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Take motor off, turn the torx drive in the caliper counter clockwise a few turn, push pison in, turn again and push untill fully retracted. Replace pads and motor. Activating brake will wind motor out till resistance meets. Any dash light should go out (usually after moving the car) I replaced a new...

Ideally the position of the inlet and exhaust cam adjustment bolts should be the same in their respective slots to give an even valve timing. Much has been said about Torsion value but as long as it is within range (cam to crank sensor angle) the best number is where your engine is happiest all rou...

vcds torsion values. mine was way out after a belt change, smoked, lumpy idle, sluggish off the mark. worth checking. intake should be zero '0' or within -/+ 1.5deg. Exhaust around 5deg but mine settled at 4.2

vcds torsion values. mine was way out after a belt change, smoked, lumpy idle, sluggish off the mark. worth checking. intake should be zero '0' or within -/+ 1.5deg. Exhaust around 5deg but mine settled at 4.2

No belt adjustment, just moved intake & exhaust cams a touch.

B6 EPB TRW (Electric park brake) £36.99 ebay, took 8 days to arrive but saved £££ For the past week i've had the flashing dash and audible warning. I managed to free the caliper so i could get to and from work. DON'T GET COUGHT OUT, YOU ONLY NEED A T30 & T50 TORX TOOL. Easy diy fix without the n...

If torsion is out it will affect all the time. If in the past tipex has been used to set timing then big no no. Garage i had belt changed was old skool and fkd it up. Set it twice thereafter and still out. vw Techy mate with vcds sorted Torsion is a Red Herring. Mine ran perfectly at +3.72° also at...

B6 EPB TRW (Electric park brake) £36.99 ebay. For the past week i've had the flashing dash and audible warning. I managed to free the caliper so i could get to and from work. DON'T GET COUGHT OUT, YOU ONLY NEED A T30 & T50 TORX TOOL. Easy diy fix without the need for vcds If your brake has locke...

If torsion is out it will affect all the time. If in the past tipex has been used to set timing then big no no. Garage i had belt changed was old skool and fkd it up. Set it twice thereafter and still out. vw Techy mate with vcds sorted

Buy a 3" drill kit with velcro pads and sponges, only £3-4 some 3" 1000 & 2000 grit Velcro pads, cutting paste and iv sealer. Start with 1000 grit and water spray, work evenly across the lense removing outer film and pittting. Same again with 2000 grit. Then using G3 or similar paste w...

Have you not had it on vcds yet to check cam torsion?

Had mine Hunter aligned with camber adjustment 2yrs ago (Buckley tyres north wales) and still wears inner tread (stepping) prob cuz I'm on coilies.

Welcome, great site for advice and nice motors. I'd keep the vxr, be worth £££ in years to come especially with mileage. I,ve an old B6 with nearly 200k and over 200bhp but no point changing as its got all i need.

Been happy with my BMR, Oil pump and loom rectified prior to purchase and that work was done by vw at 90k. Mine came with DPF (2006) Bought it with 120k on the clock 4.5yrs ago. Apart from wear parts (disc/pads/tyres/service parts) i've only replaced the fuel lift pump because it started humming and...

Did you ever resolve this, have same issue.

Duno mate, I'm no techie, the guy who did mine knew his stuff and I only remember bits of speel while he was putting it right.

TRW on at the moment, been good till this past week when the pedal dropped. I thought the travel should stay the same even down to bare minimum. I'll get the system flushed when changed. I've done 70k in 4yrs and they where on when bought. Mot said they were fine back in September. I'm replacing wit...

I'm due to replace my discs and pads all round even though they still have meat on all the pads (3-4mm) I've recently noticed the peddle isn't biting as normal but much lower down when breaking, if you give it a quick pump it's normal again, release for a second then it drops down again. No loss of ...

Yup, sounds like cam alignment. Intake cam on vcds measuring blocks should read zero but can be upto 1.5 +/- Exhaust cam can vary but the vw tech who did mine said 5 degrees, mine settled at 4.2 My symptoms were: Bad cold start Lumpy idle Smoke Foul exhaust smell Under powered especially setting off.

Where you based I do headlight restorations.

Think I need to do a sticky and get Anthony (admin)
To post up.

So it was the intake cam then.

I'll ask what blocks he used. Give me a few days.

Vw tech mate did mine, got the relevant measuring blocks up on vcds and tweaked the cams accordingly.

Mines lowered on coilies and hunter setup and still scuffs the rear inners. Gotta live with it but saying that the rears have done 20k