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i'm just being curious when i bought the car it had a vac leak which put MIL on so dealers mechanic cleared the fault and off i went the MIL lamp came on again a few days later and his handheld scanner showed it took 15 km for the fault to return so was just wondering if VCDS had this function...

Just wondering if anybody knows if an engine check light or fault is cleared by using VCDS lite/Vagcom then the fault reappears dose vagcom log how many miles it took for fault to reappear

My Audi A3 2002 1.8T AUM had split vacuum hoses Malfunction Indicator Light came on this fault was logged 1 Fault Found: 17608 - Boost Pressure Control Valve (N249): Mechanical Malfunction P1200 - 35-00 - - So i changed 2 breather hoses and some of the small vacuum pipes under...

Thanks Dave Ive not logged boost before & it looked like it dropped a lot i thought it would boost to 9psi ish then drop a little not as much as it did and hold level then drop again looks like Ive a lot to learn

Link to before and after repairs boost charts could anyone please tell me if 2nd chart looks about right for a standard AUM 1.8T had a few vac leaks and worn DV replaced hoses and valve

1. Like jay1601 says 2. Used to have a golf if the doors were closed fast it created pressure in the car and the doors wouldn't shut properly 3. Like jay1601 says 4. Radio just picks up static could be aerial booster amp i had a problem with mine managed to repair it look here

Fingers crossed think Ive sorted faults: 17608 - Boost Pressure Control Valve (N249): Mechanical Malfunction P1200 - 35-00 - - 17544 - Fuel Trim: Bank 1 (Add): System too Lean P1136 - 35-00 - Replaced split vac pipes & old DV bought a piston type from ebay see if it lasts longer than a...

if you crash your car and you think its worth repairing by buying it back from the insurance company you may find they wont let you A mate of mine slid on ice into a wall with his Rover 75 no major damage just needed bumper grill bonnet 1 headlight and paint the insurance company wrote it off...

:laugh:and theres me thinking sports versions are supposed to be lighter have less electrical gizmo's so that they are quicker and handle better than fully specked all singing and dancing lardy sofa

Mine flickers as well Ive just bought the car so sorting a few bits on it

I dont know if this has already been posted but i found a blog showing a Procedure for replacing Audi A3 arial bee-sting roof mounted amplifier/base for better FM and AM reception a lot cheaper than the original one i was going to follow the guide but managed to repair mine the guide is here

Hello everyone this is my first post ive been lurking around the site gathering info to try and resolve 2 faults on a 02 Audi A3 1.8 T AUM engine error codes are 2 Faults Found: 17608 - Boost Pressure Control Valve (N249): Mechanical Malfunction P1200 - 35-00 - - 17544 - Fuel...