Woo Hoo my VR6 arived today!

[-Dell-]

I think I'll be the first to say...




From the sounds of it you've grabbed yourself a nice one! They are a bit temperamental when it comes to reliability, but I guess owning so many rotaries you'd be used to that

[chris.]

*cough*

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft

(Aktiengesellschaft just means a company limited by shares, that can be traded on the stock market.)

some go for Volkswagen Auto Group

'Volkswagen Audi Group' stopped being used in '92, (I'll let you off for that epic VR6 of yours)

but hey what is this, some sort of VW nut site?

good to know somone knows

[Robby K]

I think I'll be the first to say...




From the sounds of it you've grabbed yourself a nice one! They are a bit temperamental when it comes to reliability, but I guess owning so many rotaries you'd be used to that

Cheers Guys, just got back from melbourne and heard that someone wanted to see pics???...lol... They are coming some things are just worth waiting for!

And yes theres normal peoples version of temperamental then theres a rotary owners version

[VOLKSMAN]

hey rob is it true you rotaries have to be rebuilt every 80,000 km?

[V®6]

And yes theres normal peoples version of temperamental then theres a rotary owners version

I've found I was more tolerant with my FC's than I am with the Golf. Especially when it comes to @&#^%(&%(*$# window regulators

[Robby K]

hey rob is it true you rotaries have to be rebuilt every 80,000 km?

Not entirely, but it all depends on how full on your engine is ported.

If you have a standard motor then they can last hundreds of thousands of km's, of course this will depend on how its been treated, just like any other engine..

But for a serious race style bridgeport for example, where the water seals are cut into to make room for bigger ports then yes you can expect drastic reduction in life of the engine... Bear in mind though this type of porting would generaly be a race only engine.

Theres a lot of myth and plenty of BS that gets around when it comes to rota's and to be honest lots of people just talk shyte about them and Im talking rotary owners too so it can be hard to separate shyte from rite sometimes. Just yesterday I was talking to a guy who was telling me that he used to have rotaries and his stock RX3 used to rev to well over 16000rpm easy and still had more in it

[V®6]

Hey Sam

Congrats on your VR finally arriving. Have you had a chance to take it for a spin yet?

[Robby K]

Hey Sam

Congrats on your VR finally arriving. Have you had a chance to take it for a spin yet?

Yeah I drove it to get ID checked and registered yesterday, then my other half took it for a buzz.... Goes nicely, needs a couple things sorted out but all in all pretty happy! Starts to get pretty lively after 4000rpm My mate dropped me off to pick it up then followed me home said he couldnt believe he heard that noise coming from a hatch...lol

[Robby K]

I took the little beastie for the first decent drive on the weekend and uncovered a couple of issues..
Firstly after coming off throttle and getting back on in it again there is almost a jerking sensation (keep it clean boys and girls) Only does it after coming off throttle and felt like a throttle issue to me.. There was a definite slackness in the throttle cable so first of all I adjusted the cable and had a feel, the pedal feel was much better but the jerking sensation was still there, it feels almost like there is no power when initially depressing the go pedal then a jolt when the power comes on, it definately feels like a throttle issue to me, so next port of call was to pull the Throttle Body off and give it a clean. It was pretty grubby in there too, I was surprised at how blackened it realy was. I was going to clean the TPS as well but didnt have a torque bit the right size to get to it. Put the TB back on and the jerking has pretty much halved, its definitely still there but nowhere near as bad so I think the TPS may need to be cleaned or replaced to get the problem sorted.. Also found the PCV was rooted cracked and broken in about 73 places...lol... so thats gotta be replaced too....

Besides these little hiccups the car drives beautifully, such a smooth engine!

[Ben J]

oh btw