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  1. Laurie P

    Strange engine startup sound

    Depends what you're driving, sounds a bit like oil starvation... Plenty of folks on here will be able to tell you exactly what it is.
  2. Laurie P

    3.0 tdi quattro clutch help in Scotland.

    Try Star Performance in Dysart. Audi specialists - Jim there knows his stuff and doesn't charge the earth.
  3. Laurie P

    Tdi 130 ASZ - which front discs?

    Hi folks - need a bit of advice - going to do front discs and pads on the little car, but ECP have a number of sizes of front discs for the car - 256mm 280mm 288mm .... can anyone tell me which size I need? Car is 8L 1.9tdi 130 SE - engine code ASZ Thanks in advance.
  4. Laurie P

    Headlight range issues - S4

    It might just have jumped off the mounting, I fixed my same issue with zip ties
  5. Laurie P

    Air Con not working - advice please!

    I had this problem with mine when I got it, same issue - was the compressor. Wasn't cheap as I recall a couple of hundred quid.
  6. Laurie P

    Found this in my oil

    Me too...
  7. Laurie P

    headlamp wash jets.

    you need to take the bumper off and bolt them in from below
  8. Laurie P

    AVF 1.9TDI Quattro driving like a bag of crap

    Maybe you've disturbed the MAF sensor, if getting the airbox out was a pain. I did this, to my shame, in almost exactly the same circumstances.
  9. Laurie P

    How weird is this?

    Must be Sod's law! It's not heat related as it had been doing it all the time. Someone mentioned to me about using only neat screenwash, and that using water or a mix could have been the reason....
  10. Laurie P

    1.8t BEX Oil feed / pickup cost?

    Folks, am keen to do some preventative maintenance, so would appreciate thoughts on how much I should budget for sump drop / oil feed pipe mod. Car's fine, FSH, no issues and I change the oil religiously every 6k but I'm thinking to do it in any case. How much should I be setting aside for it?
  11. Laurie P

    How weird is this?

    Forum chums, here's a conundrum ... For the past few weeks my car has been weeping screenwash in fairly decent amounts, noticeable on account of blue puddles under the car, dribbling from each side of the undertray directly under each headlight. I have headlight washers, so I pulled one of the...
  12. Laurie P

    Help!! A4 1.8t quattro clutch Sachs or LUK?

    Me too - garage fitted 3 different LUK clutch / Sachs flywheel combos which all slipped, fitted LUK all thru and its plain sailing since then, and that's with a remap on...
  13. Laurie P

    Definitive list of recalls on the A4 B6?

    Phone Audi customer service - I did for mine when I bought least year (04 plate) and they identified Coil Packs recall - all sorted for free!
  14. Laurie P

    Audi 2.5 v6 TDI mpg issues...Help

    Terraclean as a start - a good investment
  15. Laurie P

    Power steering failure

    You're welcome mister moo - can't help you find a garage but shouldn't be too pricey
  16. Laurie P

    Potentially stupid brakes question...

    thanks everyone, will get them done this weekend
  17. Laurie P

    Potentially stupid brakes question...

    Thanks pauldazzle - that's what I thought, I thought I'd been misinformed, hence asking the question.
  18. Laurie P

    Potentially stupid brakes question...

    Hi folks, 2004 B6 1.8t Quattro 190 - I need to change rear discs and pads. I'd normally do this myself, but not sure if I can do on this car without using VCDS to wind in the pistons. Any advice appreciated. Thanks
  19. Laurie P

    Power steering failure

    Try a place called driveshafts uk - I've used them a load of times - got a price for a recon (with old rack return) rack for 150 for my a4 1.8t BEX
  20. Laurie P

    How to remove washer nozzles?

    Hi folks, need a bit of help. Am having to replace the windscreen scuttle panel on my wife's AS (2002, 1.9tdi 130) - all is fine, except when it comes to popping out the existing washer jets so i can swap them to the new scuttle panel. I can get the jets to pop out (pushing them from behind) but...