Tfsi and Deisel, like chalk and cheese, depending on which one you purchased in tfsi flavour.
Same as yours in Silver. 06 Special Edition TFSI QuattroTfsi and Deisel, like chalk and cheese, depending on which one you purchased in tfsi flavour.
Pics and spec asap chap, you know how we like these details.Same as yours in Silver. 06 Special Edition TFSI Quattro
I will as soon as it landsPics and spec asap chap, you know how we like these details.
You will notice the fuel consumption difference that's for sure, way more visits to the pump i'm afraid, still worth it though.
Well, today i mostly got the b5 out of the garage so that i could put the b7 on the ramp and see what was going on after the wife phoned me today to say the steering wasn’t right after collecting daughter from activity. I went and rescued her, and was very evident straight away that power steering had gone, for whatever reason. Stuck it on the ramp like i said and could see fluid coming out the offside boot on the rack, slight split in the rack and it was dripping out of there. Looks like the fluid is pretty old, brown colour. Perhaps a seal? Anyway, ive managed to source a second hand one from a breaker, from a 3.2, hopefully someone can confirm if they are the same?
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Welcome to the club old boy! Yep, I've had to do the same with my front wheels and inner arches/suspension in the past, thick sticky layer of grease with loadsa road dirt mixed in.Start of a new year so a good reason to remove the wheels and give the old bus a good pressure wash underneath, get rid of 2022's mud, crud, and salt buildup.
So off with the alloys and it became pretty clear there is an issue with the offside front outer CV joint, most of the grease from within the joint was plastered around the rim and close proximity to the wheel arch, and the CV boot is split in the center.
That will most likely account for some of the noise if not all that I'm experiencing on the front end, it's probably just rotating in a smear of grease, not ideal and I expect it has worn a bit more as a result.
That's next week's job, I'll fit the repacked OEM drive shafts and new CV boots I have as they are better even as they are than the rubbish auto doc items fitted at present.
Whilst wheels were off and everything was clean I opted to wind back the front coil-overs 25mm, they were at 70mm compression, now at 55mm so in real terms that's about 15mm higher ride height, going up a bit may also helps the top control arm bushes a bit, I'll see how it goes for a week and may wind it up another 15mm.
Rears are fine.
KW's are such an easy setup to adjust, just allen key and 1 c-spanner and caliper and good to go.
All alloys spanking clean again, that front offside was a pig to get grease-free, CV grease can be a right pain to dissolve sometimes so I let it soak in Junk for an hour.
Finished with shampoo and set for the old bus.
Happy days.
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Hi there, just thought I'd stick my bit in - You can quickly identify if your car has/hasn't got Servotronic steering - Have a look inside the fuse box cover on drivers side, look and see if you can see a module (behind the fuses) marked with a number 638 or, possibly, it may say Servotronic on it. If it's there, you've got Servotronic, If not, you haven't. Simples!Well, today i mostly got the b5 out of the garage so that i could put the b7 on the ramp and see what was going on after the wife phoned me today to say the steering wasn’t right after collecting daughter from activity. I went and rescued her, and was very evident straight away that power steering had gone, for whatever reason. Stuck it on the ramp like i said and could see fluid coming out the offside boot on the rack, slight split in the rack and it was dripping out of there. Looks like the fluid is pretty old, brown colour. Perhaps a seal? Anyway, ive managed to source a second hand one from a breaker, from a 3.2, hopefully someone can confirm if they are the same?
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Yeh, good shout. I’m going to et him to double check before i head down to his to collect it. It’s about 50 minutes drive away, so dont want to waste each others time.there will be a p/n on it somewhere.
what are you first impressions .
Looks just like my one. Hang about, is it my one.............searching...................searching................... Phew, thats a Nope.......
What was it that was wrong with the part?Attempted my offside front drive shaft/cv boot only to be let down by ECP idiots once again, I said I was never going to use them after the last fiasco, but stupidly i did after they assured me they had the correct parts, NOT.
They are such a waste of effort and they wasted my time and fuel to collect kit that was wrong.
Arghhhhhh.
It could be arranged for a small fee mateLooks great , you can come round and do my old bus next.
is that interior out of an s5?Gave the interior a quick detail, scrubs up well considering it's an 18 year old car. Need to get my rs4 steering wheel and gearstick re trimmed and fitted.
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