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The turbo recently went on my 2001 a3 1.8T Quattro and i wanted to know if anybody could tell me the type of turbo that it is and what its called. I am aware that this turbo is different to the non-quattro version. Also if I was finding it difficult to get hold of one are there any other turbos...

I'm not sure if anyone can remember a while back, but I posted a thread related to my slipped cambelt and how I was going to go about getting it repaired. I sucessfully repaired it myself and it was running perfectly for a few months until some or one of the piston rings failed and the car was...

Are new head bolts required if im changing the cylinder head? cheers.

Last week driving along and the car just looses power. At the side of the road I tried to start it and I could only hear the starter motor trying to do its job. The bloke from the AA opened the cam belt cover and confirmed that the belt was still in-tact and relatively taught but he said that...

A couple of months ago I had a custom re-map on my 1.8T Quattro. At first I was very excited and, supposedly, could feel the extra power every time i drove it. However a couple of days after I noticed that the car didn't always feel as if it had the power. I was told by the bloke that did the...

My 1.8T quattro recently overheated due to a split coolant pipe and i failed to notice the temperature rise on the gauge until the alarm came up, and i fear that i may have damaged the head. If so, im planning to put a new one on and im going to use it as an excuse to hopefully upgrade the turbo...

I have the 1.8T quattro A3 and over the past couple of months the engine has started making a noise, i can only descibe, sounds like a cricket or a grasshopper. The noise has been progressivly getting louder and and increases in pace and pitch depending on the rpm, but is most noticable on idle...