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hi all just a bit of help needed to diagnose my issue - was driving back to wolves the other day when i noticed smoke out the back - slight blue tinge so could be turbo seals i thought, smelt strongly of burnt oil too. managed to pull over and on idle it smoked an awful lot. there was oil...

hi all, already researched it and found the link on here to a vaglinks pdf with vw/audi paint codes from 1994-1999 and it's not on there and when i search separately for the code itself nothing comes up, anyway it's l47z - some kind of dark blue apparently, basically i need a new bumper and was...

Right so me and rob have decided to hold a meet at Beaulieu motor museum car park same as always for anyone that's up for coming, vcds will be present and there will be free scanning! as well as great company with the likes of myself... and rob! other than that we have a chat, compare cars, go...

whilst in for some diagnostics and service today at midland vw the car was dynoed on a non happy dyno aka the realistic ones at 272.9hp @ 5425rpm and 293.7lbft @ 4325rpm. happy with that. got some pics of the printout. doesn't go into much detail though...

right as has been mentioned in a few threads now there hasn't been a meet for quite some time... well one that I've been to anyway and i'm supposed to be arranging them...! sort of. so what i'm proposing is we get some things arranged - i'm well aware the south east is a big area so we can have...

last night I was driving along the m54 doing about 75-80ish when I put my foot down and there's no boost and the engine warning light starts flashing and then goes off. however this has left me every time I put my foot down and get to between 3-4k revs the power dies and it sounds really strange...

Right everyone, the time has come to change cars and would like people's opinions, currently drive my modded s3 8l but need something a lot more fuel efficient but i'd like it still to be quick. so far I have narrowed it down to a 330D M sport. Realistically I have up to about £9-9.5k to spend...

Hi guys, next week I move to cosford as i've been assigned to RAF cosford and was wondering where the best tuners/servicing specialists etc is in the area. cosford is like half way between wolverhampton and telford.. sort of..! cheers, Josh

i have an 8l s3 bam and at the end of last week I used an ultrasonic cleaner to clean out my injectors and fpr, put it all back together - bit of trouble strarting but got it going and all was well. next morning - when the car had been sat for the night it wouldnt start again - just turns and...

vrbob, future and I were discussing the possibility of getting one of these arranged the other day and have subsequently fired off an email to Regal Autosport (S'ton). Awaiting reply but thought I'd start a thread about getting something finalised. The location is not set in stone so we could...

Just a quick question - fitted my catch can yesterday to my S3 and didn't fit a 1 way check valve into the brake servo line. car runs really rich, huntsto start with then revs up to 2000 rpm and stays there with loud sucking noises from the tip, is in limp mode, backfires all the time and when...

After over 6 months of application process including fitness, medicals, aptitude testing and a 3 day course at RAF Halton inc. more tests and fitness etc I have passed the final interview and have made it into the RAF! I will be going in as an Aircraft Technician (Mechanical) and have lots of...

Hi guys, the next meet will be in August, not the 12th as that's AITP! :) So I'm suggesting the Sunday after which will be the 19th August. If not that then the 26th? The meet is held at Beaulieu Motor museum car park - follow the one way system round past the entrance to the museum and we park...

Well today I have seen 2 other 8L S3s and an RS4. The y reg S3 8L was silver and had german style pressed plates and parked on parkstone high street in the morning. the other S3 8L was silver again and driving in constitution hill road in poole I was in my blue S3 8L going the opposite way. And...

The place to post pics of your meets/ track days/ convoys/road trips etc!

1. Jtothed (Josh) Bournemouth/ Benson - 8L S3 2. Todd1983 - Dartford - S4 b5 3. iR8V8 - Brighton - R8 V8 & S3 8L 4. harvey01 (Simon) - S3 8L 5. Westy - Hertfordshire & Cambridgeshire - 8L S3 6. Knoxie- harlow/essex - 8L S3 7. jaimieA3 - cheshunt - 8L A3 1.8t 8. actualeddie - waltham abbey -...

On Sunday I had a quick detailing session to enhance the S3. I'm by no means the greatest valeter/detailer in the world and like most of us I just like to have a clean looking car. Luckily I'm able to utilise the jet wash at work, but we don't have sno foam or anything fancy like that! Just a...

full LED interior lights mods - thanks trups! - front dome/maps - rear dome - red door lights - door puddle lights - number plate LEDs - boot lights also have done the glove box and sunvisors but forgot to get pics of those!

On Saturday night I had just come from a massive multimeet mostly jap stuff but a few of us decided to roll down there in our vag stuff and represent... as you do. I promptly left at 945pm to catch the Haye fight, and what a good decision that turned out to be. So as I drove 3 mates and I down...