Recent content by Andy_M

Hi, I bought my 08 plate 2.0TDI Sportback in Feb and the time has come to replace the front tyres (the near-side needs doing especially as its more worn than I thought). The car currently has 235/45/17 all round (Bravuris tyres - not a brand I've heard of) and my plan was just to replace the...

Hi, My lost power saga appears to be annoyingly continuing after thinking it had been resolved. A quick potted history... I bought my car from a friend and it test drove well, however I knew at the time that he'd been doing some lower mileage work in it prior to the purchase (the price was...

Hi mate. Yeah, been running mine for a couple of weeks now and love it. :) I bought it from these guys (but via their eBay shop), they were really helpful too... https://www.dynamicsounds.co.uk/connects2-ctaadbt004-audi-a2-a3-a4-tt-bluetooth-handsfree-interface-adaptor-2026751508.html Your...

Just to be clear I'm not expecting this add any additional performance to the package, more recover some potentially lost performance from the chance of it being gunked up. The previous owner did a lot of short stop/start commutes in the final few months of ownership (when I took it for a blast...

Hi, I'm not 100% sure if I've got any reduced flow/EGR problems but I do think the car is slightly down on performance. Longer-term my plan is to strip and clean the manifold, do a Mr Muscle on the turbo and map the EGR out of the system completely with full blanks. However... in the...

Just to close the loop on this... On Sunday I took the fuel filter apart and got slightly concerned as I couldn't see any evidence that it was the source of the leak. As I had it apart anyway (and a new filter/o-ring from Mike) I thought I'd carry on and see. I managed to use 2 pairs of pliers...

Sorry, I totally forgot to follow up with this after talking about it! I fitted mine too (after a slight bit of faffing that eventually got sorted) and I'm also pretty happy with it. I've routed mine into the glovebox by drilling a hole for the loom at the back and then run the microphone...

Right... I have a bit more info on this now, not really any the wiser... Firstly, I wanted to establish if I was seeing a turbo failure as I still wasn't sure what was going on with the blower. I tried the car with an WiFi OBD2 dongle in and setup some gauges on DashCommand and it would seem...

Cheers. It certainly seems connected as I've just counted the number of patches on the floor of my regular parking space and it roughly matches up with the number of days I've had the power issue. Going to get it resolved (first port of call is going to be a bit of lid 'persuasion' with a hammer...

@mjr901 I've just opened up a parts request a second ago. That okay or shall I PM you the details as well? Cheers.

I'll drop him a line and see what sort of price it's going to be. Cheers.

Hmmm... okay so I decided to go out in the rain to investigate this a bit further quickly. Looks like we might certainly have a candidate for cack-handed mechanic of the day after finding this... As they have tightened down the screws so much it seemingly has bent the casing lid I'm...

Thanks SAILO. Yeah, sorry I know that is the fuel filter, it was more that I originally thought there was an oil leak around that end of the engine. However it certainly now seems like a fuel leak. I've had a closer look and to me it looks like the top isn't properly flush to the casing so I...

Okay, update on this based on my drive into work... Firstly, the power is most definitely down. It gets up there eventually but the torque is down and the throttle response feels off, it has to be driven more like a petrol engine (higher up the rev range) otherwise it just bogs down. Fuel...

Hi, Okay, please bear with me. This is my first turbo car so I'm still getting to grips with the mechanics and I'm hoping some knowledgeable people can chip in to remove some of my stress. Right, I've got a 2007 2.0 TDI (140) Sportback that I bought 3 weeks ago. It has been driving fine and...