Recent content by Quattro Singh

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    Mixed headlight xenon and halogen

    so after market xenon bulbs can be fitted to standard lights without modification? Do halogen headlights on the A4 have that magnifying bulb type lens on them? as my mates has it even on the halogen side too, i thought that was only a xenon headlight thing, or it that part of a hid kit?
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    Mixed headlight xenon and halogen

    hi guys, After some explanation/advice a friend of mine has bought an audi a4 b6 convertible when he showed me the car i noticed the headlights light was different colour after looking under the bonnet it looks like the old owner has stuck the wrong headlight in, one headlight xenon and one...
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    Does my thermostat & temp sensor need changing

    yeah as you say there cheap parts
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    Does my thermostat & temp sensor need changing

    Exactly Lodhiz because of the good mpg i'm getting i'm thinking its fine
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    Does my thermostat & temp sensor need changing

    Been told the temp should stay at 90c (in the middle on the s3) but with the weather being cold if i'm driving the car on the motorway in 6th at about 3/4rpm instant MPG will show around 40/50 depending on road gradient the temp can go as low as the first line, i just put it down to good cold...
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    What's Your S3 Mileage?

    DAMN i thought i had a low mileage car, mines about to do 59k on a 52 plate bought it 4years ago at 27k with 0 owners on the log book, think i need to stop driving it to get back in the game lol
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    How to get rid of theEngine Warning light

    tuffty - yep did that last night faults are cleared and warning light has now turned off, cheers!
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    How to get rid of theEngine Warning light

    I have now downloaded vcds Release 14.10.0 from Ross tech's website but i get port status: ok interface not found, wish i left my laptop on crappy vista now lol
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    How to get rid of theEngine Warning light

    Ok Tuffty i will do that! any ideas why vag-com 311.2 crashes when auto scanning is in progress on my windows7, it worked perfectly when i had it running on windows vista, i have a feeling it could be the drivers i'm using with my lead (ebay special) as i tried a few, could that be the issue?
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    How to get rid of theEngine Warning light

    so just to confirm taking the battery lead off for 10 mins does not clear the faults? why did it disappear for 2 hours before coming back on?
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    How to get rid of theEngine Warning light

    Hi, On Friday my engine warning light came on, after running vag-com it told me that the boost control valve had an open circuit, i looked under the bonnet and the two wires that go to the connector for the control valve had broken i have since soldered the wires back (the valve i'm talking...
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    ferrodo ds2500 front pads

    jim S3 - i knew that was an option but i would have had to research how to go about it the manual way i know how to do lol - all done just now and no brake warning light :) voorhees - i didnt let the fronts down i let them all down for better handling prawn - cheers buddy, yours was somthing...
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    ferrodo ds2500 front pads

    hello Prawn! we met at bedford a couple weeks ago i'm one of gurd's mates, i owned the black S3. Hope you and the car are well
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    ferrodo ds2500 front pads

    ok i've fitted these now but as many on here must know they dont come with sensors, so now i get that annoying brake warning on the dash, what is the work around for this? i was thinking i could just cut the sensor from the old pads and connect the plug back and join the wires together? will...