Opinion please - continue to try to fix or walk away

ilc72 said:
For me the only option is Option 3 but trade in at a garage if you can. They very rarely check trade ins beyond a quick pop round the block and focus on exterior and interior condition, so unless it’s a total non-runner then take this route or WeBuyAnyCar type places and keep your Karma.

If you have a good credit history look into personal leasing, there are some amazing deals out there. I’ve used Select Contracts and Rivervale before and are both good.
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ilc72 said:
I can third that recommendation, but seriously with nothing to go on in terms of fault codes you will in all seriousness just be wasting money. If you insist on swapping out parts try salvage yards for write offs, paying even OEM VW parts is an expensive business. If it helps we just sold my partners VW Golf 2.0TDI DSG Match and just took the hit on it as it kept costing money.
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Thanks. But as above I have sold the car and was updating the thread with my decision :)
 
I'm a bit curious here, @Hades mentioned swarf in the fuel system, which resulted in potentially damaged injectors (or they could've been the cause), but many folks are recommended replacing the ECU. Why? The ECU does nothing other than manage the sensors, pumps and injectors, how would that remove the swarf from the fuel system? Or is it gone already?

I'm confused. Someone help.
 
Diddums said:
I'm a bit curious here, @Hades mentioned swarf in the fuel system, which resulted in potentially damaged injectors (or they could've been the cause), but many folks are recommended replacing the ECU. Why? The ECU does nothing other than manage the sensors, pumps and injectors, how would that remove the swarf from the fuel system? Or is it gone already?

I'm confused. Someone help.
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The mention of ECU was a last ditch attempt to fix it after the swarf had been removed and the injectors and high pressure fuel pump replaced. I don't think it was likely to fix it. I think it was suggested just in case the swarf was a red herring.
 
As I posted earlier in the thread, I know all too well what you have been experiencing and I can also safely say that just selling it as a non-runner was a major weight off of my mind too, despite taking a financial hit :)
 
ci_newman said:
As I posted earlier in the thread, I know all too well what you have been experiencing and I can also safely say that just selling it as a non-runner was a major weight off of my mind too, despite taking a financial hit :)
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Yes, I plan to live with just the Corrado for a few months unless a good deal comes up somewhere. It's not a family car and it won't be great fun in winter, but it's transport. So I'm not in a rush. However it was a nice knowing this morning that if/when the feeling arises I could just go and view cars to buy if I wanted to.
 
Not sure how I missed this almost certainly a stretched timing chain throwing off the cam sensor.

I’ve changed a chain on one of these that was running very rough and would cut out, the chain had only stretched millimetres. It was a pain to do especially as I was just helping a friend.

Right decision to move it on though if you can’t do the work yourself.
 
Dangerous Dave said:
Not sure how I missed this almost certainly a stretched timing chain throwing off the cam sensor.

I’ve changed a chain on one of these that was running very rough and would cut out, the chain had only stretched millimetres. It was a pain to do especially as I was just helping a friend.

Right decision to move it on though if you can’t do the work yourself.
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Thanks but the garage checked for that. I specifically suggested it as a possibility and asked to to check it.
 
Hades said:
Thanks but the garage checked for that. I specifically suggested it as a possibility and asked to to check it.
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He was told by a specialist it was fine aswell, they wanted to start swapping out sensors and if that didn't work swap the whole engine. The chain stretch was difficult to tell with it fitted to the engine the tensioner wasn't fully extended and looked OK on the face of it. It was only when we compared it to the chain/tensioner to the engine we were about to swap in that the chain may be stretched. We took a chance and swapped the chain/tensioner we were going to put on the replacement engine before fitting and the car has been fine ever since. It was only after replacing it we realised how noisy the old chain/tensioner had been at idle.

I expect the dealer that bought it will swap in another engine they can be picked up for under 1k even less if you go for without turbo etc.
 
Dangerous Dave said:
He was told by a specialist it was fine aswell, they wanted to start swapping out sensors and if that didn't work swap the whole engine. The chain stretch was difficult to tell with it fitted to the engine the tensioner wasn't fully extended and looked OK on the face of it. It was only when we compared it to the chain/tensioner to the engine we were about to swap in that the chain may be stretched. We took a chance and swapped the chain/tensioner we were going to put on the replacement engine before fitting and the car has been fine ever since. It was only after replacing it we realised how noisy the old chain/tensioner had been at idle.

I expect the dealer that bought it will swap in another engine they can be picked up for under 1k even less if you go for without turbo etc.
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Fair enough. Perhaps it could be that. Yes the dealer intended to just swap the engine.
 
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