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my car has been producing smoke after the engine has warmed up, the smoke is caused by burning oil although i dont know were abouts it is burning... i was looking for a new engine with less miles on ebay and came across one with the same problem but he thinks that its the oil cooler pump. to be...

I know what i meant, maybe it just never came across proper cos i was typing it on my phone. and no the head gasket job was fine as it shows no symptons of that. and as for taking the car to an expert, that would cost more than the car is worth, and i am willing and capable of doing it myself...

Anyone ever changed them? (not just on an a3) had blue smoke quite severe out my exhaust and i think i've came to a conclusion that there has been grit left in the piston shafts when i recently changed my head gasket, and its worn down the rubber and allowed oil through... can anyone tell me...

hmm, can you have a (4cm2) patch resprayed and it look half decent or is it just tiny repair bits or the whole lot?

my mum bashed into my ready 2 sell a3 yesterday :( managed to pop out the biggest bump but theres still a few stretches and dinges that are unable to be beaten out, anyone used a decent filler that they'd reccomend? dont want to spend over a tenner on it inc. postage. if anyone has any ebay...

well at first it was smoking lightly for the first several miles, then it switched to starting to smoke after the engines warmed up after several miles and not stopping :/ And yes its 1.6 8 valve

i meant oil is being flicked up towards filler cap then being sucked through the air hose through the throttle body and into the manifold. should of been abit more clear on that. I thought that about the smoke, but it could only be coolant right? but thats stayed full, however my oil has...

my head gasket had went and been fixed, i'm hoping its not that again. However i'm not losing coolant i'm losing oil, could it still be that?

that was quick, are you on your laptop inside your car? ahah. thanks anyway mate. Anyone any suggestions on how oil could be getting into my inlet manifold? could it be caused by a split air hose?

Hi, can someone or prefferably a few people check the inside of ther oil filler cap and see if you can see any sort of mesh grill of whether you can just see straight into your rocker box? I'm just wondering whether i'm missing a mesh to stop the oil spitting up as i think this may be the reason...

Recently my car has been chucking out white smoke after the engine has started to warm up. Oil is being burned as my oil level is dropping. I changed my head gasket and timing belt not so long ago but i dont think they're linked because i've done quite a few good runs inbetween the fix and the...

Does anyone have this tool? its used for the cylinder head bolts. its £16 to buy new but seeing as its gonna be a one time use piece i was wondering if anyone has one to lend, loan or sell me? thanks alot, PM if you have any offers?

Thanks for all the replies, however my car is only the 1.6 8v... is it likely to still just be a m9/10 16v?

Hi, i'm in the process of changing my head gasket but i have came to the cylinder head bolts and cant find the right socket to remove them. i have a set of new bolts so i have took a picture to see if anyone can help with the fitting (p.s. its not a a torx 50 or a gleeb(?) took the bolt to 3...

seem to have a fair bit of liquid coming from the exhaust on start up, any ideas? loosing coolant quickly atm and have abit of froth in oil (supposedly not head gasket, just from doing lots of cold runs) dont know if these might be linked. any help appreciated :icon_thumright:

ahahaha if i'd of checked this again it would of saved me ALOT of time. managed to fix it now, after bleeding the cylinder and back brakes over and over again i spotted the second bleeding nipple at the back of the cylinder ahaha, bled it and its working fine for now :D thanks alot anyway boys

ok brakes have been working fine no hickups until the other day and i was swapping the cars around on the drive, went to brake, and the peddle just went rite to the floor! luckily the car did stop when it hit the floor but there was no gradual slowing. i took the back wheels off yesterday found...

ain't got a clue about the s3 sorry, I'm only running a 1.6 and an olddd engine, apparently its good for my use.

just for anyone looking to buy oil atm or dont mind having a stockpile. Home Bargains of all places are selling shell helix super oil 15w-40 for £1.99 a liter = £10 5ltrs this oil usually sells for 25 for 5 ltrs and is very good for the older engines, mines is a 97. And just as an...

not to worry pretty sure it hasnt blown, oil has went clean now, must of just done a few too many cold journeys in a run. Thanks anyway