Recent content by peteA3tdi

try this http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/cars/audi_sri.html

038 145 209e its a fuel and vacuum pump its at the back of the head and its one of the fuel pumps as well as the vac pump for the brake servo,vnt ect,ect

NEVER PUT GREASE OR COOPER SLIP ON WHEEL STUDS OR BOLTS if you do when they heat up they can snap and your wheel will come off

yes its normal

sounds like its just the water from washing the engine burning off ps its not good idea to wash the engine you can do a lot of damage if you get water in the wrong places

check inside the cap and make sure the ruber seal/ring in the middle part is sitting in its ridge and most tdi's won't make a lot of pressure anyway unless there a fault

some take 3.6l , its best to start with just over 3l and check the dip stick

its been reset to fixed and not longfile, just get the garage to reset it again this time to longlife

standard or s-line?

30mm or just buy a cheap set

are you sure its blown and not just gone into limp mode?

if looked after the engine will last well over 300k. the turbo can go at any time its just pot luck it has a very hard life,regular oil changes will help the clutch is down to the driver i've seen cars with over 200k on the same clutch but then you can get an old granny/dear/git that burns the...

have a look on top of the cam cover there's an oil breather pipe that joins the intake pipe going from/to the turbo. oil gets in this pipe then into the intake pipe then to the intercooler (have a look at the pipes and you will see oil around the pipes there) then into the egr valve, some oil...

the clutch master or slave cylinder maybe on its way out, the seals can fail and draw air in

are they??? http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_120.htm