Poorly VRS

[twosmoke300]

Look what got dropped off this morning . Obviously I wasn’t busy enough so took on another project . Parked next to my crv that needs a flywheel 😂

[Andyrew]

Yum, cracking car these. Nice to drive with a good kick up the arse if you needed it.  i was very tempted by that one as i had one about 10 years ago and wanted to see if it was still as good as i remembered. 

[HMC]

A bit different to the 1.6 you had off me 🤣

[twosmoke300]

That one ran better tho

[twosmoke300]

The gas analyser says its a massive lean misfire . Co and HC actually really clean but lambda is 1.7 plus and the cat is glowing at idle 

Air leak somewhere i reckon

 

[phil_lihp]

Glad it arrived in one piece!  Good luck getting it sorted, best car I ever owned in a lot of ways.

[dave j]

Good to see this one staying in the fold. I would love a mk1 vrs one day, I will have to make do with my mk2 for now! 

[Jamie]

have you done a buy?

[sutty2006]

3 randoms please. 

[twosmoke300]

11 hours ago, Jamie said:

have you done a buy?

Vagshite .... the horror , the horror 🤪

[beko1987]

Midlife crisis? 

[Jamie]

5 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

Vagshite .... the horror , the horror 🤪

I knew it! Can't ever slag anything else I buy now 😝

[twosmoke300]

Hold my beer !

[twosmoke300]

Also - it’s broken - of course it is 

[Jamie]

Is the engine light on? If not I'd be concerned. 

[twosmoke300]

Course it is ! Not plucked up the courage to do a global code scan yet tho . 
But it does need a service item door lock .

[Jamie]

6 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

Course it is ! Not plucked up the courage to do a global code scan yet tho . 
But it does need a service item door lock .

No window regs?! 

[twosmoke300]

There is a new one in the boot so I guess it does need one 😂

 

“Just wear and tear mate - all cars need em”

 

ermm not decent ones 

[bezzabsa]

if cats glowing - then its blocked aint it!!!!!

[twosmoke300]

It’s roughly the same temp front n rear and plenty exhaust pressure out back . Did notice when moving it in the yard today that the brake pedal was very hard so I’m putting money on a vac leak but fuck me dead these 1.8t motors have hundreds of vac pipes . 

[Isaac Hunt]

Excellent initial diagnosis.  

Hadn't someone had a crack at trying to find a vacuum leak in this ?

Maybe they CBA to spend any time on it 

[Jamie]

It's in the right hands to get sorted now at least 👍

[twosmoke300]

It’s not an easy one - the usual spray brake cleaner around trick hasn’t identified the culprit . I’m wondering if it’s one of the many one way valves or solenoid valves on the inlet system that’s failed rather than a leak to external air .

[Jamie]

8 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

It’s not an easy one - the usual spray brake cleaner around trick hasn’t identified the culprit . I’m wondering if it’s one of the many one way valves or solenoid valves on the inlet system that’s failed rather than a leak to external air .

Have you got access to one of those smoke machines? My mates got one its proved invaluable for vaccum leaks 

[twosmoke300]

Yeh . That was my next step when I get 5mins to look at it . Although the PO’s garage had already done this and replaced several parts on the back of the magic smoke escaping .

[Jamie]

Understandable they threw the towel in. I hate shit like that

[twosmoke300]

Part of the reason I bought it was that I like a challenge and a chance to learn about a certain engine etc . 

[phil_lihp]

The window regulator is for the driver's front because I'd already replaced the driver's rear and the front was making funny noises so I thought I'd be prepared, they're not expensive.  As it was, it never did stop working so it's just a spare!

[Spurious]

Isn't it quite common for people to be fiddling with the Positive Crankcase Ventilation system on these thinking it'll somehow improve performance? Like you said there's bloody loads of pipework in these engines. Maybe someone had a go and didn't do a right job. 

[Spurious]

I think the first generation VRS looks far sharper than the next one too. Better looking car. Looking forward to see more of it.