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    Dpf DIY

    hi all so it's been a whil, I checked the exhaust and all is good there,I cleaned the egr and manifold aswell, When I done the dpf delete I opend the flap moter because of a shudder when switching off the engine,the white cog was missing a tooth so I turned it 180 degrees an it worked perfect ...
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    Need advice on towing a caravan please

    Hi all,I bought a touring caravan that I will be towing with a 07 avant, the car has a 13 pin socket that has 3 pins missing I know I can get the van converted to 13 pin as it only has the black and gray plugs at the moment so I need to know do I need to have the socket on the car rewired...
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    Dpf DIY

    I brought the car back to him today and he scanned it, there are no faults so he wants to keep it for a day or two and drive it himself,I need the car so I'm going to drive it away until I can take off the exhaust and see if that wire mesh had come off,I'm hoping it traveled back to the back...
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    Dpf DIY

    If was the case that some of the insulation was left in there and blocked up somewhere along the exhaust would that cause the problem that I'm having,also that mesh ring inside the housing I left that in do you think if that came off would it go back to the back box and block up there?
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    Dpf DIY

    Hijack away pall the more info the better,If your handy with a spanner do it your self but I'll be honest it's can be daunting, but at the end of the day it's only nuts n bolts.i saved 150 euro doing it myself a half decent socket set will do most of the work
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    Dpf DIY

    Not at all cool out lol, but he better fuc**n fix it,I'm hooked on flooring it away from the lights when there's a Fella beside me thinking look at your man driving daddy's station wagon
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    Dpf DIY

    Ya hopefully its something simple,he is meant to be the go to guy for this sort of stuff,he doesn't just do mapping his place at any one time has 15/20 high spec cars in there,and there about 10 different laptops and computers on trolleys around the place so by the looks of it he knows what he...
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    Dpf DIY

    Hi Paul,I will waiting at the door on Monday morning for him to check it out.He told my that he uses some company in Germany for the mapping, he sends them some sort of info about the car what I don't know and they send back the new info to map it,is there any truth in that or do ye write the...
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    Dpf DIY

    All was going so well, car is still driving fine but doesn't seem to have the same power it had after being mapped I know people say you use't to it but it is deffinetly not as powerful as it was two days ago,there's no lights on either. Any ideas ?
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    Dpf DIY

    I'll have a look at them seals cheers.
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    Dpf DIY

    WOW :) Car now mapped and ##ck does it move, the lad that done it said it was approx 200 bhp, it feels like more and pulls mental in every gear and sounds good too.only thing is the smell of fumes inside the car now and then I had a look at the flexie joint when it was off, the wire stuff...
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    Dpf DIY

    Ya booked in for Thursday morning,so is the cat actually part of the dpf then?
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    Dpf DIY

    Cheers Karl so is it safe to drive it for a few days before its mapped? Any idea about the cat I read somewhere that there was a space between the.cat and dpf but from what I could see it was the same honey comb Block the whole way trough
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    Dpf DIY

    So all went well so far,only prob I have is I think I might have taken the cat aswell.i didn't cut it open I managed to get the down pipe off fairly easy so went that way I broke out bit by bit assuming I would come to the end of the dpf and then see the cat but not such luck it was one complete...
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    Vcds virgin

    As the title says I know nothing about vcds,I have had my faire share of audis over the years and every one of them had there problems so it's time to get me some vcds, So my questions are Where do I get it, How much is it, Do I just install it in my own laptop and off I go, And what are the...
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    S4 B7 grille conversion? All mesh, no plate filler

    Ya I think it looks a bit much without the centre bar.i wonder would it be possible to use the s line mesh/grill as a template to curve a flat sheet of the honeycomb with a hot air gun ?
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    Dpf DIY

    Cheers for that cyrex I'll be starting it later today so all goin we'll be back in the car in the morning
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    Dpf DIY

    If I remove the dpf does it have to be mapped straight away or could I drive away for a while,I'm afraid dy driving it the way it is it will do damage to the turbo or worse, so hopeing to do it this weekend along with the manafold flap motor but won't be able to get it mapped for a week or...
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    S4 B7 grille conversion? All mesh, no plate filler

    Why don't you just buy the the honeycomb mesh on its own why use a rs6 grill?
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    Dpf DIY

    Cheers paul I got that,so do you have advice on gutting the dpf, do I need to cut it open or can it be done through the exit side of the housing