FukenBroken V6 Bora

[Neroo]

Hey guys well im nero 17 years of age and well this is my first Vw , decided to get something diffrent after owning 2 fwd sr20 powered nissans and right now cant seem to get enough of it its a 2003 Vw Bora V6 4-Motion which i recently purchased for real cheap ( reason later ) so lets get on with it

first sight

back at home



18" audi tt Replicas(correct me if im wrong)(not currently fitted)


a bit of messing about with parts from my old car ( there is a serious reason why the whole front end is taken off )



and now lets get to the serious part
well being 17 money does kind of suck money wise so there was no chance in hell that i could have bought one of thease bad boys outright, but luckily for me my dad used to be a mechanic and ive been around cars and been repairing them since well forever. assisting in whatever my dad was up to weather it was something simple like replacing brake pads to something complicated like a engine rebuild so this brings me here a low budget and big dreams so what do you get ? ...

well i chose not to give up big dreams and have some fun along the way ( or i thought so )
at the auctions the car was described as not running so i thought it could have been a realy simple fix as the car at first glance appeared to be very clean ......


much to my dissapointment it turned out to be more serious then i had originaly thought so i started ripping the healthy looking vr6 appart

top end revealed to be unscaved and all in imaculate order so going on to the bottom end revealed a little more then i thought




the suspect of this turned out to be a snapped first conrod , cracked first piston, bent #2 and #3 conrod aswell as a damaged engine block ... no doubt about it no ressurection happening here .. so that leaves me here with a whole bunch of hopes and dreams and a awaiting engine bay ...

at the moment i have managed to find a donor BDE VR6 engine with low k's on it but cant afford the bugger right now so i guess just keep saving my my poor excuse for a paycheque .. hhehehehe

thanx for reading hope to see some positive imput

[Tim]

was it sold as a flood damaged vehicle?
Id say there are going to be quite a few cars popping up soon with similar engine problems.

Hopefully you can just plonk in a second hand engine and drive

[Neroo]

unfortunately on the listing it was just described as not running and a repairable write off nothing to do with water damage hence why i bought it , but without a doubt water being sucked in was the culprit here ....

everything seems to be okay besides the engine ofcaurse so it should just be a swap and go operation

kind of sad but im not complaining even after everything its still gonna cost a lot less then the normal selling price hehe cheers for taking the time man

[RolfGolf]

Have you had a chance to check out the electrics as yet? I'd be surprised if there weren't a few gremlins if it's been flood-damaged ... Looks nice and clean though

[anthony]

It was involved in the floods,and its previous owner is active here,having replaced his much loved Bora with a TDI Jetta...

[Lonewolf1983]

ouch!
previous owner of my old bora hydrolocked it too driving through a deep puddle, was in the region of $3k for a VW dealer to fix it, but looks like yours is worse off.
Should have put a 3.2 in instead

[Neroo]

acctualy a matter of fact i did have a chance to check out the electronics and by the look of it everything does seem to be all okay with no real issues anywhere :thankgod: luckily it looks like the vehicle dident get any water in to the drivers compartment where most of the computers are located

yea i know ouch .. was hoping it would have been a easy fix but yea .. hopefully i wont have to take it to the vw dealer and get pwned

anthony any chance you might be able to put me in contact with the previous owner as to concern with log books and spare keys and such ?

thanx guys

[dylan8]

Have a gork around the mk4 and mk5 section. His user name was 'max' something from memory.
I noticed your 17 and victoria, how long till your 18 and can drive the beast?
Congrats on the bora btw, they are a great car

[rayray086]

Good stuff getting stuck into it, glad you're not giving up on it!

[Neroo]

well unfortunately for me i got to wait till December .. fortunately for the bora its got till December to be all fixed and made stunning all over again ...

hehe rayray id never give up on such a amazing car

il have a look around and hopefuly track the previous owner down .. you guys realy are great thanks for all the support

[maxrob200]

Hi Neroo
Looks like my old Bora. My Bora was a 2001 model with VW 17" sports wheels with Goodyear F1 GSd3 tyres. The engine was water damaged but everything else is like new. Good luck with the rebuild. I was devastated by the loss of my car. Only had it serviced the day before the flood damage!
1. Coil packs - new
2. auto-dimming mirror -new
3. H7 Philips extreme globes -new
4. Rotors and pads -new
5. Interior as new
6. only done 85,000 plus km

[Jmac]

I reckon top find my man, the engine damage with water is way better than a submarine mate, seen a few of them up here and its control unit city, and that really adds up, keep an eye out and an engine will turn up, then you will be in business. I recently had an issue looking for a Passat engine , it had to come from Spain, took over a month, but well worth it
Great car
Cheers
Jmac

[Neroo]

Hi Neroo
My Bora was a 2001 model with VW 17" sports wheels with Goodyear F1 GSd3 tyres. The engine was water damaged but everything else is like new
1. Coil packs - new
2. auto-dimming mirror -new
3. H7 Philips extreme globes -new
4. Rotors and pads -new
5. Interior as new
6. only done 85,000 plus km

damn got excited sorry to say but i dident buy your car .. mine is a 2003 with 12x,xxx ks on it ....
i did see it on the auction listing and my dad was telling me to go and buy it but i decided against it on the slight chance that the engine block was damaged and un-usable... ohh well

thanx to everyone for trying to help out really appreciate the help guys

[RolfGolf]

Glad to hear the electrics are all good - looks like a real find. Best of luck with getting the engine sorted and back on the road. They are a beautiful car.

[Manaz]

Perfect excuse to put a 3.2L out of an R32 into it...