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Hi all, hope you all had a Merry Christmas and are looking forward to 2024. I'm looking for some advice on hard brake lines. I am looking to replace the hard lines going to the rear from where the flexi lines connect (items 2 and 3 in the attached picture). Does anyone have any...

The other day my fuel gauge started to react as if there was no damping applied to keep the signal steady. The level goes up and down when accelerating, braking and going round corners. It has done this a couple of times before returning to normal. Other symptoms are the instantaneous MPG...

Hi boys and girls. I have been trying to track down a misfire on cylinder 2 for the last 3 months. After exhausting the easy bits I decided to take it to bits and prey it was on the head gasket. Have found some cracks which seems a common issue. Im obviously going to take it to a specialist...

Does anybody happen to know the torque setting for the rear control arms to hub bushes please?

Hello S3 wizards. I am an avid reader of this forum and use it quite a bit for ideas/fault finding etc. I try not to ask to many questions as the answers can usually be found with a bit of patience...however, some opinion on this would be helpful. Car is a stage 1 mapped 2003 S3 8L. The...

So after replacing my stuck open thermostat at the weekend it appears the new one i put is now stuck shut!!!! Car overheated today, bottom radiator hose (one coming from thermosat housing) stone cold. I suppose that will teach me for not testing it first. My question is about the diagnostic...

Hi guys Had to replace my thermostat today which i did with not too many problems. I found the dipstick holder already broken so i need to replace that. Do anywhere other than Audi supply the part? Also, i noticed a hole at the top of the gearbox and i could clearly see the toothed wheel...

I have done a search for similar problems and not really come up with anything so here goes. Came up to an identical car at the lights the other day (2000 S3 8L chassis). His car absolutely blew mine away, whether it was standard or not i dont know. Any way it didnt help that at 5000 revs in...

Hey guys I have a bad feeling that my slave cylinder has let go. Pressed the clutch in and it did not come back up. At first i thought it was the usual broken pedal until i got in the foot-well and saw everything still connected. The clutch pedal could be pulled back to its usual position...

I have recently changed the airfilter in my S3 as part of a service. I changed the original paper filter like for like. Iafter donig around 500 miles i started to get a misfire and cut out at high revs at high load( 3rd and 4th gear). Sometimes the Traction control light would come on solid...

Hey guys. Turned my air con on today after car had been sat idle for 3 days and its making a god aweful noise. Any ideas as to where to start? The only thing ive done is remove the plastic guard on the drivers side. Could this be rubbing on anything when i put it back together.

Can anyone help with my little problem. I changed wishbone bushes today, all went well with one side. The other side though is a different story. Went to bolt everything back up and the horizontal bolt for the front wishbone bush just will not bite in the thread. Does anyone know what...