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Hi all, It's been a while since I've used these forums, although I could always rely on the great expertise of it's members. Last night, after pulling away I experienced a loud popping noise followed by a large black cloud of smoke and instant power loss. Fearing the worst, I pulled straight...

Hi all, Can anyone shed some light please? I've been getting what I'm assuming is the Oil Temp light on the dash recently. It's coming on nearly every morning now... about 10 seconds after the car has been started (cold start). It beeps and flashes, then goes off after about 2 minutes...

Hi all, At my last MOT (3 months ago) I had an advisory that my OS Rear Shock Absorber had a light misting of oil on it, although it completely slipped my mind and has now reared it's head again. I had the car checked over last week (as I have been getting a loud creaking coming from the rear)...

Hi All, After a year of trouble free motoring, the S3 has decided to start playing up again. Amongst other things, the main problem it's having at the moment is the fan. Basically, when the car get's up to 90 degrees and the fan kicks in... it spins up, goes for around 3-4 seconds and then...

I've read the definitive brake guide in the stickies, but it doesn't mention if there is any difference in brake size for the pre-facelift (210 bhp) S3. As no one has mentioned it, I'm assuming the front discs for a pre-facelift are 312mm (the same as the 225 bhp version). I've just rang GSF...

Hi all, I'm sure this topic has probably been covered before but I've looked through the search using a few variations and can't find what I'm looking for. I only want to know if the grille badge for the facelift S3 (late 2000 onwards) fits the pre-facelift grille? I've been looking at some...

Hi all, My friend has an S Reg A3 1.8T which is causing him braking problems recently. He reckons that mostly on cold starts, but sometimes after running for a while the ABS Pump kicks in randomly. This means that that the pedal is very stiff to push and stops the car stopping efficiently...

Hi all, I've been meaning to get my Secondary Air Pump removed for some time now as it makes an extremely loud vacuum type noise on start up. I know there are a few guides knocking about on here, and I have got the basic idea of how to remove it and what needs blanking off etc. (I have already...

Hi all, I've owned my S3 (2000 plate pre-facelift) for about 9-10 months now, and as some of you may have noticed by my previous threads I seem to be have nothing but trouble with it. I must have had in the region of around 15-20 different problems over time, but my newest (has been happening...

Hi all, Since we've been having a bit of hot weather recently, I thought I would invest in having my Air Con re-charged. It's my third car with Air Con now, yet they've always needed re-charging when I buy them and I've never bothered before. Anyway, I booked it in to a local garage...

Hi guys, A couple of weeks ago I noticed that there was a smell of petrol coming through the vents on in the S3. It was only occasionally and seemed to happen after any type of driving, not just after being driven hard or anything. Now though, it's pretty much smelling every journey I...

As the title suggests, I was just wondering if anyone could shed some light on the difference between these two valves for me. They look exactly the same to me, but obviously have some sort of difference to have different names? Are they for different models of car or something? It's just I...

Hi guys, I've had this problem for a while now and originally thought it was clutch related, but I've now had this done and still have the problem. It's not all the time that it happens, but it's becoming more and more frequent which is frustrating. Basically, when I'm accelerating in pretty...

Well, as the title states... I'm having a bit of trouble finding the plug for VAGCOM etc. to plug into on my S3. I was under the impression that it was just under the ashtray/cigarette lighter compartment, under the little cap that comes off at the back of the rubber mat thingy? I took the...

Hi all, I've just had a warning light come on in the S3, which looks like this... (O). I'm not 100%, but am I right in thinking this is the brakes? A while back, I also had another symbol pop up on the dash which I never figured out what it was before it disappeared again. I won't even try...

Hi all, Well the dreaded has happened and recently the clutch has been slipping on the S3. I've never had a clutch changed on any of my previous cars, so I'm not entirely sure what a good price is for this. I've spoken to Mr. Clutch this morning, who I've been told are usually pretty good on...

Hi all, I've seen in a few threads that most of you are running the Green/Yellow springs depending on re-map and cars performance etc. My 007p DV came on Tuesday and I was going to fit it this weekend, but out of curiosity I opened it up to see what spring was in there. I found that there...

As the title suggests... I'm on the look out for a nice set of wheels to go on the S3. There's nothing wrong with the standard one's and I know a lot of you are fans of them, but I just feel there's bound to be some better looking ones that suit the S3. My car is Silver, so I reckon a slightly...

Hi All, I haven't long had my S3 and can't wait to start giving it a few subtle mods. I've just grabbed myself a Forge 007p Dump Valve as so many of you seem to rate them as being the best replacement, which should be with me tomorrow. After reading lots of previous threads about Cone/Panel...

Hi there, I purchased my 2000 plate S3 just under a month ago and at the time I didn't have a radio code for it so it just displayed 'SAFE'. About a week ago I decided to have it decoded and have now put it in the code and unlocked it. When I first got it going though, it kept doing what I...