Cheers for the info :) i've seen the wheeler dealers repair before but mines is totally knackered can only see the colours, no pixels at all and my date and time lcd is pretty much the same! Can only try though...
Weeellll! Its been an eventful few months of being an a3 owner
I spun out on black ice into an old womans iron fence just after christmas (the fence only got repaired last night for anyone who cares) lol
i then resorted to this to get me about untill i got a new bumper - might aswell...
@VAG-Slag got my intercooler on and running, welded up a mount which means the full crash bar and intercooler assembly come off in one piece, can be mounted to any mk4 platform (i presume!) well chuffed with it though mounted my DV on the cold side but cant see it in the pic
My display is knackered, if i were to just swap the cluster over will this bring on any immobiliser issues? I know it can on newer vag cars but not sure about my a3
Cheers folks
any folks from the lanarkshire area going to this? thinking of meeting somewhere and driving up if so, could meet at peggy whites and jump on the M8 from there
awesome mate thanks :icon thumright: had a little bump on my way to work so the intercooler is the silver lining to that cloud! will let you know how i get on
@VAG-Slag got most of the pipework here and ordered the maf sensor pipe, are you running a k03s? Not sure if it is a 54 - 63mm reducer i will also need
thanks mate :hi:
hi mate! had the same problem as you a few months back! if i was you i would check the pressure relief valve on the oil cooler they can be bad for getting blocked and sticking, i took the oil cooler off and gave it a good inspection and clean out it should be pretty noticeable once the cooler is...
Cheers lads appreciate it! @Prawn i had a read at your track a3 build, that is one awesome car aswell mate!
Well it should roughly around 200 bhp once the new clutch is in, would like to get it dyno'd at some point but lots of things to see to first ;)
And i was VERY lucky with the oil pump, its...
i recently got a toyosports one from ebay, the exhaust itself seems really good quality but the gaskets supplied are mince! they were fine at first but after about 600 miles one has started blowing so i would also order genuine gaskets aswell bud whatever you decide to buy!
Hi everybody :)
Been reading alot of peoples build threads so thought i'd share my progress so far!
I purchased my 2001 a3 from my cousin in april this year and tbh since then i've had a few issues but im getting there with it and still enjoying it.
So here it is roughly a year ago:
And...
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