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  1. speedfreek

    Niggly faults with friends TT

    Hi all, My friend has an 02 TT quattro (225) and he has a couple of niggly faults. First up is the water temp gauge rests on 40degC ish rather than on zero - is this a sensor fault? If so, what is most likely? Secondly, his passenger window switch has failed - do you know the part...
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    Strange hesitation

    Guys, Strange fault developed with my car. It drives smoothly all the time and is super economical, but when you try and take it over 5krpm, it just bogs down. Almost feels like a fuel cut. Does it in all gears tested. No fault codes recorded, but what do you think it could be? Would...
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    What suspension?

    In the next couple of months I will be getting a suspension setup of some sort for my '99 1.6 A3, but what do I go for? There are so many kits out there its hard to make up my mind. What I want is: Reasonable drop, will be getting 17's so want not a lot of arch gap but still giving me...
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    Coolant Temp Sensor

    Evening all, I have a '99 A3 1.6 that I want to change the CTS on - can anyone please let me know what the part number is and where it is located on the engine so I can replace it? Thanks in advance!! Lee
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    1999 1.6 A3 - Starting Problems

    Hi all, had a quick search and seen what could be a couple of problems I think my car may have but need a second opinion. Basically, my car has a bit of trouble firing up. It cranks fine, just wont catch for a bit and when it does it runs lumpy as **** and a niice ploom of soot comes out...
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    New Audi finally here!!

    Soooo chuffed it is finally in my posetion!! ...to sum up for those that didn't read my HG failure thread... 1. Saw a car I wanted to buy at a garage ('99 A3 1.6 sport) 2. Spoke to garage, they said it had a noisy thrust bearing which I asked them to sort out for me for a very small...
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    HG failure... need help :(

    What. A. Nightmare. Travelled 200 miles to get a lovely A3 1.6 sport - bose stereo, rear parking sensors, digital climate control.... all the toys I will ever need. Just had a reconditioned gearbox, new pads and a new clutch put in and an hour into my motorway drive home..... blue smoke by...
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    Hi all!

    Afternoon all, After a long and exciting relationship with Japanese cars (skylines / eunos roadsters / lexus' and the like) I have just put down a deposit on my first Audi! 1999 Audi A3 1.6 sport in silver - looks lovely and is extremely comfy. Cant wait to get stuck into the Audi scene and...