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  1. talentwalsh

    ABS/ Braking problem

    More S3 woes.. After about an hour of driving the esp light started flashing the the car felt like it lost power so I decided to pull over. But on pressing the brake the ABS was going mental and you could hear grinding and buzzing noises, sounded like the abs pump wanted to eat itself!! Tried...
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    Haldex oil leak

    Got a bit of an issue Finally got around to changing my haldex oil and filter as my wheels were locking up on turning. Not that hard of a job and it cured my locking issues, happy days. But next day noticed a blotch of haldex oil on the drive, far more than in if was just over filled. Then more...
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    Lower strut brace nuisance!

    Right finally extracted the digit yesterday and went to fit my shiny new dogbone bush. Went to remove the lower strut brace but couldnt remove the bolts. One just spun in the captive and wouldnt unscrew, I managed to unscrew the other bolt enough to remove the dogbone mount but couldnt screw it...
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    Coil gone due to spark plug?

    Well yet another thing to add to the exponential list of things going... Went into a local german auto parts place to pick up new plugs. Was givin bosch (super plus fr7 kpp33+) After much eyebrow raising I was assured by the dude behind the counter they were right for the S3. Being the...
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    Did N249 bypass and car ran like poop.

    Howdy y'all As the title says I did the bypass yesterday while installing all my new shiny silicone vac hoses, as i had some tubing left over, and the car ran like a bag of ferrits in a tubmle dryer. Any reason for this, does the ecu need time to learn the new system? I put the OE stuff back...
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    Ice + corner = ditch

    Finally put my S3 into a hedge this morning after the slowest crash in automotive history :tapedshut: Over reliance on the quattro finally bit me in the ****. Bumper got away without too much damage but undertray, arch liners and fog surrounds are in 18 and a half bits. I was just...
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    Headlight woes

    Hey, My drivers side headlight was flickering like mad going over bumps so I decided to take it out for a look. Turns out the ball on leveling motor had come out and the manual adjuster on the same side had snapped so it was effectively only held on by one manual adjuster, hence the wobbling...
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    Oil leak

    Just spent my sat replacing a niggling oil leak in the rocker cover as it had degreded to nothing. Finally got it back together and it seems to be holding well...but... there is also a leak under the cam sensor that i didnt notice before. What seal could be gone there and is it a hard fix...