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    '56 2.0 TFSI 115,000 miles - worth doing timing belt and gearbox oil?

    My '56 plate 2.0 TFSi is due its timing belt and DSG oil change at its next service (& MoT) in October. I've had the car 12 years and do about 6,000 miles a year and it's been pretty reliable; London streets have done more than one spring and one of the sensor things has needed doing every now...
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    Phone Charger and stereo CAN bus adapter

    I've just got a new Brodit iPhone charger cradle. The company that fitted the stereo CAN bus adapter had wired the previous charger using the switched 12V coming out of the CAN bus adapter so that's what I did with the new one. The new charger seems to draw more current, on its own it only...
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    DSG Gearbox/flywheel/clutch noise?

    My 2006 A3 2.0T DSG Sportback has started making an odd noise on the overrun. Once warm (~10 mins), when accelerated, even modestly, then let off to overrun, about 2 seconds from the accelerator being released there's a short squeal, similar to when a fanbelt starts to go. My garage said it...
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    Fuel Pump pressure rating

    On the way to Cornwall on holiday last week, after a goodly run on the motorway/dual carriageway, the next time we pulled up at a junction the idle was lumpy, hunting from about 8/900 rpm up to about 1500 and back. No obvious signs of distress otherwise. After another day or so the engine...
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    S5 Sportsback performance and economy figure change

    Sometime between the Jan 10 and Sep 11 brochures the specification of the S5 changed from a 0-60 of 5.4 to 5.1 secs and urban economy improved from 20.9 to 26.4 mpg yet the power stayed at 333 PS. Was it due to a new engine with exactly the same PS or could a remap do the same if I bought an...
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    How to deal with only two pre outs on aftermarket stereo

    I'm thinking of buying a Bluestate RA-558 for my 8P A3 with Bose as it has DAB and Bluetooth built in. But it only has two RCA Pre outs, the Bose needs 4. Can I just split the L and R pre outs in two so the front and rear get the same signal?
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    OEM LED Switch part number

    I'm thinking of fitting a Laser Parking aid that has a switch with an LED. I'd like to replace the manufacturer supplied with an Audi one that will fit in my dash in one of the blank holes, but ideally with a different colour LED to the ESP switch. I take it another ESP switch would do but is...
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    VCDS can fix things you didn't realise it could

    My mate's Golf stereo had been playing up after he left it out in the snow last winter. The volume was sometimes muted when he turned it on, and his line in (from his Pure DAB radio) was poor quality and needed to be turned right up to hear anything. So he asked if I could connect up VCDS and...
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    "Be the first to see the new Audi A7" on Audi website now

    http://www.audi.co.uk/new-cars/a7/a7-sportback.html Sorry if it's posted elsewhere.
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    A3 8P2 (2007 model year) with Bose; Blaupunkt retrofit question

    I have a 2007 model year Audi A3 Sportback (8P2) with the double DIN Concert II+ and Bose and want to fit my Blaupunkt Woodstock DAB 54 stereo (with bluetooth adapter for mobile phone connectivity). Having researched this extensively, I now think I know what leads I require from Blaupunkt...
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    What does "asm" stand for?

    I've seen a petrol A3 Sportback with DSG advertised including the phrase: Black *asm* I'm not sure if there's a comma missing between the Black and asm. Another vehicle in the same place has: Black *nav Disc Present* So I suspect that asm is a separate feature but I'm not sure what...