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    S3 8L feels down on power - most options tried.

    Hey, Right, I bought my 8L 2 weeks ago. It has an APR chip in it. On the drive home it felt fantastic - bags of power and a surge of torque at 2800 rpm. Then near home I noticed a new found hissing / whooshing/ sucking noise from the engine bay. The car definitely felt as if it lost power and...
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    Extra sucking noise / boosting later in the rev range?

    Do the boost pipes really split though? Haven't heard of too many cars splitting pipes. Could it really be the DV? Would that cause loss of boost / nor boosting as quick? Thanks mate
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    Extra sucking noise / boosting later in the rev range?

    Anyone? Seems to be happening in the lower gears now too.
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    Extra sucking noise / boosting later in the rev range?

    Hey guys. Slight problem with my 2001 S3. I noticed today that mainly in 5th / 6th gear my car has started to make an extra noticeable sucking noise as it's coming on boost. It seemed kind of intermittent initially but I think it's pretty much there now in 5th / 6th. There does seem to be a...
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    A few S3 questions from a newbie!

    Hey guys, Took an S3 for a drive today, very happy with it, so I'm probably going to buy it. However a few questions about it: 1. What does an APR / normal S3 boost at? This only really came on hard around 3000 rpm. Is this normal? 2. The pixels in the dash display are missing a few pixel...
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