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some goon pulled out on me the other day and engineer deemed it a total loss.so the car will be getting broke in the coming weeks if anyone would be interested in any parts.the cars in newcastle . the car has :- a rtech mapped 210 bhp 20vt 256lbft torq.new belts and clutch with 105000 onand...

im getting some s3 xenons facelift lights and im going to fit them to my prefacelift a3 . iv read the stickies and fitting them is no problem .will the wiring be the same idea as the sticky thread or will it be alot harder with them being xenons??

it was a cheap patterned sump i think anyway and the crack was about 6 inches long.could be chewed with the hassle so on the fone to tps straight away had it all in stock.less hassle.

yeah cleaned the pickup pipe it had a big lump of silicone init from previous sump fitment.i was suprised to see the old water pump looked perfect condition considering theres no history of it being done. anyways all sorted just took it for a good drive and its all good.all in a days work.

got it all done ..bit of a knightmare it was.the engine mount was a right ***** but managed to get it off without too much hassle,put new water pump ,tensioner and pulleys on got all the belt in place but could i heck get the belt on,ended up having to fit belt without the tensioner in...

the dumpvalve stays ,it stays in the turbo intake pipe then the other pipe goes on to the boost pipe i.e the new pipework your installing.

doing my cambelt and waterpump tomorrow on my agu. looks easy enough but just thought i'd post to see if anyone had any tips or anything to make the job any easier . any help would be appreciated. ordered cambelt kit and waterpump,(dealer parts)anyother parts i may require?

i will do when payday comes lol. just hope its not the stat again.

no climate control:( could the cts sensor cause the bother im having?just looked in history and its a cheap chatty sensor been fitted.

when i got the car the temp never sat at 90 it sat at 70 ish .i then replaced stat with a new genuine one and that made the car run at 85 ish and the fan always cuts in at 90.last night i noticed the temp drop and run at 75-80 and the fan cutting in at 85.the temp sensor came up at fault on...

you definatly need to take more off the wing to get the light nice and snug.and maybe more off the bumper guide if its touching that still aswel. then loosen all the headlight bolts so the light is movable hold it where it needs to be then nip them up.

its a ko3s mate.yeah the rubber pipes do feel ****ty and old tbh,mite be an idea to fit a catch can and do away with all the old piping.see im not very clued up on these 20vts im still trying to learn about them so thanks for the replies.

its an agu engine..i stretched the green spring a bit and it gave me 2 psi back up to 18 psi but seems to have gone back to 15 psi ish .nick also pointed out the black tube on the right side of the manifold was leaking a small bit i just wonder if the extra 10 psi has finished it off. i just...

i personally highly rate bose i think the quality is far better than most

basically i had a remap at r tech on saterday and all has been wel until today i noticed it wasnt boosting as high .the remap took it up to 20 psi (1.4)bar but it has dopped to 16 psi max and doesnt feel as torquey.nick did say if i was to drop boost it would be a split pipe somewere but i cant...

"got rid of the crappy miltek" and bose rubbish" .... nutter

he did say he could of got a bit more power but he said better to go a bit lower for the reliability of it. on the form it says stage 1 custom remap and pointed out maf was overreading boost pipe kept popping off and dip stick tube was leaking also temp sensor was crap. car feels really pokey...

yeah i no the turbo isnt going to be 100% but was on the car when i bought it so no point in fixing something that isnt broke yet.but im happy with it at the min .often see genuine ko3s turbos pop up on ebay so ill just grab one when i need one.

travelled to nuneaton,hinckley. where rtech is located. its a 1998 a3 agu with ko3s,(copy) front mount, exhaust system with decat ,tip ,forge 007p ,airfilter,and lots and lots of V power lol

just got back from the 400 mile round trip and i am wel impressed what the lads done to my car .very pleased with the results ,the car feels an animal now. standard run it pulled 167bhp 187lbft at 124mph which i was very suprised at .then they got to work and managed-210 bhp 257lbft at 131mph...