After picking up one of these with a full service history an 154,500 miles I knew when I test drove it there was very little urgency when trying to accelerate, compared to my previous A3 TFSI Special Edition, although that had a very mild remap. I need an estate and have owned Saab Aeros and BMW E36 & E46 estates too, but not an Audi one.
Two changes made a big difference, a change of DV to the latest revision and replacing the fuel filter as it looked like the original since it had the Audi logo on it and nothing in the service book showed it had been changed. It's like a different car to the way it drives and picks up now as it feels like its now been remapped. I've added a pic of the colour of the fuel that came out of the filter when changed and it really was that dark. I will be taking the plugs out to clean and refit as they were only changed 6k miles ago but I suspect that dirty fuel will not have done them any good.
The other changes that helped the running was using Mannol oil flush before changing the oil and using electrical cleaner on the temp sensor in the inlet manifold as well as changing the cam follower which had the black coating worn away. If you haven't changed your fuel filter do it using a good quality brand with better filtration (I used Bosch but rate Mann too), check/replace your diverter valve and do the same with your cam follower.
Has anyone used a stronger spring in the diverter valve and or tightened up the arm on the wastegate with any noticeable positive benefits?
I need to replace the front suspension arms and links as the rubbers are split on both set of arms as well as the headlamps due to misting and also the speedo and rev counter dials since the pixels are starting to go. I've replaced the read pads, bled/replaced the fluid and will bleed the fronts replace the steering fluid and still have the gearbox and diff oils to change. I always do a full fluid refresh on all my cars to get them at OEM+ before any other 'sensible' performance mods. No lowering springs, no 'performance ' panel filter, I say no remap but its' possible and possibly Bilstein B4 shocks as again OEM+.
Pics of the old and the new and just like me, look better from a distance.
Two changes made a big difference, a change of DV to the latest revision and replacing the fuel filter as it looked like the original since it had the Audi logo on it and nothing in the service book showed it had been changed. It's like a different car to the way it drives and picks up now as it feels like its now been remapped. I've added a pic of the colour of the fuel that came out of the filter when changed and it really was that dark. I will be taking the plugs out to clean and refit as they were only changed 6k miles ago but I suspect that dirty fuel will not have done them any good.
The other changes that helped the running was using Mannol oil flush before changing the oil and using electrical cleaner on the temp sensor in the inlet manifold as well as changing the cam follower which had the black coating worn away. If you haven't changed your fuel filter do it using a good quality brand with better filtration (I used Bosch but rate Mann too), check/replace your diverter valve and do the same with your cam follower.
Has anyone used a stronger spring in the diverter valve and or tightened up the arm on the wastegate with any noticeable positive benefits?
I need to replace the front suspension arms and links as the rubbers are split on both set of arms as well as the headlamps due to misting and also the speedo and rev counter dials since the pixels are starting to go. I've replaced the read pads, bled/replaced the fluid and will bleed the fronts replace the steering fluid and still have the gearbox and diff oils to change. I always do a full fluid refresh on all my cars to get them at OEM+ before any other 'sensible' performance mods. No lowering springs, no 'performance ' panel filter, I say no remap but its' possible and possibly Bilstein B4 shocks as again OEM+.
Pics of the old and the new and just like me, look better from a distance.