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  1. nickb834

    Hi Shaun, I'm in West Yorkshire - near Wakefield, The seats are near mint Recaros with the...

    Hi Shaun, I'm in West Yorkshire - near Wakefield, The seats are near mint Recaros with the fronts being electric adjust and heated. I'd be including: front seats, rear seats all head rests door cards centre console carbon trim for doors / dash / gear surround / ash trays roof lining sun visors...
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    Help car just died!

    Isn't it the case that the Immobiliser is actually in the back of the speedo cluster? You're right tho - the ecu will need coding to the car, and the immobiliser is a bit*h to do as IIRC the VAS diagnostics the dealer uses makes a call back to VAG group in Germant to get the 7 digit code to...
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    S4 - Timing chain................snapped

    I'd had the car 3 1/2 years and done about 30k miles in it, it's very well documented the chain tensioners going on B6/7 S4's. The noise at startup doesn't cause the wear, the wear causes the noise at startup. The chain guides go, then the tensioners and then boom snappage! The time this takes...
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    S4 - Timing chain................snapped

    Yeah it's an easy call with an RS4 - leggy ones are still fetching 14k, mint lower miles are circa 20k - it's a no brainer to do 3k worth of maintenance on a 20k car - but, it's equally a no brainer not to bother on a 5k car.
  5. nickb834

    S4 - Timing chain................snapped

    I've though of fitting one a few times - should, woulda, coulda! I'd be intrigued to know if the RS4 (B7) suffers the same with it's chains - I've not looked tbh as I'm a few months off having the necessary wedge to find my own.
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