Recent content by Matt_Storm

Hi i was hoping someone with a bit of rack knowledge can help i am having all sorts of issues trying to resurrect my old tdi one of them being the power steering is completely dead. A garage fitted a new rack a few years ago and did not know how to program it so its been sat for a few years...

I have a full miltek non res on my tdi 2l stage2 it sounds great not too loud and the turbo is a lot louder making it sound more like a performance car rather than tractor but only issue i found is the boot and bumper keeps sooting up near the tail pipe. A mate who works at a tuners said because...

I would - the first two times mine was on the way out 1st time a screeching sound like brake noise whenever it cut in- later turned out to be an oil pump blockage which killed the turbo :( 2nd time was the owl noise so i changed it. 3rd time i had the owl noise and drove it for ages thinking it...

2004 BKD 180remap 187000 miles changed turbo 3 times in the last 8 years I think the main issue is the turbos get abused hard driving on cold engine, and not giving them enough time to cool down before turning off the engine etc. I have been running a hybrid for past 2 years and look look after...

Hi please help i have the fatal power steering fail and have been looking for info or anyone who has completed the upgrade from 1st generation to 3rd gen steering rack. Seems to be loads of info on this but nothing of much use from what i can see! My car is 2004 BKD engine i can get a rack...

If it does it in neutral as well as drive it sounds like it could be your dual mass flywheel on its way out, if its just in drive then check wheels nuts and wheel bearings by jacking each wheel up and give them a wobble side to side. Otherwise it could have just been a lump of mud stuck to the...

Ok thanks Mike i will take a look it is booked in again on thurs and I have already been to two garages who have scanned it with vagcom but i dont think they really know what they are doing as one said its probably an injector and the other said it could be the maf but they seemed to be...

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Might be worth checking the fuel pipes from the filter havent been swapped a garage put mine on the wrong way round once and my car did the same as you described.

My A3 2004 had the injectors replaced i have fitted G series later injectors with new seals etc and a new loom the car runs very smooth and seems to rev up ok however its very slow on acceleration up to 3000 rpm then bang it shoots off like a rocket. On normal driving its constantly going into...

2004 BKD 190k miles been remapped since 80k its had 3 turbos now though and the injector cam has just left the engine by itself but im hoping to have it running again soon..

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So my car decided to die a death at 80mph and has been off the road since- on trying to restart it i realised it was only running on 2 cylinders and would run for 10 secs before switching itself off. I removed the rocker cover to discover the injector cam lever had sheered off 4 of its bolts and...

I had this on the same car if there is lots of white smoke and chugging it could be a porous head otherwise check the fuel filter it may need changing.

Yeah i got full miltek on mine and decat i had a mk1 golf turbotechnics once, reminds me of how that sounded not like a derv at all. A stage 2 turbo makes it sound even better too