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    water thermostat

    Any one know how to change the water thermastat on a 1.8T? How do you get access to do the job?
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    water temprature

    My temp shoots to 110deg on the dash when I switch the engine off for 5 min after I start the engine rev it up for 2 seconds it drops back to normal. After checking the water temp using the climate control chanel 49 found that my water temp is runing at 105-110 deg some of the time and the rest...
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    Strange things are happening

    Any one can shed a light on this When driving my A3 1.8T the temp is steady on 90 deg When I park the car with the engine switched off I pop to the shop for a couple of minites. I switch the ignition on and I see the temp gone to 110 deg Istart the engine rev it up a little the temp back to norm...
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    Thermostat

    Does any one know if the 1.8T engine have a second stat to control water flow apart of the main stat.
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    Overheating?

    A3 1.8T temp gets at 100-110 deg no more than that when I rev the engine it drops to 90 deg straight away any ideas. Note that this only happens very rarely one or two times and it may happen again after a couple of months again has any body have any advice?
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    overheat

    A3 1.8T temp gets at 100-110 deg no more than that when I rev the engine it drops to 90 deg straight away any ideas. Note that this only happens very rarely one or two times and it may happen again after a couple of months again has any body have any advice?
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    Which oil

    I used to take my A3 1.8T to the dealer for long life service, now I wish to do the servicing my self. I drive the car normally end rarely fast no mods as it came from factory For engine What gade oil to use? Fully synthetic or semi synthetic For gearbox What oil and at what miles
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    diagnostic tool

    My car is an A3 1.8T 2001 year I need some advice about geting a diagnostic tool or Diagnostic Software that I can use on a laptop on the cheap.