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  1. A3ster

    Thanks for all the help over the years!

    This was one of the reasons I didn't look at them to start with, much prefer all go and no show, like my cars to look standard on the outside. But pound for pound I don't think there are many cars at that price range that deliver the performance I was after. I also have the original back box...
  2. A3ster

    Thanks for all the help over the years!

    Well I knew the time would come when I would want a quicker car, so I looked at the s3, s4, cupra r etc and they just did't feel right, so a friend mentioned he has found me a car and just to come along and look at it and keep an open mind. Well needless to say as soon as the car started up I...
  3. A3ster

    Coils, plugs and Gasket replaced, but still a missfire?

    Turns out it was the ignition module. Tested the part and came up with no values on pin 2, so opened up the unit and the wire to pin 2 had come loose. So I tried soldering the wire back (which by the way is no thinker that 2 human hairs) but in the process managed to snap the wire off completely...
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    Coils, plugs and Gasket replaced, but still a missfire?

    1999 1.8T AGU. Driving the car then got an engine judder and sulphur smell, classic coil pack failure symptoms. Upon replacing coil pack noticed it was soaked in oil. So new gasket and spark plugs plus a new coil pack and the problem is there? I am guessing coil loom or Ignition module, without...
  5. A3ster

    Blown engine options?

    Hi all, Thankfully its not mine, but the question is relevent as its an Audi 1.8T engine. What is the best option, the comeback from the garage is oil was prevented from getting to the top of the engine and then the damage was caused, so im guessing new engine?
  6. A3ster

    Anti-corrosion warranty results - Please post here

    YEAR AND VEHICLE MODEL: 1999 1.8T Sport DETAILS OF RUST FOUND: Bubbling of the paint found on the outside of the passenger and driver side roof rail. Rust hadn't broken through the paint. TIME TO WARRANTY CLAIM FROM FIRST NOTICING IT: 9 Months HOW LONG YOU HAD OWNED THE VEHICLE AT THIS...
  7. A3ster

    Take a customers car for a test drive and look what happens

    Nah, that will polish out. Leave it with me for a couple of hours and it will be like a different car (one with a 1.8T under the bonnet)
  8. A3ster

    When does boost kick in?

    Just wind down the windows put your foot down and listen, I hear mine spool up around 1750RPM and its a standatrd AGU. And we dont get the usual lag, lag, lag, GO!!!! that you would associate with a big turbo because its only a poor wee thing :(
  9. A3ster

    Turbo

    Mine comes in at 1750 and tails off just after 5K and Ive been told that VAG COM would show if its been mapped, I dont know what to look at though.
  10. A3ster

    Baited By An evo.

    is that on the Ipswich docks?
  11. A3ster

    Ashtray jammed closed

    wouldn't have thought so mate, you have to push the ashtray up to open it when its closed, I would try a little force pushing it up first. I have the opposite problem mine wont always shut :)
  12. A3ster

    Gutted - New wheel pothole damaged (w/pic)

    The council have to set aside a certain amount of money for pot hole damage, all you need to do is get as much photo evidance of the pot hole and street. I think the minimum depth of the hole before they will even consider it is 40mm.
  13. A3ster

    Can you remap your own car?

    I guess the best way to look at is if someone else does it (a comapny) then if anything goes wrong its down to them to sort and doesnt come out of your pocket. And the software and flashing tools dont come cheap unless of course you are using hooky/stolen software.
  14. A3ster

    Winter engine start

    interesting point there. I turn the car on switch on then the heating and rear screen then get out of the car and spend 5 minutes scraping snow, wait a couple of minutes for me hands to warm up then roll a ciggerete and go. So does that 5 or so minutes matter?
  15. A3ster

    Can't remap my car :'(

    I have an 99 A3 AGU DBC and could not flash it through the port, in my case we had comms for read but not write therefore could not upload the file so assumed the port was faulty. The mapper has ordered a harness to bench flash it, im going over at some point next week so will know the outcome then.
  16. A3ster

    Just have to get to work..

    Have to say my old girl hasn't let my down this Christmas either :friends:
  17. A3ster

    3 days till REVO!!!

    Quick update, After digging my car out of a blizzard at 6:30am and making a slow and quite frankly un-nerving drive to get the A3 remaped it turns out that my port doesnt work :rolleyes: It will read but not write. So a little tip for people, check you have coms on an channels before you...
  18. A3ster

    3 days till REVO!!!

    Thanks voorhees, Is there a key to the numbers on the diagram :)
  19. A3ster

    3 days till REVO!!!

    Pat, where are you going to?