Some days just don't end well. I wasn't a mile from home this evening and I got a good whif of that brown sugar sweet smell that said coolant was no longer...
I had the same exact hose explode on me on the highway. I was pushing the car pretty hard, and suddenly a lot of smoke was shooting out from the back. The...
Last week that same expensive hose broke while driving to the office. Fortunately it broke near the end to the cylinder head, so I did a quick fix by cutting...
My Jetta has a problem with both blinkers. I turn on the blinker and it only flashes a couple times before it completely stops...it sounds like a flasher relay...
I need to replace both e-brake cables on my 1997 GTI VR6. From my experiences on other cars, this usually a total pain-in-the-ass-type of job (threading the...
Actually it isn't all that bad. The 1st time I did it is was about an hour job, the second time it was a 20 minute job. Dig around for Ian's webpage, he has...
i recently bought a 1998 VW Jetta GLX VR6 and had a few questions pertaining to it... first i would like to ask if anyone knows of any car maintnance books (ie...
http://www.gti-vr6.net/library/ Look here first for advice on changing the belt and exhaust. The stereo issues: the speakers cutting out is probably a head...
the crap stock rear speakers in my corrado cut in and out because they are blown. The rear speakers are more susceptible to sun damage due to their location. I...
i dont think that the speakers in my jetta are crap, the jetta came with a 10 speaker bose sound system and if anyone knows anything about speakers bose is...
LOL yeah, "Bose is pretty high end" , they cant be blown! The public perception of Bose is better than Bose actually is, they have excellent marketing. Alot of...
i checked out the Chilton's service manual for my jetta from my local library and it showed me the exact way to take out my stereo correctly so i will check...
Dear VR6'rs, I would observe a couple of things on speakers: 1) I never thought that I would "outlive" my Advents from 1978 but I did: the foam perimeter...
... Sounds like a momentary contact somewhere... One of my left front dash or door speakers have the same problem: I periodically lose the front left side...
Maybe I was lucky. I had about 126,000 on my VR6 Jetta when I traded it in. Never had any work done on the timing chains or guides, still ran strong, smooth,...
Kelly McMullen - MCDOTX
kellymcmullen@...
Mar 23, 2005 2:45 pm
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The early chain/guide design was prone to short life, and ought to be changed around 100k (or sooner if they are making noise. I would encourage the service...
I have been told it only affects OBD1 cars. It may even just be the first batch, like the oil pump issue. I think I recall seeing something about it on the...
I second that. At a previous job, the guy in the office next to me designed extremely hi-fidelity bass enclosures for professional musicicans. His gear was...
thanks for all the help so far, in two days you have answered more questions in that time than it would have taken me 10 years to get out of guys at car parts...
The important thing to remember is that your car is an "A3" or Mk3. It is a 98 model year. Knowing the month it was built may be important when ordering parts...
Anyone know where to get new drive shafts for a decent price. Mine are oringal ones and my VR6 has about 144.000 miles on it. they have play that is felt when...
i was out last night driving around somewhat hard and i got home and noticed that my engine smelled like something was burning, not like a oil burning but...
You either smoked the clutch or you have oil leaking into it, but since this is your first manual tranny Im going to guess you burned it up. The reason it...
I had a similar problem with an automatic tranny. The problem was the transmission oil cooler which had failed. Cooked the tranny real good. There are also a...
I'm trying to track down the part number of a plastic radiator hose connector for my 1997 GTI VR6. I took some digital photos and placed them in a photo album...
I can't help with the part number, but I can help with the long URL: http://tinyurl.com/6ru79 tinyurl.com is a free website that's great for posting stuff like...
