Recent content by lee172

The belt seems to be ok from what i can see. Is the pump hard to fit?

Hi, i have a 97 a3 1.8se with some steering issues. When the car is idling the power steering doesnt work at all, when i rev above 1500rpm the steering will then start to work but makes a wining noise. Does anyone know what this could be ? I have checked the fluid which seems to be fine. Thanks...

thanks for the help, i have had a look for vag com and vag tacho on the internet, would i be right in thinking that you can get vag com for around £20 and vag tacho for around £30 from ebay?

Thanks for the reply. I was thinking that myself but read somewhere the immobilisers havent got anything to do with the ecu, at least on the a3s anyway. Apparently the immobiliser is built into the instrument cluster but i cant find anything. i know you can buy some sort of diagnostic equipment...

Hi i have fiited an alarm to my a3 which works fine apart from the remote start feature. is there any way of bypassing the standard immobiliser? i have tried placing the chip from the spare key around the ignition but my immobiliser light is still flashing. Has anyone had any experience with...

Thanks for the replies. I will have to get some gear oil for it. i did put some grease on the gear linkages a while ago and it did help, totally slipped my mind though. the juddering is very wierd its definately a loss of power, and it doesnt usually do it when im high up in the revs so yes its...

Hi, just wondering if any of you have had any trouble like i am having, whenever my car is cold it is hard to get into 2nd gear. Its fine when its warm just when its cold. Is it likely to be the gearbox on the way out or could it be low on gear oil or something like that? also the car judders...

that sounds interesting. is that a common thing to do with the torque limiting in 1st and 2nd? if i wanted to do that would it just be a case of asking the mapper?

it would probably be either for the quattro 6 speed or the s3. Is the gearbox and clutch different on the s3 aswell then?

Thanks for the help, i didnt realise there was so much difference between the two engines. I was at a vag meet the other day and i was told that when you remap a 1.8t you would need to change the gearbox/clutch as they wouldnt last long at all. would anyone say this is true or do you think the...

Hi, i was just wondering what the difference is between the 1.8t engine (150/180bhp) and the 1.8t engine out of the s3 (225bhp). Is it just a case of modded ecu and maybe slightly bigger turbo? im trying to decide if i should get the 1.8t quattro or just go straight to the s3 for my next car...

Thanks for your help. That splitter valve seems to offer the best of both worlds, is there any way that it would affect reliabilty of the engine?

knowing me i would turn it all the way up so maybe a custom remap is more for me. i was talking to celtic tuning which i think you know on this site. i want the noise that a dump valve makes but they told me that its not really that good and to go with their diverter valve (i think thats the...

I would recommend JVC / Alpine for headunits in terms of qualtiy music , Alpine offer a few headunits with a good 4v output, inphase headunits are not very reliable neither are clarion in my experience. components...Kenwood / Orion although im running pioneer in my car which arent too bad...

hi i was reading about boost controllers on this site, was just wondering what would be a good one that is recommended? it would be for a a3 1.8t quattro if that makes any difference? thanks.