Recent content by andy1571

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    Novice engine swap...

    Cheers dave, tie bars were spot on by the way thanks
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    Novice engine swap...

    Haha, im glad its over with for now, though i still have to fiddle around with an awkward clip and fix the cv boot before it gets any worse. all worth it in the end though...
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    Novice engine swap...

    Cheers gops... thats kinda what im working towards but ive a way to go yet, As for the garage i wouldnt have one if it wernt for the motor
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    Novice engine swap...

    Thanks shaun, Sounds like you have quite a task ahead of you there with the volvo, im thinking you'll need more tape than I did ;)
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    Novice engine swap...

    Thanks tuffty, it was a bit of a ball ache at times not having a ramp ect but all in all I enjoyed doing it and learned a lot along the way so win win
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    Novice engine swap...

    And here it is back in the car :) So far shes running great, the only problems ive encountered is an intermittent knock sensor issue in VCDS... wrong torque i didnt realise and just tightened it on but easily fixed, a split cv boot on the drivers side while man handling, and i think i missed...
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    Novice engine swap...

    Apy engine from the floor of my garage(very dirty!!) Now not so much :) As you can see i started to get carried away with cleaning.... I swapped out the hard water pipe as it was slightly differnet in mine which involved removing the intake manifold and knock sesor to wiggle it out and a...
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    Novice engine swap...

    Here she is with the front removed, driveshaftes ect As you can see i was a bit anal labeling everything with paper tape as i went... this proved to be a good move later putting it all back together again, also i tried to put every bolt nut ect back into its place when i removed them or...
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    Novice engine swap...

    Hey guys, so 8-9 months ago i bought my car...didnt know what an n249 doohikery was for, or an sai googly me watsit, anyhow after many long nights of research and learning ive just swapped out the engine on my 1999 s3, i finally managed to kill it a few weeks back. blew the turbo, had no oil...
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    S3 ****** head??

    ...bubbles from expansion tank and a s**t load of white smoke. OK so I was driving up the motorway today and I suddenly lost power. Thought hey there goes another vac line got home and popped the bonnet and all seemed well. Plugged vag com in and again all seemed well so I started the car and I...
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    Help needed after wheel alignment

    Realised you had the fwd after my post Lol my bad
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    Help needed after wheel alignment

    i dont know if you got it sorted m8 but im having a similar issue, having fitted h&r coil overs and full powerflex bushes and after 2 trips to the alignment place they still cant sort out the front camber drivers side, everything else is bang on. Im thinking the same as mentioned in previous...
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    Computer keeps resetting whilst driving

    all the other electrics seem fine just the red led panel, after i disconnected the battery last time its started to work il look at the earth straps an give em a clean, i was planning on sorting the earths out anyway after reading the post about it
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    Computer keeps resetting whilst driving

    did you find out what it was m8, ive just had exactly the same on mine.. computer resetting first and now the brakes stiff after accelerating, i did get an abs error but after clearing it hasnt returned