Recent content by Marcosline

Hi my 2004 3.2 had an issue with bad vibration around 70+ mph , turned out to be front ns inner CV tripod joint.

Hi, Don't mean to jump in here, my 5 pence worth having replaced all 2004 A3 3.2 sline front and rear gradually with the red road spec ones, short answer Keep hold your money, lots of foo surrounding tuning stuff imho, only ones I noticed made any difference rear trailing arms and rear anti roll...

Yes had the same issue last year with my 3.2 , I to had replaced with a different make although the same reserve capacity etc and had loads of inexplicable random errors, I could be wrong but I think the only thing that cures it is the original make and size as the car was built with , my car...

Hi again, yep done the lot myself caliper rebuild shocks bushings , the disc run out for these is a tenth of a mil maximum , I too have changed the discs since owning the car 4 times twice as they were down too minimum thickness and twice more because I thought 6 tenths runout with the original...

Hello, My experience so far is to check new disc run out with a dial guage, after cleaning rust off old hub surface to get no more than a tenth of a mm per rotation of the disc for our cars , if you have more you will get the Thickness variation leading to judder etc , have just replaced all 4...

Hi stoddy, Had my 3.2 for nearly six years now and still enjoy driving it, mine has also done exactly the same as yours with the stalling etc but fairly infrequently, the first time i did get it diagnosed at main dealer but i dont remember what it was they said,car did the stalling thing last...

Hi there Been noticing over the last few cold winters that my cars battery is not as healthy as it could be although i dont use it much i do have a suitable solar pannel charger connected which recharged my van battery from flat in 8 hours, i think it may be the original battery in the A3 ,was...

Hi there, another point to look at is how rusty the brake discs are if the car has been sat for some time they will be quite heavily pitted and may require replacement to obtain full brakeing efficiency, i dont mean light surface rust either that you get after the car is washed that wears off...

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Cheers for the reply Hellz, the problems your car was giving sound exactly the same as mine, i have been following the thread about the 2000rpm issues and mine does that to though not enough to notice while driving along, also it would appear that coil pack failure is common i experienced this a...

Hi, all with the 3.2s just wondering if any of you have experienced this, when driving from the south coast to North Wales yesterday while in busy traffic at about 20 mph the engine on my 3.2 DSG cut out , this was in the outside lane of the motorway ,i looked at the dash to see all the usual...

Hi I have had the same problem repaired mine by bolting on a cut and shaped poece of aluminium to replace the snapped off arm, the problem is with the damper which is like a syringe the lubericant dries and then the rubber O ring inside grips the cylinder and becomes stiff to opperate resulting...

Good Morning everyone i have only posted on here once or twice before but am always reading posts with interest especially the other guys with the misfire at 2000 rpm on their 3.2s the same as mine, i must say you have to look for it on mine as it isnt very bad. Anyway the reason im posting is...

:s3addict::hi: Hi,my first post on here.I have owned my A3 3.2 Sline DSG for just over 2 years and am very pleased with it, however have decided to replace the driver side window switch and I would appreciate if any one can shed any light as to weather you need to remove the door card and if so...