Just got my dream motor :-) **UPDATED**

[Wayne]

I've been eyeing up VR's all day because of you Deano 

I've come to the conclusion that when I've finished my postgrad course and i'm not travelling as much then I have to get one

Defo worth the upgrade Mate but as with any new car you expect teething problems but mine is being evil at the moment and I ain't happy  Had more problems in 1 day on the VR than in all 4 of my previous GTI's. Will be well worth it when sorted I suppose 

What problems are you having.

PM'd ya Mate 

Received  you know where I am if you need help / advice or a shoulder to  on

[AudiA8Quattro]

If you need any VR advice, i here as well.
I had one for 5 years 

[Deano2711]

Cheers Buddy....not trying to hide anything it's just that I had sent the PM before I read the post on this thread. Basically the heater pipe at the top of the engine acquired a hole and pissed all the water out the system while I was at work. Cut out the hole and re applied the pipe and topped up with water/anti freeze before starting the car. Massaged the pipes etc to remove air and eft the car idling to reach temp. No probs but about a mile up the road the temp guage shot up so called out the RAC. He came out and filled up and did the same as me and followed me home with no probs so I am now going to flush out the system this afternoon when I get home.
But also and the bigger of my worries is that the fuse for the electric windows had popped so this morning I popped in a 10 amp fuse and they worked fine. Went to check the water level before going to work and returned to the cab to find the fuse melting and smoke from the dash....so quickly turned off igniton and pulled what was left of the fuse. Looks like a dash out job for me which I could do without and I am not the best with electrics but I guess I am looking for two wires touching or something ??  Any ideas or suggestions welcomed and I make a mean brew for anyone that want's to help 

[snifferdog]

Oh dear, better hold off the sale of the 8v for now then! I dont mind giving you a hand mate if you need it! As you witnessed before, im slightly useless (not as bad as my mate) but Im all healed from my operation now so could do some stuff!?!

[Deano2711]

Thanks for the offer Mate but I am unsure about whether to look myself or take it to a garage. It seemed to be from around the centre colsole area so may be able to just remove heater controls etc.  As for the 8v Mate....it's already on the Bay and I just cannot watch it sit on the drive and rot away. Rather someone else enjoyed it like I have. I decided not to post it up on here as it has faults and don't want anyone to think I am trying to rip them off.  If it makes enough money on the bay it will go. I can still drive the VR at the moment but plan to have a good look this afternoon as I have the afternoon off. If I don't have any success then it will go to the garage I think. Many thanks for the offer though Mate....when do you go back to work then ??

[snifferdog]

Well, the docs keep writing me sick notes, no questions asked at the minute and I get full pay from work so hopefully not for a few more weeks.

[Deano2711]

Well, the docs keep writing me sick notes, no questions asked at the minute and I get full pay from work so hopefully not for a few more weeks.

Guessed you were still off Buddy as your post count is rocketing up  And I thought I was bad for being on here a lot 

[Deano2711]

Well I spent most of the day yesterday trying to find out why the dashboard was smoking.  Took out the glovebox and the heater controls to find no damage to the wiring. As this is where the smoking occured this seemed the place to look. However, just as I was about to start putting the heater controls back I noticed a thin live wire behind the dash with the end cut off. Traced it back to the passenger side of the dash where to my horror I found a carrier bag full of old wiring. Quite a few of these were from an old Nokia hands free kit and another load for an old alarm that had been disconnected. Began the task of removing these wires to find that they were all still connected to the battery and about four were still live and very crudely cut to remove. Took them all out and now just have to replace the fuse box as slot 14 melted when the smoking occured (unless someone local to me wants to have a go at wiring in an inline fuse for me  ). So the search begins for a fuse box and hopefully this will resolve the problemand get me my eleccy windows back 

[snifferdog]

What a ball ache! Sounds like it should be sorted though! Did your 8v sell?

[Deano2711]

Not yet Mate      I have someone interested but he needs to sell his car first. If anyone is interested then just let me know.