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tps would the best place to buy the bits.They will sell you a genuine cam belt kit which would have all guide pulleys and tensioner and belt. The other things to ask for is a water pump and auxiliary belts.

I think the key/shaft were about £300 ish,but I think £100 was refunded if you return your old unit,I am not 100% sure, I can check for you when I get home in a few day as I am laid by the pool in lanzarote at the moment.

Hi all, I bought my 57 plate brd about 18 months ago,it had full audi service history ( long life servicing ) Milage had just hit 90k, I decided to do the oil pump drive as precaution after reading all the horror stories,as I am a mechanic by trade it was no problem, just a bit of time. When I...

is your car a diesel? i have worked on a few diesel golfs with the same fault which turned out to be a fuse,i think from memory the fuse was marked as being for the cooling fan,no mention of the intake manifold flap but when fuse was replaced the v157 fault would clear.

mine got 0.3 on the emissions with a remap and dpf gutted.

No,if the light has been on but now gone off there should still be fault code stored.

The brake switch has two circuits inside it,so just because the brake lights work doesn't mean the switch is ok.Get a proper diagnostic check done.

I called TPS today,they do not sell the actuator separately for the pd endine,but the do sell it separately for the cr engine.There must be a difference in the actuator,even though it looks the same.

I will try to find it for you tomorrow

i think tps (Trade Parts Specialists) are a national company. Trade Parts Specialists

i thought you could buy an actuator?? i have bought and replaced actuators on the slightly later cr engines,i bought the part from tps and it looks the same as the actuator on my car which is a 2.0tdi brd engine.When you speak to tps they call it a repair kit,but it is a complete actuator.The...

stick with the 3sdm's!!!!!!

not sure on the cost of replacing the exhaust,but i paid £500 for having my dpf gutted,then dpf software deleted,egr delete and a map.

pictures not great,but here is a couple of shots of mine.235 35 19 8.5 rim,the off set is 32 though.

Hi all,i bought my b7 sline in march this year and then soon after stumbled across the oil pump drive horror story,needless to say i was slightly ****** off to learn this was a common issue.I bit the bullet and replaced my oil pump drive with a new unit from kmb.My car is on 94k with full audi...