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Hi all I’m having some bother with my Q3. It has a 2.1A drain on the battery. By removing fuses I narrowed it down to the climate control unit and then confirmed it by unplugging the unit itself with the fuse refitted giving me a perfect 25mA drain. The climate control unit has 4 plugs on the...

Hi everyone im old to forum but new to the 8l section (usually in the 8p section) I have some trouble with my a3, it has erratic idle and smells fumey from the exhaust. Fault code 01177 - engine control unit, 37-00 faulty (what's the chances of it actually being fault, car seems to drive...

Hi everyone havnt posted here for a while, looking for some advice on my bkd'd a3, basically my on board mpg averages 45-50mpg, but when I work it out manually I'm actually getting about 30-35mpg which is absolutely shocking, I picked up on this when I realised I only got 60miles out of £10, so...

Hi I'm looking at getting some paint for my a3, the sticker says lz5c/lz5c when I google that i can't get a straight answer, that paint code is bringing up.. •Ocean blue •mauratisblau •mauratis blue •mauratis blue pearl Lz5c/2y I can't get my head around what my car actually is because...

Hi everyone I'm having trouble with my car. Ok il try and explain the best I can, it's an a3 bkd, it feels very slightly under powered, at idle I can hear a slight air hissing noise From the vacuum solenoid block (black box,6 pipes going to it) having someone blip the throttle I can hear a loud...

Right everyone. The whole wiper motor / hid issue has been known about for a very long time now.. •Surly someone other than welldone knows a fix? •Welldone are very secretive about the kit but I'm sure it must be something simple? •Has anyone taken apart a welldone kit and what have...

Hi welldone have messaged me saying some of you are planning a group buy on the forum. Could I possibly join in and when is this going to happen? Thanks

Hi all found a replacement tailgate for my damaged one. Seller will not post so does anyone no the weight and dimensions so I can arrange my own courier please?

Hi everyone I'm looking for a boot spoiler for my 3door sport. I've noticed the genuine ones are hard to come by second hand, wondering if anyone has used any replicas. I don't like the vortex I've already decided that. But there are s3 replicas on eBay for a reasonable price. Have Been looking...

Hi all I no it's not an a3 but want to get a touch up pen for the mrs a4 and the info sticker is non existent in the boot or manual. I no I'm in the wrong place but I was denied permission to post in the a4 section for what ever reason. Thanks

Just remapped my a3 2.0bkd tonight. Very happy with the increase in power. I used mpps cable and a file that I arranged with Andrew at black smoke. Just £45 for the file which included an egr delete and hot start fix. Can anyone recommend any cheap and simple mods to go with it, I'm a mechanic...

Hi everyone just got myself a vagcom cable, am located in Redruth, Camborne, Truro area of Cornwall. If anyone wants anything doing pm me

Recently fitted a recon turbo to find it is leaking oil, and also a loud hiss under load (egr manifold gasket needs replacing) the oil is dripping out very fast from the chra, have spoke to the seller of the turbo (quality turbos uk) who says he has the same conversation with 4 out of 5...

Hi everyone, replaced my turbo yesterday, fitted new gaskets ECt, my oil return pipe from the turbo seems to be leaking oil literally as fast as it's getting to the turbo, I removed the return pipe and doubled up the gaskets using old and new, still seams to be leaking but looks like it's coming...

A3 8P facelift bonnet to complete my split grill to sline single grill conversion. any colour as will be resprayed anyway, must be posted and i can pay via paypal. although if anyone has one in cornwall could collect. can anyone help? thanks

having problems with my car, its an a4 2.0tdi estate with the (BLB) engine. after about 20mins of driving the orange glow plug coil light starting flashing after a big judder. from this point onward it stalled at junctions while slowing down and at top end of revs it felt like a missfire...

heres my car, only had it a few months. in this time the heads been off under warrenty, what a pain in backside that was. head was fine apparently but new gasket seems to of cured the water loss.. thinking about doing the facelift sline front conversion. (should have just bought an sline lol)...