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As some of you know I recently blew my lump up in my car, anyway Iam going to be fitting another engine in the very near future, I know the front of the car comes right off and makes easy access, but after watching a quick vid on YT (it was acually a V6 but I assume the bodywork to be the same...

Is there much difference say I was to get a AFN out of a Passat rather than a A4 or are they the same?

The bloke with that other car seemes like a total messer and a no go so anyway I charged my battery up, felt inside the tubo, pulled out a bent I assume pulley shaft and could feel the compressor wheel chewed up to ****! so god knows whats been sucked through into my engine, then I think what...

Would there be a lot of messing about to put a 90 bhp in a 110 if it turns out a 90 i get and can it be modded as much etc???? PS: could also anyone else confirm that the A£ block is different from the A4, I dont mean to be a PITA :)

I have just had a bloke knock on my door trying to buy my recovery truck, anyway as some of you may know Ive blown my B5s engine and as he was in the game I asked if he knew of any scrappers (A4 TDis) and apparently his mate has a complete running car with damaged front suspension, running well...

I have always had bad luck on Wednesdays, all the ****** time, every time, well today started fine, I had been watching and being very careful, then it starts ****** happening dunnit! First my uncle is in Manchester in hospital with a serious amount of Lukemia, at aroung 2pm is we get a very...

My name is Steve, I live up on the outskirts of wigan near jct 24 M6, Iam originally from East London / Essex, Ive always been into motors, my dad showed me how to rebuild an engine at 10, it was an old Vauxhall Viva engine but it learned me the basics of how engines operate plus touque setings...

Iam about to do the old Mr Muscle trick on my AFN but looking at one of the bottom nuts for the flange looks like it will shear or somthing so I was thinking of using u nut splitter and replacing the nut/stud has anyone else used this method of removal to sucess?

Well I say urgent but i fully intend to change the oil on my 1.9 tdI AFN today and I am in 2 minds to flush it or not? Do I flush it and risk loosing carbon junk or making seals leak or change the oil as is has done 210k, the only grace is that when I bought thre car around 6 months back it had...

I dunno if its just me, but Ive used diesel injector cleaner on 2 occasions now and on both times the car has felt quicker! It may well be an imagination, but the other day I nearly ran out out diesel and I had a gallon on paraffin in the boot so I slung it in knowing it would work (if on chip...

Now my motor is running a damned sight better and the MPG, I also looked at it alongside a SAAB 9 5 I wanna keep the A4 its a much better looking car for a start and the econonmy is unreal, also if I did go and get a flying machine I would either end up banned or wrapped round a damed tree or...

I know it s a ****** very long shot but I need a set of 4 part worn even barely legal tyres for my motor, problem is the size (235/35. /19") they like rocking horse poo poo, but if any by chance turn up give us a shout pleeeeeease! :) ste

How hard is it to whizz the actuator off the AFN turbo so I can check the W/G valve operates freely?

Normally we just bomb round here booting the car about and stick bout a fiva a day in maybe a tenner some days (rare) anyway the other day I had to go and visit my poorly uncle over in north Manchester (roughly 25/30 miles) anyway I go the petrol garage and stick a tenna in I took the East Lancs...

Ive just replaced the rubber hose about4" long and 2" dia between the inlet manifold and the plastic intercooler pipe Audi wanted £29.32 plus vat!!!!! so I popped in my mates scrappy and got one gratis :) Things I plan to do are the following: Oil/filter change with correct oil now leak has...

OKok its dark metallic blue but what or where would I find the code/name its 1997 more purplely than blue I would say

When I eventually get my 130 manifold bolted on and sorted will I need a remap? at the moment it has one of the tuning boxes fitted (supposedly) makes it 130 BHP anyway:), don't get me wrong the feels quick off the mark but runs out off puff later in the rev range maybe overboost the MIL light...

Hi can anyone tell me if the rear discs and rear exhaust sections are the same on the 2.5 and the 1.9???

Is it possible to do the above, I have sheet ally thats about 5mm thick and flat and true, will this work, its not that Iam being tight, I want to do this job maybe today, I thought I could use a jigsaw/hacksaw and drill, also waiting for the Ebay ones etc, just wondered if the ally will be up...

Since I bought my car, it has had quite a bad oil leak and Ive been using Castrol GTX I know, I know tut tut n all that but its worked fine, I do have 5 litres of the correct grade oil along with filters oil/fuel etc, but Iam now worried that its gonna pi$$ out like a sieve being thinner oil, I...