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    Tappy from cold?

    The Mobil 1 oil i used was called "Mobil 1 Super S - Semi Synthetic" therefore it is not fully synthetic, is it still not good to use this oil then?
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    Tappy from cold?

    Sorry guys the car is a W reg i have posted in the wrong section, sorry for the confusion... typical newbie error :sorry:
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    Tappy from cold?

    Hmm well it's a fairly high mile engine (98k) but the service book has been maintained extremely well, seems it's been serviced every 13k, they are all Audi stamps too. The longest it's gone without a service is 16k. What sort of mileage do these engines survive till? I've seen a few S3's for...
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    Tappy from cold?

    Hi all, Recently done an oil change on my S3, and used Mobil 1 Super S 10W40 oil. I used this because my friend works at a garage, and checked on a programme called "Auto Data" which stated we use this. My car now sounds slightly tappity when the engines cold, as soon as it's warm it...
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    What oil for a high-ish mileage S3?

    Yeah when i was looking for my S3 i did see cars with 145k on them, does the mileage not bother you at all then? it does worry me slightly but the car has had a service at Audi every 10k...
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    What oil for a high-ish mileage S3?

    Hi All, I have had my S3 a couple of months now and it seems to have used a bit of oil... Just wondered what's the best oil to use for it? As i'ts a performance engine i am assuming it would take a Fully Synthetic 5w40 oil, can anyone confirm this or correct me? It has done 98000 miles...
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    Car wont start, just clicks!

    Right managed to buy a new battery from Unipart, cranks over nice & quick now... Put a multi meter on the battery with the engine off, 12.82v, started the engine and got 14.19v So it is charging, is that about right or do they normally charge more?
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    setting time & date on an S3?

    I would do but the car is 9 years old and i didn't get a manual with it, only a service book with lots of stamps :happy:
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    Car wont start, just clicks!

    Okey doke my friend has a multi meter so will bump start it and test if it's charging. How baddly do the Halfrauds batteries fit? As there are not many places local to me that sell brand new batteries!
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    setting time & date on an S3?

    Can anyone help with the above? Disconnected battery now it's on 01.01.1999 Tried holding the buttons in a number of combinations and still nothing!
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    Car wont start, just clicks!

    Ok mate i shal go down to halfrauds tomorow and get a new one! How come it always started before i took it off, then when i put it back on it doesn't even have enough power to turn the engine over though? When did it loose all that power :blink:
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    Car wont start, just clicks!

    Hi All, I have recently bought a black Audi S3 on a W plate which i am very pleased with... It seems to have minimal cranking power, like the battery was low, so i tried another battery, still no good. So i put my battery back on, go to crank it over and it just clicks, so we bump start...