Recent content by munkyman

The original plan was to do it myself so I called German and Swedish to see how much a centre pipe/box is and they quoted £50 + vat so I thought for the sake of an extra £20 I may as well get kwik fit to do it and I get a 3 year gaurantee with it as well. Does this not seem a fair price?

Don't have the £300+ to get one right now so would like to know if I have other options....

Hi all. The exhaust was blowing so I took it down to kwik fit. They told me it's the centre box/pipe needs replacing and quoted me £80 fitted. In about 6 months or so I'll probably upgrade the exhaust to a performance one likely to be Milltek. My question is, is it worth me getting a standard...

OK great. Thanks again everyone. Will let you know if it solves the problem.

That's brilliant, that looks to be the problem. I'll have a go at that on the weekend. Do you know where abouts it is in the engine bay as that post was for vw golf? Thanks again.

Hi. I turned the climate control off and still the same noise. I listened to the sound coming from the link you sent and it doesn't sound like that and last about a minute.

Hi guys, I just bought myself an A3 1.8 turbo sport on the weekend and noticed yesterday that on the cold engine start there was a rather loud screeching/squeaking sound coming from the engine. I tried it again this morning and the same thing. The annoying noise only lasts about a minute but it...