so it would go unnoticed, but i should have the car back tomorrow in other news, dads just bought himself a bmw 120i and wants to get an aftermarket stereo for it (odd...) so we've decided to have mine done at the same time


man that took a decade to type on the ps3 keyboard...!

[Mrk_Mickey]

Winner for you! abs is gone on just about every VR6 dude, I would have liked to have a working ABS in my car today..some stupid camry driver (they must love hitting my car..that's the SECOND) pulled out in front of me @70km/h...the back of the car creeped out because my wheels locked. It stopped me REALLY well though

[sydVR6]

ABS faults are very easy to diagnose with a VAGCOM or V-Checker.

My ABS light was flashing when I bought the car and had two ABS related faults. One related to rear wheel sensors. Cleaned the sensors with a compressed air gun and this fault did not return. The second fault was to do with 'pedal position sensor'. I was able to order this sensor for about $120 and fit it to the brake booster myself (a fiddly job, but was done in an hour).

Once this was done, ABS worked perfectly. As usual the Bentley manual came in handy for the remove/refit of the wonky sensor.

I often wonder how many of the VR6 ABS faults I hear about are mis-diagnosed as module or pump issues, when they could just be something simple yet obscure, like the sensor above.

[-Dell-]

Erm, bump.

Coupla things have been going on with the car lately. She now sports new plates and a VWW sticker on the back window, but apart from that she's still the same as usual.

Faults have multiplied though Running rich for whatever reason (spark plugs, injectors etc, will check soon) and is pulling to the left due to hitting a slight lane dividing bump at a normal speed, not doing anything fancy.. Odd, but will get that looked at, I don't think it's just an alignment issue but it would definitely be a big relief if it was!

Apart from that, Mickey worked his detailer magic on her a week ago, in preparation for my driving test - which I failed Only barely, and pretty much all for lack of observational checks (ie. not doing a headcheck in all directions every tenth of a second like the RTA want you to...), but my next go is on the 29th and that should go well.

At some point in the near future I am considering joey modding the headlights and spraying the stockies matte black, for some kinda stealth bomber look Until then, toodles!

[schoona]

Erm, bump.

Coupla things have been going on with the car lately. She now sports new plates and a VWW sticker on the back window, but apart from that she's still the same as usual.

Faults have multiplied though Running rich for whatever reason (spark plugs, injectors etc, will check soon) and is pulling to the left due to hitting a slight lane dividing bump at a normal speed, not doing anything fancy.. Odd, but will get that looked at, I don't think it's just an alignment issue but it would definitely be a big relief if it was!

Apart from that, Mickey worked his detailer magic on her a week ago, in preparation for my driving test - which I failed Only barely, and pretty much all for lack of observational checks (ie. not doing a headcheck in all directions every tenth of a second like the RTA want you to...), but my next go is on the 29th and that should go well.

At some point in the near future I am considering joey modding the headlights and spraying the stockies matte black, for some kinda stealth bomber look Until then, toodles!

Good luck with your licence dude (Y)

For the spraying, I stripped mine etc...having done it I would have just roughed the finish up with sandpaper, primed then painted over the top. Would have come out a lot more consistent because it's very hard to strip ALL paint off.

Can't wait to see all black VR goodness. Get on it..