Recent content by Alex C

OK; I clamped the flexible line just before the bleeder connection (#11 on page 19 of your gearbox manual) so it should be good all the way from the master cylinder to that point given the clutch pedal was rock solid leaving only the bleeder connection itself to be a potential source of an air...

I clamped the hose to the slave cylinder and the clutch pedal was solid as a rock so the master cylinder is fine Strange thing though is that now after taking the clamp off the clutch pedal returns to the top and I can change gear without having to wrestle it in and out - bite point is still...

@tcg thanks, yeah that's first thing I need to do really; find out whether its slave or master; hopefully the master and if it's salve it would be silly not to then do clutch/flywheel...... and given the subframe is dropped it'll need a four wheel re-alignment in which case then it would be...

Thanks all @NHN I've had that clutch pedal failure before; it went with quite a crack and there were bits of metal/plastic left in the footwell. There was no sudden failure like that this time so I don't believe that's the issue. @MPH @Ian W I googled 'Audi S3 8L' clutch kit over the weekend...

In the last few weeks/months I've noticed that the bite point on the clutch is very low; almost on the floor. Now (today) the clutch pedal doesn't want to return back up and doesn't appear to release the clutch as I have to wrestle it in and out of gear I haven't had any clutch slip so I think...

@DPM what was the distance from wheel arch to wheel center? also, what's the nominal drop of the Eibach Pro springs?

+1 use the standard valve

217k miles

could it be a blockage (leaves) around the air filter directing rain water past the air filter and into the HVAC system and then leak into the passenger footwell?

yeah drop the bonnet, the saftey catch catches but just bounces on the 2nd locking catch

Long time since I was last here; still have the car The bonnet won't close on my S3 8L The bonnet release mechanism is fine (not stuck open), and I can lock the catch using a screw driver with some force; so essentially I get the impression the lock is fine it's just that the bonnet isn't...

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The part No. was 8l1837016A, the seller was https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/males.autoteile?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2754

@Prawn

has the cambelt been done recently? sure the engine is correctly timed?