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    Loss of power - slipping clutch or boost leak?

    My clutch was intermittently slipping in gears 3-6 under full throttle. Sometimes it din't happen and sometimes you could hardly accelerate. Apparently the gearbox seal had failed a little allowing oil onto the plates. I guess the amount of oil on the plates determined how badly it slipped...
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    Loss of Power? Now Back to normal?

    Sounds like a faulty DV - mine failed in a similar way and was swapped under warranty for the latest version OEM, which is supposedly more robust. If you are out of warranty, I would suggest buying one and fitting it yourself, which takes about 5min. If its not the DV, you have only lost about...
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    iTunes 5

    iTunes ******** up my D-Link WiFi ADSL router. Stop the bonjour service if this happens to you,
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    Difference between dump valve and diverter valve

    [ QUOTE ] First of all I'd like to state, for the record, that I know absolutely *nothing* about think kind of stuff, although I'd like to learn. Please put me right if I am totally out on this one. Just because in both (6) and (7) the pressure is the same on both sides of the turbine, it...
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    smokers - window open, Raining, who gets wet?

    The Audi designers have been asked before why you get wet with the windows open in the rain. Their answer was the typically German "Why would you want to open the window in the rain?" It shut me up anyway.
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    IMPORTANT PLEASE READ

    Make sure you put the following as the last line of the letter... "I look forward to your response within 7 days" It always works for me! Also, give them a list of the people you are copying the letter to. Include your local Trading Standards and a couple of high profile car magazines such a...
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    Difference between dump valve and diverter valve

    [ QUOTE ] hmmm,i was also under the impression that it was dumped turbo side of the maf so the air/fuel mixture was correct,if the air is dumped to atmos then technically it's unaccounted for. [/ QUOTE ] Can someone look where the output of the standard diverter valve exhausts to exactly? I...
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    Difference between dump valve and diverter valve

    There has been a lot of arguments on AS about DV vs DVs. Lets have a think what is happening when you change gear in a turbo engine: 1. Under acceleration the engine is producing lots of exhaust, spinning up the turbo and supplying pressurised air (more oxygen by volume) to the inlet 2...
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    wheels size

    The 225 in your 225/45/17 gives the width of the suitable tyre. Converting this into inches gives 8.85 inches, so I guess the wheels are 8.5 inches. The 45 gives the sidewall height expressed as a percentage of the width. Thus the sidewall height is 225*0.45 = 101.25mm. As you are probably...
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    S3 SHADES OF BLACK

    The brilliant black looks blacker than the pearl. The pearl looks nicer when clean and in the sun though. I would go for brilliant black if I had the choice (mines ebony!)
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    i was happy with my s3 until.......

    Having driven most of these I would narrow your list down to: 1. vx220 - Nice little sports car for the money, if you don't mind the vaux(cough)hall badge 2. old boxster - 2.7 not the fastest thing on earth but feels special and handles amazing 3. old 911 - I like the 993 turbo. A lot! The...
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    ABS LIGHT ON

    [ QUOTE ] Have a 99 a3 abs light just came on brakes have been squeling for a week or 2 wonder does it have something 2 do with low brake pads.will i have 2 go 2 a main dealer 2 get problem dealt with eg computer hook up etc Any help would be great thanks all [/ QUOTE ] The most common...
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    New RS3 / S3 Info

    [ QUOTE ] What? Are you having a good laugh at yourself claiming a little Pug can take on S3's and the like!?!? Fool : [/ QUOTE ] I didn't want to get into school-yard 'my dads bigger than yours' discussion, but: 1. My car is an S3. I have never owned a 106. I didn't want the wifes old...
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    New RS3 / S3 Info

    [ QUOTE ] Seeing as your wife thinks diesels are so slow compared to her modified 106... Ask her to have a go against any of the Superchipped 2.0TDI VW Golfs or Audi A3s that are knocking around... [/ QUOTE ] I give up!........
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    New RS3 / S3 Info

    Then there is the other end of the scale: 54reg Mazda 6 Diesel type thing: Twisty A-Road: Seemed as quick as the S3 Private Reg: BMW 3 unbadged diesel: M6: Couldn't pull a gap from 70 - 130 T Reg Fiat Coupe: M5: Much quicker 60-120 - it went like the Ferrari. Driver gave me a knowing...
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    New RS3 / S3 Info

    To add some fuel to the fire, here are some more of my real world findings. They are not on paper, not on a track, not with well prepared and practiced standing starts and not from my imagination. They are what I have found when 'playing' with other cars on the road. All speeds are in KPH of...
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    Line Drivers

    I would amplify the head unit outputs up to the input range of your power amp. As andymac said, adding more into the sound path usally means more noise and distortion, but in this case it wont. Thats why top end power amps usually just have a volume control. If a system needs a certain amount...
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    New RS3 / S3 Info

    As i said, I dont want to get into a silly debate - I am merely reporting what I found in reality. I think I may have touched a nerve with some owners or ex owners of 3.2s. I would have bought the car i tried if i it had gone like i expected! PS The 106 had approx 140 - 150bhp, even less...
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    New RS3 / S3 Info

    [ QUOTE ] As fast as your wifes 106 though? [/ QUOTE ] Nah nothing is! Actually she has a merc C230K now, which is slow and crap.
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    New RS3 / S3 Info

    Not having them lined up side by side from a standing start I couldn't say. On a section of road where I know my cars speed at a marker from the lights, with a standind start, my car hits 90, the A3 3.2 I drove managed about 75. On the road, the 3.2, with me driving couldn't pull a gap on...