My a3 2.0 tdi sport back :)

[Conza]

Hello this is my 1st audi
It's a little worse for ware now but will soon make her nice and straight again
It's 2007 Audi A3 2.0 tdi sportback 140 with the bkd engine

Sorry I'm Connor and I'm 21 and live in the South East

 

[Conza]

right 1st thing was to work out what i needed lol

sorry about quality

so i started ordering new bits

theres new rad,intercooler and condensor in the boxes

 

[Conza]

well heres my 1st car bit of a change going from that to this

right bumper off

so started repairing the bumper

right back to the car

i got a replacement bumper bar from the local vw audi breakers vag spares

only thing else that was realy broke was the airbox that ive plastic welded back together for the moment till i find a replace

trial fitted bumper after repair to check it was still ok round the lights etc

and then fitted all new genuine service bits including cambelt but used a cicolli water pump from euros with a metal impeller as dont like plastic ones

ordered some more plastic from tps

 

[Conza]

so moved it back to work and gave it to the painter to paint

regassed my aircon its great being a mechanic just get to do **** like this for free

bumper rubbed down

all painted

should be putting them on tomorrow then all done

not bad for won on a friday collected on the monday then all back together by saturday all painted and serviced

 

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Proper "build" thread

 

[Conza]

Proper "build" thread

i do like to try

it has a knock when u start it to, all when u start and it feels like its under your bum

i looked at the exhaust and its miles away from everywhere, and can see any play in the dog bone mount

 

[Omy193]

Good work so far
will be following progress

should have done a facelift/sline conversion since the front end was damaged, was the perfect excuse

 

[Conza]

Good work so far
will be following progress

should have done a facelift/sline conversion since the front end was damaged, was the perfect excuse

I would of done but didn't have the funds

 

[ADC74]

Mk 1 Nova 1.3 SR..........brings back happy memories

 

[Mindak]

Good work mate least you'll appreciate it after the hard work you've done! Lol

 

[H4ldex]

That's some great progress it will look mint once your finished

 

[Conza]

Right it's all together now and on the road I'll post pics later
Aswell as my esp/abs my dual mass is rattling about a bit

Few questions about the stereo
I have the factory fit symphony stereo that I want to keep
Will it loss it's code if I un plug it as want to remove the rest of Sony hand free kit which I need to remove the solidered wires
And what can I do with as want to keep like iPod etc

Many thanks connor

 

[Conza]

 

[Conza]

so my mother borrows my car to go shopping in as her fabia vrs isnt good enought and she informs me that a light has come on

so i plugged the vcds in at work and

so cleaned the air flow meter with brake cleaner to see if it comes back on as its running fine and set about changing the glow plugs

what a annoying place to put them nut managed the change the whole 4 in about 45 mins

 

[Conza]

Ive been hearing what sounded like a boost leak so on the ramp at lunch today and found this

the clip was bent etc so order new clips and new seals which turned up within half hour of ordering from tps

new vs old

also been having a bit of wheel wobble and what sounds like a wheel bearing from the back so spun the wheel and couldn't hear anything but noticed that the rear tyres are made by bct (cheap Chinese crap) so balanced all 4 and put them on the front to see if i loose my noise as had problems with them before at work and there brand new so don't see the point in replacing them yet.

think the person who balanced them was blind lol,
ordered the ashtray blank today which will be here tomorrow so ill get some pics up of that and have another go at brake light switch

 

[Ash187]

i like this thread... a good old fashion build thread! although i also think you should have facelifted it... could of bought cheap damaged bumper and other bits.

 

[lfowers]

Good build thread, interested to see what else you do to it!

 

[Conza]

got my ash try blank today

much better mite have to do the light strip mod next to light it up

 

[Yolo_8p3]

Is it a cat D or c?

 

[Conza]

Is it a cat D or c?

Cat d

 

[Yolo_8p3]

Cat d

I did that for a few years from that same place but to do its quite expensive now from what it used to be.

 

[TonyH38]

Well done, it's looking good.

 

[fubar84]

Agreed mate, good work there!

 

[Mindak]

Keep up the good work bud, was the ashtray delete an easy job?

 

[Conza]

Keep up the good work bud, was the ashtray delete an easy job?

Realy easy took me about 10 minutes start to finish, just stuck the radio on and started striping, the 2 8mm bolts tucked down the back of the grab handles where the worse be it get to

 

[Conza]

got a nice parcel today

my £20 to the door ebay bargain

now my engine bay is complete

was about to buy a abs pump repair but found something for my track car project on ebay that i would rather buy at the mo

 

[foxymk1]

nice work mate

 

[hentotheree]

nice! congrats!

 

[Conza]

decided to debadge it today

looks so much better

 

[Conza]

How do I tell if I have the correct steering wheel module for cruise control without striping half the car?

I have assess to vcds at work

 

[Conza]

had some nice packages from tps today

Took me half hour to fit and 5 mins to code in and it works
It cost me £111 and some pence from tps

 

[Conza]

Got another new box from Tps

 

[Yolo_8p3]

What's in it?

 

[Ceylon]

Looks to be an ABS pump..

Nice work on repairing the front end, sir.

 

[Conza]

Looks to be an ABS pump..

Nice work on repairing the front end, sir.

Correct

 

[shadow1993]

decided to debadge it today

looks so much better

Hey, im looking to de-badge mines but im worried about the faded paint around where the stickers are?

How did you remove all the sticky stuff?

 

[Conza]

U warmed the badges up with a heat gun and just pulled them off, then I used a toffee/caramel wheel in a drill to remove most of the sticky/black stuff then some compound Polish to finish it off

 

[shadow1993]

U warmed the badges up with a heat gun and just pulled them off, then I used a toffee/caramel wheel in a drill to remove most of the sticky/black stuff then some compound Polish to finish it off

whats a toffee or caramel wheel?

 

[Conza]

whats a toffee or caramel wheel?

 

[Conza]

U can get one off eBay and all bodyshop supplier might even find one in b&q