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My rack is ******* and making nasty sounds. Drops all the fluid in a few hours. My friend has several MK4 Golfs. Are those steering racks compatible? I called up VW, they aren't much help.

I have this turbo i got for free. Needs renovating. I've been told it fits the stock manifold on the A3, and should be bolt on with a different inlet pipe. Not sure how much truth there is to that. I already have a K03s, with a turbo back miltek. Not sure how much of an upgrade it would...

First off i should mention my A3 is facelifted and has one of those tachs where the temp and fuel gauge needle gets out of alignment. Anyways, im having some issues with the water temp warning coming on from time to time. Im assuming Its an electrical issue since when the light comes on the...

I've had to change the crank position sensor 3 times over the past 7 years i've owned the car. OEM sensors. Seems a bit much. Could there be any specific reason for that? Also, the car has been parked for one and half year, with the same oil in it. Before it was parked i had just changed the...

Sparkplug in cylinder 1 is stuck. No idea if it's turning or, if the sparkplug is rounded, or if the thread in the head is ******. Will remove valve cover when I have more time and have a look what is going on. If worst comes to worst and the thread is done, then the head is pretty much done in...

One of these has come for sale a few hours from me. It's an '86, 2.2 10vt. Completely stock. They are rarely for sale anywhere remotely near me outside Germany, and on the rare occasion they are, the prices are ridiculous. Anything associated quattro i5 turbo. Call it the "Group B Tax" if you...

What actually causes this to come on? I just got home after being on the freeway. The car will randomly become jerky for a split second after getting on it WOT. The idle will be raised to around 1100 (like its on the cold start map). The car will feel slightly hesistant when cranking, but it...

I know this is a direct swap, but will it drive properly without a new map? I'm okay with power being down for a month. Right now it is remapped to somewhere between 210 and 220hp. Custom maps here are around 6-700 pounds, and spending that the same month as getting an OEM Ko4 might be a bit too...

Went to check my oil, and I saw my oil cap and dipstick is covered in this yellowish goo. Googling suggest anything from a blown head gasket to cold weather and lots of small trips where the oil doesn't get warm enough. My workplace is within 3 km, so I do make lots of small trips, I Just don't...

I am trying to swap a cluster in my A3. It's faulty and shows water temp and gas way off. I got a guy to pull the codes on the old one, with VCDS and extract the new one, however he was unable to enter the immobilizer code, as VCDS never asked for it. It's a non canbus A3 1.8T AUM from 2001. The...

This came on, on my way home tonight. Literally 10 minutes ago. Car runs like always, oil and water checked, no weird noises. 3 years ago I had this same problem, and it was the crank sensor. Haven't had problems since. Am I relatively safe to drive to work in the morning? Its an A3 1,8T AUM...

My A3 1.8T which has some minor mods done to it, turboback milltek, forge dv, Jetex cone, the usual stuff. Its dropping in boost, slowly but surely. I bought the car stock at 132.000Km, got it remapped at around 135.000Km and now its just done 170. How long do these turbos last? It's a 2002, so...

My friend has an old ebay FMIC laying around from his E30. I can get it dirt cheap. Would it give me added turbo lag, or would the difference be so little i wouldnt notice it? He would help me do some custom piping so i can keep my fogs so there would probably be more pipe bends than normal. A3...

The black container is ticking like a mofo. Has for a long time. What's it for? Also: This connector of sorts wont attach properly. What's it for, and what sorts of issues could i be looking at? It's behind the coolant expansion tank (not sure if thats the right word in english) It attaches...

I recently failed inspection because my handbrake button is stuck. When i release the handbrake, the button get's stuck inside and wont come out on it's own. The only way for me to get it out is knocking on the handle a bunch of times. Has anyone come across this problem before? I already tried...

2002 A3 1.8T Sometimes my car wont boost past 0.5 bar at WOT. The boost is not jerky or irregular, it just wont go past 0.5. Turning the engine off and back on makes it boost to 1.2 bar again. Its only happended a few times in the past year. Its remapped with a full milltek exhaust, and some...

I have posted in here several times about my issue with the 02J gearbox. Now i have a factory brand new 02J, and a new OEM clutch, and the issue persist. The old one had a hole in it. The symptoms are occasional knocking when going second gear, and a slight crunchy sound when going third. Both...

On my way home just now, i noticed second gear was whining, sounded sort of like when you are going reverse. Then later on, third started aswell. Car drives like it always does and pulls nicely. The whining stops when you let go of the throttle, and comes back the instant you touch it. Should i...

For some reason, whenever my MAF is plugged in, and i accelerate with like 1/3 throttle, it keeps dumping the boost every few seconds. It makes for an uncomfortable ride. It feels like the car stops accelerating completely for a brief second, again and again. Its enough to get you to move...

When i go into second gear, before i let go of the clutch, a knock can sometimes be heard, unless i do it really carefully. Normal gearchange, it knocks. I can produce this sound, if i "pump" the cluctch at low speeds at 5-10 mph, in second gear. It is not that loud of a knock, but it is clearly...