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    Priming/Bleeding Fuel System

    Hi guys, Does anyone have a definitive (or even basic!) guide to the above on a VAG 1.9 turbo diesel engine?? Procedure to follow, things to look out for etc. May also be helpful for others if there was a sticky to this effect in the forum. Cheers Tim
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    Engine won't run after mounting bolts sheared :-(

    Hi all, Got a probelm I need some advice with. Apologies in advance for the essay! Here's the lowdown... I recently replaced the engine mounting bolts on the driver's side of a friends 1999 A3 1.9tdi because somehow they sheared! He has absolutely no idea about cars whatsoever so I stepped in...
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    Starting problem after engine mounting bolts snapped

    Hi all, Got a probelm I need some advice with. Apologies in advance for the essay! Here's the lowdown... I recently replaced the engine mounting bolts on the driver's side of a friends 1999 A3 1.9tdi because somehow they sheared! He has absolutely no idea about cars whatsoever so I...
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    Bumper Carrier

    Hi guys, Does anyone know if bumper carriers are available as a seperate item from Audi or do they only come as part of the bumper? If anyone has ETKA or similar and fancies taking a quick look for me, the part number for the carrier to suit a MY2000 A4 1.8 Turbo Quattro would be most...
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    Calling all plumbers!

    Hi Guys, I need some advice if you can spare a moment... My boiler, a 3-4 yr-old Chaffoteaux & Maury Calydra 80 Combi, has very recently stopped supplying me with hot water :( Central Heating works fine when it is set to Central Heating only but in the other two modes it doesn't work at...
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    Good Excuse

    An Arizona senior citizen drives his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership... Taking off down the road, he floors it to 80mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he has left. "Amazing!" he thinks, as he flies down the I-10 pushing the pedal to the metal even...
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    Three Peaks Challenge

    Has anyone ever heard of this? It's basically a challenge to climb the highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales... Ben Nevis, Scaffel Pike and Snowdon... and over the weekend myself and a few friends from work did it, in that order. But some numpty... in their infinite wisdom, decided it...
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    2000 A3 1.8T Quattro - Fault Codes

    Hi guys, Have posted this in the A3 Forum too but I think it is more specific to this one since VAG-COM is involved. A friend has a few problems with the above car. I took a quick look for him and retrieved VAG-COM fault codes as follows... 16621 - Manifold Pressure/Boost Sensor...
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    2000 A3 1.8TQ - Underperforming

    Hi guys, A friend has the above problem... I took a quick lok for him last night and have retrieved VAG-COM fault codes as follows... 16621 - Manifold Pressure/Boost Sensor: Signal too low 16490 - Manifold Abs.Pressure or Bar.Pressure Range/Performance 16497 - Intake Air Temp.Circ...
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    Index button missing

    We could do with having the button for 'Index' back at the bottom of the threads... it used to be in between 'previous thread' and 'next thread'. With the new revisions we have to scroll back to the top of the thread in order to get back to that forums index... just a thought, would make life...