Recent content by whizz371

Hi All. Its that time of year. I need to replace an inner rear boot. Does anyone know if II can just drop the shaft off of the Haldex and do it in situ or do I need to remove the shaft. Thanks.

Morning all, been struggling with turbo lag.The car came with a Forge 007 and I fully serviced it using a yellow spring. i finally decided to make a test rig and check it, and it was leaking. I borrowed a manual adjustable valve for the weekend hillclimb, set it up prior to the meeting...

Many thanks Stuart.

Hi All. I am changing over to Bosch 550 injectors 0280158117. I have an S3 8L BAM. I have had some conflicting advice, I would be grateful if some one could confirm please. My understanding is mechanically they drop straight in when using an OEM fuel rail. Electrically they need an adaptor to...

Hi All. As above, my boost is not generally high , but it does spike as I lift off I am assuming this is because it is waiting for the dump valve to open. Can anyone tell me if this is normal please. Very new to turbo car , but getting there. I am using Vcds.

All done now. Many thanks to those that answered my questions. The worse bit I found was getting clip holding the cross over pipe back onto the basket. The longer pipe I attached to the top only then got it all back in and then connected it to the pump using a Mikalor clip, I did this because...

Thanks for the replies. I have the pump out now, the only issue I have is that there are two pipes that come with the sytec kit. the small one that connects to the passenger side pump is perfect the larger one that I assume connect from the pump to the top of the basket is the correct dia. but...

Thanks for this , very useful. Unfortunately I have a half tank of fuel, do you know if its possible to drain the tank ?

Hi All. I have just bought a sytec 420G replacement pump for my S3. I am sure I saw a guide on fitting it. I have checked the stickies and cant find anything. I have read a few posts about doing it, and it seems quite straight forward. Not sure about disconnecting the primary pump, which I think...

Anyone?

Hi All. Well the S3 is back on the road. Just had an MOT and it passed but only just on the fast tick over. Which to me would sound like its slightly rich. I have had the plugs out and they do show signs of running a bit weak to me. I have not taken over 3k but it pulls like a train and is...

Many thanks. went down the zip ties route and got it in. The action does seem a bit odd, but to be fair the engine and gearbox is out so no fluid in the new MC, dont want to fluff around with it until there is fluid in.

Anyone please ?

Evening All. I have been following the excellent sticky, to replace my clutch master cylinder and reinforce the welding on the pedal. I have spent hours trying to get the spring back in, I seem to have a different pedal or box to the sticky as I cant pull it out and jam it sideways, I have...

Done it. Just a first time issue. The 2 pull outs top and bottom need to come out much further than I was pulling them, most of the issue is the fact that the very thick loom lead was stopping them. Once it was un clipped it was far easier to pull them out. There is a small opening in the top...