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    What mileage has everyone's car done? When is enough enough?

    166K on a TDI 130 Still original clutch, but the turbo did let go after 130K, when I was trying to find out how fast she would go on the autobahn
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    Altenator belt tensioner jumping up and down.

    Hi, I had a similar problem on my Tdi 130, problem seemed worse at idle. Replacing the tensioner pulley fixed the problem hth
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    Curt's A3 1.8T Progress Thread

    Hiya, looking good, love the torch pic. How did you do that?
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    8" stealth sub install with pics

    Hi everyone, thought i'd put up some pics of my speaker upgrade and sub installation (this time with pics) New 5 1/4 Pioneer components and crossover in door card I wanted an Andy Mac type stealth sub, but wanted a 8" sub, so Here's my first effort I had made the enclosure approx the...
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    8" stealth sub install

    can I not upload pics from my album?
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    8" stealth sub install

    Hi everyone, thought I'd put up some pics of my speaker upgrade and sub installation. new 5 1/4" pioneer components and crossover in door card I wanted an AndyMac type stealth sub, but wanted a 8" sub, so Here's my first effort I had made the enlosure approx the same size as the original...
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    Seat broken

    I had a similar problem on the drivers side. turned out that a coin had fell out my pocket and into the height adjustment mechanism. Bit tricky getting it out, but seat worked fine when out. HTH
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    How much mpg? Black smoke from exhaust?

    Hi, I've got a A3 Tdi 130 and I average 49mpg. My DIS always seems to read about 2mpg higher than my actual mpg. I try not to use my car for short runs, and I always use my cruise control on motorways HTH
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    Wipers recommendation

    I have recently fitted PIAA wipers, these have silicon blade instead of rubber. So far they've been very good, but a tad expensive around £35 for front.
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    Flashing glow plug/coil symbol

    Hi, I had the same thing happen on my TDi 130, turned out to be the brake light switch on the brake pedal. New switch cost about £7.00 HTH
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    Rear wheel alignment

    Hi all, I've just found one of my rear wheels is wearing unevenly quite badly, the car is a 2003 8L 1.9 Tdi 130. NON quattro. Can the rear wheels be aligned on A3's? cheers
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    door open warning light??

    Hi, had this on my car as well, it was the microswitch inside the door latch mechanism. new door latch is about£50 and fitting is about 2hrs, so it can be a bit expensive for a microswitch. seems to be a common problem if you read past posts
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    Any-one fancy Some black Halo's?

    Hi A3 turbo have you still got those halos for sale?
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    glow plugs light flashing

    thanks Macduff, cleared the fault ok, but will be buying a new brake switch anyway
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    glow plugs light flashing

    Hi, I've a 2003 A3 8l TDi 130. On the way home the glow plug lamp started flashing, the handbook states that I need to take it to a dealer to get the fault codes read. Anybody else had this fault/know waht it could be? The car is running fine, no loss of power or anything cheers
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