Recent content by silverswish

Turned out to be the fuel pump relay under the dash. New relay and it starts everytime.

Hi all, I had a visit from 4RingsLtd the other week to investigate the stalling, backfiring, engine cutting out and poor performance of my Audi A3 1.6 97 and they found the following fault codes: 00537 - Lamba Oxygen Sensor Lower Unit 00513 - Engine Speed Sensor Implausible Signal -...

Maybe it's the head gasket? Started to lose some coolant too and slight mayonnaise on the oil cap.

But surely me disconnecting the maf and the engine struggling more so than when it's connected means that it is not the maf?

Definitely not the MAF, I disconnected it and the engine struggles to stay running. Any more ideas? I haven't had the car serviced in ages which doesn't help. Spark plugs haven't been changed for at least 17,000 miles??

Ok the car has now started backfiring, like a huge pop/bang when driving, what is going on??

Could engine sludge cause this problem?

For the past two weeks my car has developed a major problem. While driving, the engine will rev to 4k from 2k, back down to 1k and sometimes it stalls. It's not a small drop in revs but a major drop that causes the car to jerk. The car will even stall and randomly start a split second after...

Bump - Can anyone confirm this?

What is the hub bore size on a 1.6 Audi A3 1997? I need to get some spigot rings. Any help would be great. :beerchug:

Ok so my 1997 Audi A3 1.6 is overheating when in stand still. When I start the car the temperature light starts flashing even though I have only just started the engine. The temperature light will go out and then randomly start flashing again and the computer isn't telling the cooling fan to...

I heard that some of the connections from the ecu can get corroded because it is located just under the cowl covers so I'm going to remove the ECU squirt in some switch cleaner. I haven't had the change to get it scanned for fault codes because I can't get it off the drive to Audi. Also, why...

Just removed the cowl cover and the front wipers to access the ECU, the haynes manual is telling me that disconnecting the wiring of the ECU will mean that I need to get it re coded by an audi dealer when I connect it again. Would I really need to get the ECU re coded? When trying to start the...

Hi all, Does anyone know how to remove the ECU? My car hasn't been able to start for a while and am going to check the ECU because I heard that the connections can sometime corrode. Any pictures of the location on the ECU? Cheers, Chris.

Just tried again to start the car, all lights go out including the immo light and it still doesn't start. This is getting a little strange. I'm located in Aylesford, Kent.