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Think my oil pump has gone but hoping its may be alternator or something less £. Currently car is in Gatwick long stay car park I had to drive round m25 to get there for 50 miles so at 70mph and no issues then, when I got to slower speeds / idle at the car park barrior engine sounded like...

Had my a3 1.8t nearly 10 yrs now and the suspension could do with an overhaul, the steering and handling feel slack and fagiue. Im not bothered about lowering I just want a nicer steer. What do people recommend I can buy parts and get my garage to fit? Thanks

Went out to car this eve to find flat battery my own fault left interior on, I seem to do this alot. I want one of those jump starter battery pack things so I dont have to depend on others any one recommend one, its a 1.8t ? I dont want to spend big £ but enough to get something decent.

I saw warden putting the ticket on car so ticket was issued, I spoke to him and he said he would cancel ticket he took the ticket. Great I thought then during hours after I started thinking Im sure wardens cant cancel once issued, googled it and though I cannot find anything for my council what...

My car has been misting up alot so much so today I found pools of water on my dash. I had nee windscreen fitted 2 years ago it started misting then, i had autoglass out to look and they said water was getting in above the pollen filter so they resealed it. I stuck my hand in that area today and...

Hi, Anyone know where I can get a replacement rear washer jet the black bit. It must only be cheap seen them on ebay though for 9.50 seems steep,I can't get to stealers were I read they are a quid or two. ta

I have an 02 1.8T, just hit 57k miles I only do about 3-4k miles a year these days, most of the week the car sits on the drive. The car now needs a cambelt/water pump replacement, discs and pads alround, new CV joint and a few other bits, can't do the work myself and in total is a bout £780...

Hi, I have a 2002 A3 1.8T sport, I need to replace front and rear discs and pads, I was looking at www.eurocarparts.com this morning for something else when I noticed its 31% off till the 30th Sept so I might as well get the parts now, but Im a bit confused on the front disks and pads I should...

I don't use my Audi 1.8T 2002 much these days, it just comming up to 50k miles, the last time I had its cambelt changed was at 30k miles which will be 5 years ago Jan 2013. Do you think I should get it done even though the miles driven since the last one is only 20k, I know its comming upto 5...

Hi, I need to change my battery its 2002 A3 1.8T, had a google and found a guide to do it on the older A3 model, in the guide it said you need to remove the airbox next to the battery, I assume this is just for better access, my question is can you get away with removing and replacing the...

i had to get my rear springs replaced to get through MOT had them don by local mot garage, on picking up the car I notied the rear ride hight was alot higher than before, big gap between top of tyre and whel arch. The car is a 1.8T Sport I assumed they had lower suspension springs vs a...

I'm going to have ago at cleaning my throttle body tomorrow. I've got an AUM which is drive by wire and was reading that I shouldnt open the throttle body flaps with my fingers but what I should do is turn the ignition on but not the engine and have someone push the accelarator peddle to open up...

Hi my A3 1.8t 2002 53k serviced today at an indie, jobs they recon needed doing totalled £1900 :ohmy::ohmy::ohmy:, two minds whether to keep it now. I was expecting it to need a fair amount of work new breaks discs and pads alround and new rear suspension springs as one had broke, but wasnt...

I have 2002 1.8T its due a service, I had the last major service (new sparks etc) just under 2 years ago and since then 1 minor oil service, I've only driven about 8k miles in since the major, what kind of service is the car due now another major or another minor ? Cheers:ninja:

My Coolent warning light has started randomly comming on when I start from cold, the coolent level is fine, also noticed its struggling a bit to start from cold. I did a bit of a google-ing and its points to the Coolent sensor being faulty which is a common fault, I noticed some people...

Hi was just about to order some new tires from Blackcirlce when I noticed they have the same tire in the same size twice the only difference is the load rating bit at the end (91) on one and (94) on the other, I got an A3 3rd with those 5 star alloys on anyone know if I need a 91 or 94 I need...

I need to remove my Audi Symphony I bought the 4 x removal keys off ebay to do it but Im struggling with getting the keys to work and Im not sure if its me doing it wrong or the keys are cr*p. Im putting the keys in the correct way but at the moment only 1 key seems to lock firmly in place and I...

Hi, everytime I try toplay a CD in car its come back with an 'error 1', it sounds like it trying to load the disk but cant and is jammed I cant get any of the CDs out. Ive googled the problem and it seems quite common but I cant see much on fixing it, anyone else had the same problem and managed...

I think mines dieing, where in the engine bay is it ? I had the condensor replaced couple of weeks ago as part of an accident repair would they have had to touch the compressor to replace the compressor at all ?

Hi, Got an 02 A3 and over the last few days I've noticed my air con has started to sing, its like a humming sound and it comes and goes. I also noticed that if I have on full power some times I can feel quite bad vibrations through the peddles, its not all the time but sometimes. If I turn the...