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Hi chaps, SInce you have been so helpful I had to come back to give a warning to diesel owners with DPFs = Destruction Preset Fuses. This problem was most probably due to diesel fuel being forced into the sump past the piston rings during a DPF regen cycle, despite the long journeys at...

I think he must have had heart failure when I told him we'd sold our A3 for more than he offered! ;) Phil where are you?

Aye, I agree. The chap seemed to know what he's about with it. If we had decided to rebuild it I would have taken your advice and refurbished it anyway. I did that with many an engine in my mis-spent youth, including a Zephyr 6, several Cortinas, an original Mini, and a Sunbeam Rapier. Have fun...

Hello chaps. Just to update you, since I don't like leaving threads open ended. The car did sell, and for near to the price I expected. So you can revise your expectations, £1100-1300 is far too optimistic, or maybe too pessimistic, depending how you look at it. Engines are available for...

Hi Phil, were you going to message me? Easter got in the way and I didn't follow up. Thanks.

When money is no object here's what you can do:

I agree Phil, super tuned engines aren't often friendly. Years ago we couldn't get this kind of terrastic power increase but were always trying and tuned cars fetched over the top prices even in shabby condition. What's a typical price if we upgraded this particular car to 200bhp?

Oooooo... Now you gots me thinkin'!! If we could raise it to... say... somewhere around what? 220-250bhp...? <evil grin>!! We could then paint fire decals on the sides, and then we could very well ask... what? £6k? £8k?? £10k??? Whaddayathink, Pardner? Is it feasibubble? :)

Thanks Phil. I'll see what I can find. Can you drop me a message with approximate cost of the whole refurb and engine change please?

For a side-chat while we're jovially gathered here together chewing over my problem, to some plan of action... My S Type 2.5-litre V6 produces 200bhp flat. The 3.0-litre produces another 25 bhp I think, the standard 4.2-litre V8 without Turbo produces 300bhp. How on earth did anyone get 300bhp...

Gazwould - you have just removed all traces of Audi AND VW from my bloodstream! And from that of all my successors until Armageddon, Apocalypse, End of Days, The Earth Stood Still, The Fat Lady Sang Already, and beyond! Brrrrr!!!! Creeeepy!! We'll be sticking to Ford, Jaguar, Merc Toyota...

No problem bud, blunt is not blunt, it's honest and that's what I want So guys if the value of this car is less than £2,000 and others are indeed available for less than £1500, then we should reconsider and buy a donor for an engine instead? Phil is the BKC engine you suggested a straight swap...

No problem with blunt, that's what I want. But.. Whoah, hoss! Pax Romanum! :) Who asked £5k?? It wasn't me! I value the car as it was before the engine blow-out, at £3,750. See my post. And that is modest for its condition. I said optimists are asking £5k for theirs. This is true. Some...

Hi Phil. It's a 57 plate, September 2007, 1.9TDi, 3-door hatch. The price range on Autotrader now for these with our mileage (133k) looks like £3,000 to £4,500. Although the rest of it is in very good condition apart from a car-park bumper scrap patch on the right side and a repaired crack on...

Repair is beyond scope for us I'm afraid. Is there a forum here to advertise the rest of the car for sale chaps?

Are there separate main bearing shells in this engine? Here's a couple of pics for the A3 BXE Memorial Album... Is the hole in the sump or in the block?

Thanks guys. Daughter took some photos of the car today for someone interested in it, and there were tears. She loved it.

Well at the same time when only one engine type destroys itself and no other engines have any problem with the same long oil change intervals, and even survive owners forgetting to even do those, then it's the engine not the oil. The oil change interval is 20k miles, we changed it 10k ago, and...

My Merc diesel has 15k miles oil change intervals, whereas we used to change oil at 5k long ago we've become too blasé because engines don't do this these days. So thank you chaps, nice friendly forum here. if someone is interested in buying the rest of the car please contact me here, or by...

The oil and filter were changed in late November, so yes 5 months ago, at around 500 miles per week it's about 10k as you say Not what we expected, must say. :(