Cheers ppl, it was a blockage in my pressurised coolant system causing my car to spit the coolant out !!
Cost a fortune to find problem but its now cured - am chuffed I don't have to part with my stage 1 a3 sportback 2.0 tdi........
My car is losing small amounts of coolant over a 3/4 day period & my car heaters are crap - head gasket & egr cooler checked & ok.
Water pump stripped off & checked - ok
Audi specialist is stumped !!
Any idea's from the gods' on ere ?
Cos I'll be gutted if its gotta go.......
Got a 2006 A3 2.0 tdi Quattro and losing coolant ( slowly ) in Audi specialist & he said vagcom is pointing towards cylinder head or Egr cooler ??
What sort if money is a refurb head or to refurb my own ?
Once done has any one had issues with it going again ??
Cheers
Baz.
HELP - Does anyone know the whats the best way to replace the sensor in the coolant bottle ?
Do you replace the take & sensor or just the sensor ?
Where best place to purchase a new one ?
Cheers ppl
When I'm driving my dash keeps lighting up saying coolant. If I stop & look at bottle while engine running it looks well below level. If I open the cap I get a swish of air & the water rises to the correct level ? Does the same when I turn engine off !
Yet the temp gauge never moves from 90* ...
What a difference this makes to my car, feels like its up 50% in power !!
Was a standard 170 2.0 tdi quattro
Now its mapped upto 220 & pulls all the way thru the gears ~ one very happy man !!!
Well my 2.0 tdi quattro 170 has had the dpf removed & i got her booked into Bigfish for a dpf delete & remap this Saturday > anybody had theirs done on same car ? What numbers ya hitting & any downsides to this route of more power ??
Only just realised my heaters are next to none existent, blowers are working fine but the heat side of the system is pathetic ??? Any help would be appreciated..........
My brothers' Dpf light kept coming on & it finally went I to limp mode ( nightmare ). Took it to Jb0o at Hartlepool for a regen / remove limp mode to no avail !
So finally persuaded him to have the Dpf removed manually from the car & a remap / delete Dpf from software by Big fish running of...
Driving my dads car back fr wearside Audi, the rear window wiper motor loom started to smoke like made, i turned round & took back into Audi who stripped the plastic covers off to eeveal a melted loom ?
Have any1 heard or had a similar issue & what happned ????
Put my car into Audi Sunderland on sat am, told me to collect at 12 - all injectors to be changed, but Audi will not change the loom under recall anymore ???
went to collect my car, I was told my car was now running lumpy / like ****e............ ??
they gonna order a loom to correct this...
Ordered an iPhone cradle for my A3, came today / fitted in seconds and am well impressed - better then a daft 12v lead to charge it all the time !!
Looks well in the car, very professional looking bit of kit IMO.........:rockwoot:
Can any1 give me any info on what rights I have with booking my car into Audi, it goes in on the 11th & I would like as much back up info to fire at them to make sure the car will be given the full recall As it should !!
Don't want them bluffing me & saying only two injectors need replacing...
Just wondering as there seems to be a lot of problems with peoples motors yet I've been led to believe these are the most reliable car ever ????
Come on & tell me how good your car is & post a pic, I pick mine up this week & you's have got me flapp'n..............:kissmyrings:
Hello all,
My name is Baz, I've just bought my first Audi a3 sport back tdi quattro, just wanted be be polite, loving reading all ya threads and support / replies...........
Pick my car up next week, probably thursday............. Am chuffed !
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