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  1. AWDMk1

    2001 8L S3 - clutch pedal on floor and fluid all over the drive...

    Cheers tufty appreciate the thoughts, nipped out before and whipped the metal pipe from turbo to intercooler off for a better view and I'm pretty sure it's the master cylinder too, it's certainly that area and the gearbox side is bone dry, thankfully it's not the slave cylinder so should be a...
  2. AWDMk1

    2001 8L S3 - clutch pedal on floor and fluid all over the drive...

    So, on the way home from work dipped the clutch and with a bit of a clunk it hit the floor and stayed there, can move it by hand but there's no hydraulic pressure at all. Thought it might have snapped which I gather is quite common but pedal assembly looks fine. Then I noticed fluid on the drive...
  3. AWDMk1

    engine swap.... 3.2v6 into the a3 / s3?

    I can confirm the gearboxes are definitely different, the gearbox bolts to the 6 cyliner engine at a different angle. I learned the hard way after I inadvertently bought a R32 box for my Mk1 golf project and had to promptly sell it after realising it would fit! The rear diffs are the same...
  4. AWDMk1

    2000 S3 - ABS & Traction Control Issue.....

    Cheers <tuffty/>, the steering wheel is definitely on straight and I have VCDS Lite now so I will plug it in over the weekend and see what it comes back with.
  5. AWDMk1

    2000 S3 - ABS & Traction Control Issue.....

    Morning all, Jumped into my S3 this morning and set off for work, all was well when I parked it up last night after the drive home. For some reason the traction and ABS lights stayed on after I started the car, restarted the car and hey presto, they were gone. Then as I approached a junction...
  6. AWDMk1

    2000 AMK 8L S3 Boost Issues.....!!!

    russwuss, my comment re: the engine management light was misleading...!!! It was actually the traction control light that came on, in my panic and having seen neither lights in a long time I thought it was the engine management light. Doh! I'm leaning toward the N75 as the culprit, the car...
  7. AWDMk1

    2000 AMK 8L S3 Boost Issues.....!!!

    I've followed tuffty's link and ordered a VCDS cable so I can get some error codes. I appreciate all of the help so far but think it's a bit of a waste of everybody's time without me being able to provide more specific details. Once the cable arrives I'll get some codes and post an update but in...
  8. AWDMk1

    2000 AMK 8L S3 Boost Issues.....!!!

    Tuffty - thanks again for your thoughts, any and all help is appreciated! I'm not sure if I am confusing matters slightly so just to clarify when I say it has in car adjustable boost which was fitted by Jabbasport - this is basically a small black box about an inch or less square with a black...
  9. AWDMk1

    2000 AMK 8L S3 Boost Issues.....!!!

    It was mapped on a k04 yes and has since had a new turbo from cr turbos. I ordered an 'uprated' k04 from them, essentially this was a standard k04 with updated bearings (I believe that was the extent of the changes). This new turbo lasted about 5k miles before problems with oil passing the seals...
  10. AWDMk1

    2000 AMK 8L S3 Boost Issues.....!!!

    I see your point on the turbo timer, news to me but logical enough when you think about it and I must admit its annoying at best....! I had misread your earlier response apologies, I now see you were asking if the car was mapped for the adjustable boost controller, which I believe it was. I...
  11. AWDMk1

    2000 AMK 8L S3 Boost Issues.....!!!

    Jabbasport fitted the in car adjustable boost and the turbo timer / boost gauge when they did the mapping. Not sure how the turbo timer could be illegal but then again I've never really thought about it. Not saying jabbasport are the best in the world but it's all been done to a high standard by...
  12. AWDMk1

    2000 AMK 8L S3 Boost Issues.....!!!

    Just to resurrect this one, unfortunately I haven't had the chance to get the car plugged into vagcom to get fault codes yet so have been putting up with 0.4 bar max boost which isn't the end of the world given I'm only using the car got a short commute each day at the minute. Anyway...
  13. AWDMk1

    2000 AMK 8L S3 Boost Issues.....!!!

    Our of interest I unplugged the n75 on the way home from work, took it for a blast and it was exactly the same with it unplugged, no difference whatsoever, still peaked at bang on 0.4 bar beneath 4k revs then increased past that slightly after 4.5k which as tufty and badger have suggested is...
  14. AWDMk1

    2000 AMK 8L S3 Boost Issues.....!!!

    <tuffty/>, Thanks for the response, appreciated your thoughts, when I say uprated K04 it is, I think, a bog standard K04 when it comes to everything but the bearings so the actuator pressure is probably as per the day it left the factory... I'll get it plugged in and see what fault codes come...
  15. AWDMk1

    2000 AMK 8L S3 Boost Issues.....!!!

    Hi,, My 2000 AMK 8L S3 has an uprated K04 from CR Turbo's that was fitted about 18 months ago. The car has only done about 10 miles in that time as I've had it SORN'd and garaged while I've had the use of a company car. I've started using it again last week and the power delivery is not as it...
  16. AWDMk1

    What are the symptoms of a knackered PCV valve????

    It starts fine, no problems and isn't smokey unless in a situation as described above.... Thanks a lot for the info guys, I guess I will pull it apart on saturday and go from there then! Cheers
  17. AWDMk1

    What are the symptoms of a knackered PCV valve????

    I started a previous thread about my S3 being smokey when warm and idling in traffic: "Just in the last few days I've noticed my S3 is putting out smoke from the exhaust but only when it is warm and only when it is on idle....normally when it has been idling for a few minutes sitting in...
  18. AWDMk1

    Hmmm my S3 seems to have developed a smoking habit.....????

    DJ_Troopa - I'm convinced mines getting worse by the day.... perhaps we should hope that the fact that we both have CR rebuilt K04's and are suffering from the same problem doesn't point to the common thing causing the problem i.e. the turbo!
  19. AWDMk1

    Hmmm my S3 seems to have developed a smoking habit.....????

    Mines a bluey colour.... and it done it again coming into work this morning.... sitting in traffic idling, pull away and then it does it but it only seems to do it when / after idling so I am thinking some sort of vacuum related carry on??? Mines got a new CR turbo <5k miles ago and had a full...
  20. AWDMk1

    Hmmm my S3 seems to have developed a smoking habit.....????

    I'm becoming less convinced this is nothing.... mine doesn't do it on start up, and doesn't seem to do it with any regularity but... when it does do it, it is only when it is up to temp and when it is sitting idling and then you pull away and out comes the smoke.... I am beginning to wonder...