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  1. benny-g

    ....another remap question, other modifications!

    Please dont crucify me for asking a questions about remapping. What I'm wanting to know is do I want to be getting and little extras such as cone filter, maybe part of the exhaust etc before I get a stage one remap on my standard s3. As in is there anything that will help the remap produce...
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    S3 loud turbo, is it normal?

    Evening people, I have a year 2000 S3 which I got not long ago. I have previously driven other VAG 1.8t's in an a6 150bhp and a TT 180bhp both of which had an audible turbo but nowhere near as loud as the S3. When on boost it almost sounds like someone has turned a dyson on behind the...
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    1.9TDI smoking under acceleration???

    Afternoon, have a slight problem....well to be honest i dont know if it is or not. I have a 96 B5 1.9TDI 110, its doen 130k now has had two turbos in its life the last one within 7-8k miles. My problem is that when i accelerate it chuffs out black smoke, not blue oily smoke, just sooty...
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    TDI 110 lost the turbo for a few minutes????????

    Hi, i have a b5 2000reg tdi 110 with 150k on the clock. The other day i dropped the girlfriend off at work, car had been idleing for a minute and then i drove off only to find i had no power, the car struggled to hit 40 odd with no acceleration whatsoever. It felt to me like the turbo was just...
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    55plate 2.0tdi a6 loosing power, help???

    Looking for some advice, its a 55plate a6 2.0tdi 140bhp with 70k on the clock and there seems to be a problem with the turbo, thats what i think anyway. Just driving normally and all of a sudden the car just seemed to have lost all performance, unwilling to accelerate and struggling to get above...
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    Spring fitment the same for saloon/avant?

    Hi, im looking at getting some lowering springs for my 1999 tdi avant, is there any difference in the springs for an avant compared to a saloon or are they exactly the same? Also did they change at all through the life of the B5 or were they the same throughout? Thanks P.S. If anyone has any...
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    1.9tdi 110 remap, how will the car cope?

    Hi people. Ive got a 110tdi avant and am thinking of getting it remapped. Ive been told i should expect gains of 40bhp and 90lbs/ft torque. My question is how will tyhe rest of the car cope with the extra power being out through it. Will the gearbox, standard clutch , driveshafts etc be upto...