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OK, cause on the non-haldex torsen quattro (all but A3 and TT) the rear end tends to come out nicely if you push it with the ESP off ofc.

Isn't the A3 quattro "on-demand" ? I had a A5 3.0 tdi quattro tiptronic before, and with the 60% rear torque split standard, it was real fun to drive! Can you get the A3 quattro to drift a little or is it safe and boring?

Be careful with that: some glow plugs are pulsed on, and may have a lower than 12v operating voltage - so they might get fried if hooked up to a battery directly for more than a second or so. Regarding the OP, if the glow plug fails with a short, it will come up as an error code in VAGCOM. On...

Actually, I think Audi has been smart enough to have a slight delay before the reverse lights come on so that you don't have that issue when going from D to P. :D Same thing when switching between different light modes.

Yeah, I do if it's a loooong time waiting :) But not for 15-30 seconds. Then its usually N

If I see it's gonna be a long wait before green, I slide it in neutral, and I can feel the car "letting go". So leaving it in D must put some sort of stress on the clutch and transmission. Actually the other day when I sat at the lights waiting and getting bored, I kept pushing the brake pedal...

Do you have the same year/eng as I? 2005 2.0 tdi? Not sure if it's supposed to be that way, but it's starting fine now :)

I live in Norway, so prices are maybe more here than you guys are used to. I paid about 270 punds / 330 EUR. Not hard at all to replace yourself. Just had to remove the air filter box, and the starter is right underneath it. Two bolts, two connectors and done :) Just remember to remove the...

This is the first cold start after replacing the starter with a new OEM one (nothing else changed):

No it should start fine even below -20 C. Will post a new cold start video soon with the new starter.

Allright :) Replaced the starter tonight, and so far it´s looking very good! I have yet to try a cold start, but the hot start is at least twice as fast cranking than before and it starts right away. Will post cold start results tomorrow, but I´m 99% sure the problem is fixed.

I got OEM ones from Audi, checked the part number on them and they matched the ones I removed so that should be fine. The issue is not that it doesn´t start when cold, but slow cranking. The second start was a warm start, and the starter cranks much faster due to less friction in the engine and...

Can anyone confirm that the ECU needs at least 150 rpms during cranking for it to add fuel? As you can see on my cold start, it doesn´t fire until it reaches 150+ rpms. Btw: Ordering a new starter tomorrow and will let you know how it goes. Thanks

Hi. I have one of the biggest C-teks, not the smallest one :) So it supports well over 100 Ah´s

Ok I´ve been doing some diagnosis now trying to figure out this slow cranking during cold starts. First of all I have had the battery tested by a garage, and they told me it is 100% OK. They also checked the connection to the starter motor and found nothing wrong. Also no fault codes in VCDS...

Thanks guys, will test these things out.

Hi! I feel like my newly bought A3 is a little slow to start when it is been sitting over night for example, and I was wondering what your thoughts are on the video below. It has a fairly new (and expensive) battery (1 year old). It´s got four new glow plugs as all of them were faulty when I...

It was disabled in vagcom.

I will try with a flashlight later tonight. also check in VCDS if the feature has been turned off for some reason.

No the button does not light up. I have the button on Auto. when in auto, the xenons are on - not sure how to test if the autolights are working. No error codes in vagcom either.