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Sorry for the delay responding The head was supposedly tested however he couldnt get the valves to seal with his vacuum thing but said it could be down to a bit of oil in the hydraulics so only charged me for the clean and skim. He offered to strip and re lap the valves in at a cost of £160...

Any suggestions? thanks

Well after getting the head off it was sent in to be cleaned and skimmed I have since refitted it with new gaskets, head bolts, cam belt, waterpump, tensioner, thermostat, expansion tank cap and full sevice Has been running for around 80 miles, seems to still be slightly pressurising the...

if the head comes back with cracks then its a new head time and not the easiest part to acquire as usually they seem to be sold on complete engines so i expect too much cost involved if it comes back as all good i suppose its worth a try with a new gasket. Thanks Stu

well the head gasket looked rough and the head is in for checking so if that comes back fine i dont know wether to just slap a new gasket on it and see what happens or not. Stu

its nothing to do with if i can afford it m8, its wether it's economically viable to be doing it, this is not my toy or race car its my wife's daily and with £4000GBP already into it spending upwards of a grand chasing and changing parts that are deep in the engine then i have to say no Stu

i understand that the compression reading were p**s poor at best but it also had the mayonaise everywhere a while ago that was crutched with a bottle of steel seal either way if it is indeed the rings it gets scrapped and i buy her something else. the head is currently at an engineering firm...

if its the rings the car is going for recycling m8. Thanks for the help tho Stu

is that change all off the piston rings? stu

well the head is off, some pics

i had thought that but there are a few that offer 12 months guarantee, however with the cost and what we have already spent on the car it wouldnt be the sensible thing to do so dont want to scrap it. Thanks for you help m8 Stu

indeed except i cant get the car near my garage due to 2 rx7's being in the way and secondly i didnt want to strip the engine as i could sell it as running but knackered and pull something back out of it rather than end up having to break it. stu

hi all and thanks in advance for any help. Currently my wife's 2003 s3 8l bam has been getting harder and harder to start It had a problem using water a while ago and i added some steelseal, this stopped the water use A few weeks ago i noticed mayo in the cam cover so carried out a oil and...

the requested boost max was 1020 mBar on one of the runs last night. Stu

No boost leaks that i know of. I have recently fitted a large fmic so mostly all new clips and all hoses were nipped up at the same time. Not logging any faults on either the liquid gauge or my super vag thing from china. Fuel trims...... is this information i can get from the liquid gauge...

Air flow sensor knackered? Or a very mild remap as far as boost use is concerned? The car was on its standard intercoolers when i bought it. It does have some aftermarket mods and has had the n249 bypassed Stu

Just back from a run out, Pressure cmd max 1020 mBar Airflow 203 g/s and 247 bhp this evening All on seperate runs as only one screen at a time on the liquid gauge. Thanks Stu

its still holding 12psi, i have never seen the spike before and the only reason i know of it now is because of the liquid gauge showing the max boost. No matter how hard i tried i couldnt get it to do it again. Thanks Stu

No idea m8, i have got to nip out again shortly so will have a look. Just put the liquid gauge onto airflow and give it some death? Thanks Stu

Hi all, A month-ish ago i bought my first s3. its a facelift 03 plate that had some mods fitted. Since buying i have fitted a large fmic and a liquid gauge. When i bought the car the seller said it had not had a remap but the numbers from the liquid guage dont seem to back that up. It is...