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Im currently sitting in the mot waiting room. What do we reckon?
I'm convinced the cat is broken so reckon it will fail!
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Good luck buddy, fingers crossed it passes after all the work you've put into it!
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Failed. Emissions big time and sub frame mountings. Think I'm just going to get rid to be honest. I'm loosing patience with this car now.
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dont scrap it dude, you've put too much into it by now!
im free all of next week (other than when im doing my car) and im more than happy to help out with working on it to get it ready for a retest
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You can't scrap it, its by far my favourite looking car on the forum ):
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Tbh I'm not sure if the subframe mountings are rotten but if they are that will cost a fair bit to weld.
The emissions failed on every single thing so even a new cat won't fix that.
Ecu is on its way out and will need a new coilpack.
There's a nice gTi6 just round the corner from me on 77k in china. Looks mint but I will see. Need to find 1400 quid from somewhere.
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ah i see, so it was rust? how bout a subframe from the scrapper? lot of work, but not a lot of cash...
or, theres that s16 that just popped uo for sale...
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Niall, give me a ring about any bits you need from the 6.
We'll sort it out this weekend if you like?
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what a situation mate. i know how you feel about getting rid, its a hard one.
if you have fell out of love then i say get the 6. good luck.
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pain in the arse for you Niall, can you not sorce a coil pack and a ecu? be a waste to let it go just for that.
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had a thought, the 1.8 coil pack the same as the xsi? might be a daft question.... but if it is, ive got one kicking about that might still work
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I've got a spare coil pack bu I need a ecu.
The rot isn't on the subframe. It's on the body where the subframe mounts. I don't think it should of failed. ( from memory of it) in which case I'm going to under seal it and retest it.
Tbh it's going to cost me a lot to fix. Fortunately I've got 10 working days and we have a 4 day weekend so got time to sort it. I love the car but there has to come a point of stopping!
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fair nuff man.
as said, happy to help out if needed. free from sat afternoon.
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