corsa_nation
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Hello all,
It's been a while since I posted on here but I trust your advice,
I'm thinking about going to look at the "can of worms" car itself, the 106 Gti and I would greatly appreciate some tips on what I look out for etc.
It's completely standard on an 02 plate with 88k,
Cheers everyone!
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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Gearbox noise, and rear axles
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bullock106xsi
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Registered: 10th Jul 09
Location: South Shields
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check boot floor for rot and inner wings too
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Rot? Serious?
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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Never really seen one with rot problems usually fairly ok
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jay26
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Registered: 22nd Feb 08
Location: North Lincolnshire
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They rot like fuck under the ecu and the boot seam
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Archie
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Registered: 18th Dec 07
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Saxo's are worse for rot than 106's.
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bullock106xsi
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Registered: 10th Jul 09
Location: South Shields
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yeah they split at the sides and start rusting. seems to be more on the lowered ones. my pals rallye went quite bad and when i used to be on the 106oc, alot of the blogs had boot repairs 
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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Rust on rear inner arches, under ECU tray are the most common places
Odd camber on the rear wheels and play could indicate rear axel/beam issues which is a costly fix
Gearbox should be nice and quite and non-cruchey. As they like to whine a bit if they have been abuse or the input bearing is on the way out.
Pritty good other then that the engines are pritty bullet proof but just check for the usual things
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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DAZ1985
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
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quote:
Originally posted by Archie
Saxo's are worse for rot than 106's.
This is not true
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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i had a y reg vtr on 70k that was rotten to fuck, strut tops started crackign and the inner wing under the ecu had a big hole in it.
my friends y reg vtr on 110k lowered as much as mine is completely rust free, not even a bit of surface rust underneath.
they can be hit and miss
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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you live near the sea though where everyone has rotten cars and rotten teeth
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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my mates had been in blackpool all its life, mine came from further inland
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mattant
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Registered: 19th Jun 10
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My sister's 106 is rusty inside the boot:
Never been looked after though so could have probably been prevented
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Can be common for oil leaks
As said, rear beam, costs about £400 to be rebuilt by a decent company.
Clutch bearing, hard to find one that wont rattle tbh, put the clutch down and it goes away. Every one i looked at did it, and my mates does it too. His running 173bhp, mine was 142bhp, mine took a lot of abuse and a track day, his has took even more abuse and 3 track days and 2 race days, still going strong.
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DAZ1985
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The oil leaks from the breather pipe that goes to the sump is an easy fix and a food bargaining point if the seller is clueless, tell tale signs of a shagged rear beam is the camber, any genuine seller shouldn't mind if you wanted to check it by taking a small trolley jack with you and gettin the wheel up in the air and pulling on the wheel to see if their is play
16v engines are strong, the boxes are the weak area, although if it's shagged a 1.1 gearbox is almost the same as the Gti box ratio wise and half the price
A lot have lumpy idle on tick over, some will claim this is because it's cammed and chipped. Take them with a pinch of salt.
The ABS sensors are prone to packing up, quiet common again if the ABS light doesn't show when the ignition is turned on the bulb has been removed. The same applies with the eml light.
Their easy to clock even the digital display clocks on the later 3 plug looms. So if it's got previous mot's to back up the mileage on ones claiming a lot lower than average miles
Rust problems as said above too, they are alright cars for the money have alot of fun in them
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
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The rot thing suprises me
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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my second one was also rotten, rear inner arch seams
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DAZ1985
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Theirs no set pattern to which ones rot more than others
Later ones tend to be better for less rot, it's all fixable if you can weld
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big eck
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I've had 2, one with 100k miles on the clock and never seen rust on either.
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stuartmitchell
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Driveshafts!
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AndyCorsaSport
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quote:
Originally posted by stuartmitchell
Driveshafts!
Should be ok on a standard one. It's when they get lowered 50mm+ they eat them for fun.
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DAZ1985
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
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Lower than 50 compromises handling anyway, >40 drop on 195/50/15 track tires and your sorted
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LeeM
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
quote:
Originally posted by stuartmitchell
Driveshafts!
Should be ok on a standard one. It's when they get lowered 50mm+ they eat them for fun.
one of mine was 60mm and my driveshafts were fine for the 18 months i owned it and the 18 months my friend owned it before. did eat a couple of diffs though odly
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gavin18787
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quote:
Originally posted by DAZ1985
Lower than 50 compromises handling anyway, >40 drop on 195/50/15 track tires and your sorted
My old setup on A048's was EPIC
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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