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    EXPLANATION and has anybody seen my old car?

    Echo your thoughts about the calibre of people on 993 forums, my brief fling with 993 ownership last year was met by many calls of "Why dont you look for a mint example" I.e. about 10k premium over what i was looking at…… . Must be nice to have all these spare 10k bundles lying around...
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    A4 B5 1.9TDi Refuses to Fire

    My afn is early 97 and does not have that relay... Be careful trying to remove glow plugs on a cold engine, I have heard of them snapping in the past. Maybe get the bump start first, let it heat up then change the plugs.
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    A4 B5 1.9TDi Refuses to Fire

    What he said, I had a similar issue last year where my afn wouldnt start, after taking the glow plug harnesses off I realised the connectors are not as tight as spark plug ones and some of the housings had gotten brittle amd snapped. A quick squirt of wd40 solved the problem. Dont think the...
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    Watches

    My navitimer just back from breitling in the summer with new strap and clasp, now back on bracelet for a change.
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    Tdi brakes better wwhen cold

    Spongyness came back the next day. New master cylinder fitted. So far so good
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    Tdi brakes better wwhen cold

    Brakes bled today, spongyness gone and noise gone too! Excellent
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    Clutch judder

    Oil leak appears to be leaking sump gasket which is now nipped up. Guess the dmf is starting its nonsense, will post if/when it gets worse.
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    Clutch judder

    Guess it does feel like a wheel spin, goin in to get the brakes bled in the morning anyway. I'll get them to check it out
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    Clutch judder

    Been under the car tonight, oil on the gearbox but it does not appear to be coming out the holes in the bellhousing. I put new oil and filter on the car a few weeks ago. Since then I've had 2 seperate leaks. As a precauution I might dump this stuff and refill with the usual muck
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    Clutch judder

    I seemed to have developed a slight judder in my clutch, here are the car/symptoms: 1.9 tdi afn avant,110 bhp (re_mapped) 232k miles. New Sachs/luk clutch and dmf fitted 40k (18 months) ago When cold like pulling away from work in the evening I get a bit of a judder from the clutch when moving...
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    Tdi brakes better wwhen cold

    Daft question but are the sliders the 6mm chrome pins that bolt into the carrier? Did I read a thread about copper grease not being the correct tool for this particular job?
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    Tdi brakes better wwhen cold

    just to bring this thread back from the dead, the car has 2 brake issues which may or may not be related. firstly, when covering the brake pedal just as you take up the "slack" in the pedal there is a click coming from the f/o/s caliper, i've had the front disks and pads off 2-3 times but can't...
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    A thread for all 'Pre-Facelift' B5 owners...

    Nope! Fl bumper and lights on mine, I much prefer the look of them. Do agree on the door handles though, reassuringly old audi
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    Audi 80 Biodiesel

    I have a slightly newer 96 afn tdi a4 and ran on bio for about 7 months without issue. Only problems I had was waxing in the cold weather (-15). Went back to diesel and 60k miles later no issues with the car
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    Audi A4 1.9 tdi turbo not "kicking in"

    As above, vacuum lines, n75, sticky actuator, carbon build up in the turbo and gunk in the inlets can all be fault found for less than a tenner and a bit of head scratching. Any of my early posts would be a good place to start
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    HELP turbo for a 1.9 tdi afn

    Are you definately needing a new turbo?
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    Tqs interior what does the little electric button do?

    Cheers for the help, was hoping someone could pull the wiring schematic off elsawin or whatever it's called. Car is getting mot'd on Thu so depending on how well or badly it does there I might go to the trouble of wiring these up
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    Tqs interior what does the little electric button do?

    Yeah, you'd only do that once!
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    Tqs interior what does the little electric button do?

    Woop woop, anyone got the wiring diagram connections?
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    Tqs interior what does the little electric button do?

    Picked up a good half leather tqs interior the other day which I'm really pleased with. On the side of the seat there is an electric switch, obviously my car has no wiring for electrical connections on the sears so I'm trying to get a bit of info on what this button does and if it's worth...