Hey Guy's
Any got handy a guide for removing the turbo on a BKD? Believe my Variable Vane Turbo may be sticking as Limp Mode is becoming the norm during a journey and have an over boost fault code showing.
I've had a look underneath and it's well and truly hidden at the back, instead of...
Thanks NHN. I think you could be right as it's a 2004/05 car. Although it worked perfectly on my iPhone 4 so can't understand why it won't work on my iPhone 5
You mentioned resetting the BT module; how is this done?
Bought at 49k now on 161k still running smooth although did need a new clutch at 120k and it does somewhat bellow out smoke when flooring it. Starts on the button when cold (warm takes a few revolutions before it catches) But other than that it still seems rock solid.
Sounds like the mounting bolts have either come loose or the doors been forced?
You'll need to remove part of the inner wheel arch trim in order to access to the outer bolts and obviously the inner interior trim to get to the other side. Should take you roughly 30 minutes if you've never done...
Shouldn't be quite an easy fix for PDR technician as the access will be extremely easy for them - Access is the biggest ball ache for a PDR Technician. To be honest considering how easy it is to remove the boot trim I'd do it myself (Even though I have been trained in PDR) even if your not...
And top job done too! Looking at what was involved I'm glad I didn't attempt this on my own.
Thanks for sorting this out John and was a pleasure to meet you!
Thanks Robin
If I can save £100 then I think it's something that I think I need to research a bit more! Are the any A3 specific guides on changing the belt out there?
Fair play but it's a 2004 with 150k on the clock, part service history, tatty paintwork and probably only worth about £2k - so as I'm not intending to sell it I'd rather get the cam belt changed now than pay the concequences just because I'm worried about the resale value.
As the thread title suggests I'm interested to see how easy this is achieve. Even though I'm not a qualified mechanic I'm more competent with general servicing and maintaining vehicles, although I've never replaced a cam belt. The main reason for this is to try and save money as I'm skint but...
These are mine;
http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/new-a3-s3-sportback-8p-chassis/107282-my-diy-wheel-refurb-matt-black-rims.html
I've since put a thin red rim around the edges and just to break the black up
To me the Hydro Dipping is a bit of an overkill for the standard carbon fibre look. The process really only comes into itself on more intricate graphics. If you do like the look of Carbon Fibre wheels then I'd stick to Vinyl as it's cheap enough of eBay and once you learn the basics it's easy...
Have a try of Metal Magic in Barnsley. They'll do it for around £30 - £35 per wheel. They're a small family run business and have used them before and would definitely recommend them
Metal Magic Alloy Wheel Refurb in Barnsley
This hapenned to me and it turned out the be the clutch mechanism. I too decided to have it serviced to see if it wasn't holding any gas and in hindsight I should have just taken it to the garage to diagnose as it cost me an extra gas charge that was not necessary.
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