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Long shot but looking for the cover (8L9915343) in picture attached that the fuse holder mounts to. Can't find them anywhere. Also looking for the washer bottle/tank cover (8L9103928B 01C) which I know are also like gold dust.

Oh yeah definitely man, I've thought about it a lot! If I'm rebuilding the engine I'm going to go new rods, pistons, big turbo etc. I know I'll be looking at putting at least 4-5k into the car but if I look at the fact I could have it for another 120k miles and I'll know how healthy the engine...

Thanks again gents. I've ordered the compression tester and am hoping to get time to test this weekend. I've got a suspicion that I am going to have low compression in cylinder 1. The question is then do I want to rebuild the engine. An engine rebuild has been on my bucket list (I know-so...

I didn't realise there was that much involved in a lead-down test, I'll leave that to the garage if it needs to be done. I think I'll buy a compression tester then as it's about €50 here I'll be paying that at a minimum to get a garage to do it. Could come in handy in the future. Is 140 PSI...

No problem lads it's good to hear what other people are doing and issues they are having! Stuart I will check the dipstick and let you know. I had a broken holder and there was smoke puffing out of it then so am assuming it will be the same now if I pull the dipstick. Should I get a leakdown...

Just remembered I had oil in and around the sparkplug of cylinder 1 last time I changed but had read that this may have been the rocker cover gasket so replaced that and the half moon seal too a month ago. Maybe another sign of ring gone...

@TJ0785 did they advise you to do rods and pistons too? I thought you could do the rings without doing that. Well at least without doing the rods? Are you going bigger turbo at some stage? I've had trouble getting the car to start first time recently. Could this be a sign of the rings going...

Thanks for all of replies BTW. Much appreciated!

Will do a compression test on it then. It's got 130k on the clock. Rings sound like an expensive job. Engine out for this?

Hi gents, I am having some issues with the breather system on my S3. 1) There was a lot of oil misting in around the breather and vacuum lines the inlet manifold. 2) I had the issue of the crankcase not being under vacuum. (shown by loosening oil cap and it being bounced around by the blow-by...

I had issues with my car feeling nervous over bumps and replaced the trailing arm bushes which improved it but the alignment guy said I would need adjustable arms to get the toe in. The cheapest set my local place have are the H&R ones which are much cheaper than the forge ones. Anyone here got...

Nice one g60leigh! Will post up some pics when I get around to knocking one of these up!

Thanks Sandra didn't know about the dubshed event on Sunday, will try and get up there on sun!

Thanks for the welcome! Here is the car after a bit of detailing: Apologies for the huge pics will figure out how to resize for next time. Was my first attempt at using a DA for polishing so hoping to do it again with better results this summer!

Hi all, Have owned my S3 8L for nearly two years now and have been a lurker on this forum since I bought it. The threads on this site are so informative and have saved me countless times. Not too many S3 drivers over here so our forums can be lacking sometimes. Just wanted to say hi and thanks...

Gentlemen, Apologies for resurrecting such an old thread but I am going to give the DIY heat shield a go and was wondering if anyone might have the design as it's missing from the initial post? Thanks, PJ.