Afternoon All - for some reason (user error is highly likely) I can't mark this as sold, however please be advised it's been sold (sob) as of the weekend just gone.
With a heavy heart I'm putting this up for sale - I'd prefer it to go to an Audi sport member and keep it well looked after. First things first - timewasters & daft questions will be ignored (this isn't faceache so hopefully that won't be an issue)
Selling due to employer getting rid of company...
Having done exactly what you're describing when I first got my Avant... DON'T get RAC european cover. Use anyone else, my experience with RAC left me £1300 out of pocket (I managed to get £800 back but it took months), damage to my car caused by the garage & lots of stress - all because of a...
I bought some polishing pads from fleabay to use with a hand-held drill/driver. they're more aggressive than a hand polish, by the same token they'll go through lacquer and paint quickly too.
Meguaires Scratch X is the best polishing compound I've used so far.
Unless of course you've tried...
Did you get the car on ramps to access it Pie? The cooler hose round the back of the engine block looks like a job for smaller hands than mine.
It'd be nice to get the turbo off for a scrub too as I'm assuming it's full of the soot that killed the last EGR valve.
I've had a carbon clean about 18...
Hi Mike, my understanding is that the battery may need coding in when replaced - has this been done?
Secondly my EGR failed some time ago (same car/engine) and gave me similar issues but stopped working completely not long after limp mode/coil light & smoke started.
My understanding is that the stock difference between 140 & 170 is turbo and injector type (although I think we all got hit by the injector recall).
So stage 1 on mine took it from 170 (give or take a few bolted horses..) to roughly 210 ish.. it's now reported to be 220+ which we'll call stage...
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