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My '98 A3 car all of a sudden won't start (though turns over nicely). With the fuel pump access cover removed, should I be able to hear the fuel pump at all? I don't hear anything from it even when I'm turning the engine over. I don't have extensive documentation on the car but I do have...

I should probably ask this question tomorrow after I have a chance to see the whole area with adequate lighting. Is this sleeve a part I should be able to order from the dealer and replace myself without having to rip out have the front of the engine components to get to the base of the...

I don't have a service manual for the car so I don't know what Audi recommended doing and at what mileage. I thought for sure I could google one on the internet somewhere but so far no luck. Anyone know where one is? The car has over 116,000 miles on it now and I don't have the detailed...

I have never seen this behavior in a car before so it's probably an electrical issue. The turn signals don't turn off after removing the keys and leaving the car. There's a buzzing alarm type sound that accompany's this so I'm thinking it knows this is not right. It's totally repeatable and...

I mean, if you have no intention of doing any other mods, is the difference really "funner" if you are just using it as a commuter car? Will a stock AGU really get a lot more lower end grunt and acceleration and would that put a strain on the stock parts like the clutch? Is the remapping add...

If so, where/how? Yep, I admit it, this is my first turbo experience and there's no other similar cars here that would have had to do this so I want some handholding before I do it. I'm not convinced I'm getting much boost but hard to really tell w/o a gauge, right? Got any better ideas on...

I'm bored today so I did some car maintenance on a new to me Audi A3. These plugs are out of a 1.8T powered Audi A3 from 1998. They are original and the car has been around a couple of different continents and in some harsh elements. I replaced the plugs because I wanted to, not because the...

where I'd disconnect the hose to perform a tennis ball method boost leak test. I don't have a service manual to reference and web searching for something this specific has come up empty. I just don't want to make a mistake.

what's the latest and greatest redesigned ECT replacement part number for the AGU engine? VAG GOM software shows an in intermittent fault, implausable signal, code 16500 I've never noticed anything 'off' or intermittent about the reading on the cluster itself but I think my gas mileage isn't...

I just averaged ~23 mpg on my last fillup which was a mix of highway and city traffic. This is actual data, not the computer guessing. What are other's getting under mixed conditions? What did the 'book' suggest the engine should get when the cars were new?

you spent all day chasing down water leaks into the car and changed the clips out on the passenger door while surfing the net for clues and arranging to get your messed up DIS LCD fixed and at the end of the long day your wife says sincerely "You really had a fun day today, your kind of project...

I have a new to me 1998 Audi A3 which has no shortage of surprises to date. I still haven't found the source(s) of the rear leaks per a different thread... My passenger seat, without anyone sitting in it, can freely move forward/backwards a few inches over a center pivot under the seat. It seems...

So searching and reading all I could find I came to the conclusion that only 1 person successfully took apart their DIS and successfully repaired their LCD. And that LCD was almost working perfectly to begin with and everyone else who had far worse shape LCDs either made things worse, sometimes...

I'm sure I don't but thought I'd throw out this teaser question. I have a car that was originally bought new from a dealer on Terceira Island, the Azores Portugal. The car was imported into the US in 2002 and makes it home travelling up and down I-95 between Florida and Pennsylvania and...

Anyone have any idea where it's common for rain to leak into to the rear of the car from the right rear area other than the rear light cluster area? I've removed the right rear interior plastic panel and took the spare tire out and done some testing. I pulled the right rear light assembly and...