Recent content by dazzygee

He tried to get me to pay him in cash and then told me if it blows up on the way home, dont bother calling him again...fantastic "mechanic" haha. On the plus side it seems to have burnt all the oil residue out the exhaust and has stopped smoking once it gets to temperature, So i FINALLY have a...

So just turned up the garage to see how he is getting on, he's hoping to have it finished by the end of the day today, Whilst there i checked out the intercooler which was absolutely full of shredded turbo blades, he also showed me the first replacement turbo which ive added below. The entire...

Now expected to be waiting till next week to get my car back. hes sent me the picture below. Surely he's doing something wrong, from memory the turbo is at the back of the engine...

Yeahhhhh £1600 is a little out of my price range, infact the car probably isnt worth it if it was going to cost that much to repair. The "mechanic" (and im using that term loosely) has said he should have it done by today, hes dropping the oil sump to drain all the oil and to make sure that...

he bought it because i wanted him to cover if it failed, according to a phone call not that long ago, he spoke to euro who have told him to drop and the oil sump, replace the intercooler and flush the exhaust system. They seem to think that there were bits of the old turbo in the intercooler...

Ive plastidipped my grille, i masked up the badge and grille, easiest way that i found

Okay so the saga continues, I spoke to my mechanic yesterday who said he had fitted the new turbo, just had to do an oil and filter change and it should be ready to collect. He then called my back an hour later and claimed. he had taken the car on a test drive and the new remanufactured turbo...

I wish i had the know how to do this myself probably would have been faster as he reckons its going to take him a week!!

Just got off the phone with the garage, you guys are correct, exhaust side has gone which is apparently common? £600 for replacement and fitting.

Hey guys, Just hoping you can confirm something for me more than anything. I was out in my A3 (8pa sportback) 2005 with 180k on the clock last night. I was accelerating up to speed when i felt/heard a pop. Looked out my rear window and i was covering the road in smoke. i got a warning on my...

not really no, turbo sounds and seems to pull perfectly fine, although when i bought the car it had a reconditioned turbo fitted that year. When I'm boosting and go to change gear there is a distinct BOV noise. so i'm really confused haha

hey guys,. looking for a bit of help, its sort of hard to explain so bare with me when my engine is anywhere from Idle to about 1.5-2K, there is a whistling/siren noise, can be heard quite easily, My boss used to have his own garage and he has said it sounds like a leaking blow off valve...

So ive got a 55 plate sportback A3 2.0 TDI, I've changed the lights already (biggest pain in the **** ever, swapped out the stock stereo for a pioneer one, all the usual stuff. I'm now looking at catback exhausts, ive seen Cobra ones online for around £400...

Here's mine a few days after buying it Only mods so far are the new headlights, looking at a catback exhaust and rear windows are getting tinted in a week, and looking to spray the chrome surround sating black when the weather improves