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    a3 quattro back wheel came off

    fault found, after reading s3louds post on here i was able to find it was the earthing strap.
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    Haldex system confusion

    ive been having the same problem and after reading this tread i narrowed it down to an electrical fault then looked under car for earthing wire touched it and it came away in my hands. so thanks you lot for helping me and many others find the faults without getting your **** ripped out by a garrage
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    a3 quattro back wheel came off

    aftermarket alloys and the dodgy garage who sold me them just used the orig bolts instead of longer ones
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    Help! clicking noise coming from wheels on near enough full lock

    it was the cv joints, which i bought a recon/new set for 30 quid and fitted myself in 3 hours after a garage wanted £200 to fit!!!!
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    My S3, fresh from the paint shop!

    very nice, how much did it set you back?
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    a3 quattro back wheel came off

    hope you can help ,i have an a3 1.8 quattro and was driving round a round about and the nearside rear wheel came off,i went about 10 meters before it came to a halt. the bolts used were not long enough and they only haad about 3 threads on them. got the wheel back on and looked under car could...
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    Should my S3 be faster???

    jap crap? honda and bmw are the only car manufacturers to produce a 100bhp per 1 litre of engine naturally aspirated,so not so crap hey
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    remove prop shaft to fit down pipe ?

    hi i followed the forums advice and bought the toyospports down pipe for mt a3 tqs and went to get it fitted at kwickfit and they said they wouldnt touch it as they would have to remove the prop shaft. is this right ? and is there any way around it? also just a quick question, the pipe on the...
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    17705 prersure drop between turbo and throttle valve p1297

    going to change the dv for a forge see if that sorts it
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    17705 prersure drop between turbo and throttle valve p1297

    One was a dealer code and the other I don't remember but the las used a snap on reader to diagnose it
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    17705 prersure drop between turbo and throttle valve p1297

    Cheers nick ,Ive just had it mapped this week what should I say to the guy about sorting it out?
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    HELP !!!! lost pressure a3 1.8 TQS 180

    Also the problem only happens when car is upto 90 deg and there is a problem with the mapped cooling sensor themostat intermitant which it had before the map
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    HELP !!!! lost pressure a3 1.8 TQS 180

    Supertuning.co.uk didd the remap but he sent the map to a guy in york who was a soecialist in vag tuning ,also how much is a dv should I get a forge one and where from
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    HELP !!!! lost pressure a3 1.8 TQS 180

    An update, I've married it down to fault in the remap, maf , dv dirty or faulty, tb dirty ,checked most of the hoses and they look fine.
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    17705 prersure drop between turbo and throttle valve p1297

    have an intermitent fault with no boost and this is the fault it came up with ,anyone know what i should be looking for as im a novice with these engines.
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    HELP !!!! lost pressure a3 1.8 TQS 180

    can anyone point me in the right direction ive been losing boost intermitently for past few days after getting car remapped. so today i got it on the diagnostic thingy and it came back with : 17705 prersure drop between turbo and throttle valve p1297 where the hell do i start and is there any...
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    Help! clicking noise coming from wheels on near enough full lock

    ill check that inmorning, cheers for your help all of you ,guess if its not powersteering fluid ill take it to the local garage for them to look at it
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    Help! clicking noise coming from wheels on near enough full lock

    ive just been and checked and it wont do it on full lock pulling off only when going round a corner accelerating ,at constant speed it wont make a noise
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    Help! clicking noise coming from wheels on near enough full lock

    its when ging round 90 degree corners but its only done it since ive got the new wheels
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    Help! clicking noise coming from wheels on near enough full lock

    I have just put some 225 40 18 tyres on my A3 quattro sport and now when going round tight corners i hear a clicking noise, anyone got any ideas? ive had a look through the forum but none of the other posts seem the same problem