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  1. ricostuart

    There are days where you really love your job....

    And this is one of them!
  2. ricostuart

    Dyno Questions

    Hey all, Got a couple of questions for you lot. I put my B7 S4 onto a DynaPack dyno (hyb dyno) today to test out the dyno software and need a few pointers from anyone who might know. Firstly, what is the diff ratios for the front/center/rear (ie final drive)? It is the tiptronic gearbox...
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    [Q] Does Anyone Know What This Is?

    I had to remove the RNS-e to remove my ashtray unit from the S4 as I had some coins fall down the back and block the lid from moving correctly. While I was there, I cleaned up some wiring and found this behind the unit. I've never seen it before but it is wired into the headunit. Any ideas?
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    urgent help!!!

    I have an s4 which failed the mot today due to the drivers side headlight not going to high beam when the lights are on. The passenger side did. Disabled the passenger side light and I cannot hear the high beam plate moving. Can anyone help to find out why? Is there a fuse or anything?
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    S4 engine air piping question

    Does anyone have a workshop manual that explains what air or vacuum pipes are on the front of the engine? The reason I ask is on cold days like now, on first start there seems to be a leak from somewhere at the front making annoying sound. After 15-30 seconds it stops suddenly. I believe it...
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    HELP!!! Car not running right

    Ok so I decided today to change the belt on the s4 as the old one was very old. All changed, all plugged together but now won't run right. It starts but with a bit of objection and idles a little low. But if I put any rev on it stalls or very nearly stalls. Any ideas why? No laptop with me so...
  7. ricostuart

    Gotta Love Roadtrip Timelapse!

    Drove back from Gloucester today to bristol and took a decent timelapse of it all. What you guys think? Some of you youtube gearheads might recognise the soundtrack! :D
  8. ricostuart

    What Do You Guys Think?

    Bought a GoPro Hero 3+ Black Edition today, and went and got myself a suction mount for the car. On the way home, the misses and I decided to pop out to the pub and take it for a spin. The way there wasnt a great vid, but on the way back decided to put the mount on the bumper. Have a gander and...
  9. ricostuart

    Todays mod!

    So, decided to splash out and picked up an APR Snub mount and spent this morning installing it. Hardest bit was pulling out the radiator into "service mode". Coudlnt get it all the way out (too many pipes etc holding it in place), so got it to a point where i could undo the retaining bracket the...
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    FRACK!!! Someone just hit my car while parking!

    Ok, so I live in a communal private parking area, and the parking spot I have (and a neighbour) is a little tricky if you are not a confident driver. Its up a hill angled away and must be reversed in. Anyway, my newish parking neighbour (all the spaces seem to be randomly allocated) just used my...
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    Bit of an issue happened to my car today. Can you help?

    Drove to work this morning, and all was well. The car was purring away nicely on cruise control. On the way home, the cruise control no longer activates at all. No warning messages, or lights on dash. Also feel that sometimes (more often than not) today that the car feels very very sluggish...
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    [Q] Stock exhaust mod

    Howdy! So, I want to get an exhaust for the car at some point, but I need to do some saving when I can (plenty of other priorities at the moment). I am getting board of the car at the moment as it sounds so very dull. There are a few custom exhaust mods that the M3 (and others) guys are doing...
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    JHM Tune Cable

    Does anyone have one that I might be able to borrow, as I am thinking of getting my S4 mapped soon. :)
  14. ricostuart

    Please help and review this quote!

    So, I have had a bit of a saga with the fking car recently. I originally had to replace the front discs. Then one of the front bearings (which was done at a independant garage). Then the discs needed replacing again about 2-3 months later due to them "warping". That was a couple of weeks prior...
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    Brakes - AGAIN!!!

    So I got new discs (2nd set in 6 months) just prior to xmas due to brake wobble. Its started again! Annoyingly, so going to take the car back to the garage to sort (again!). Does anyone know where I can get caliper rebuild kits? Thats my next job is to strip them all down and refurb them...
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    Thinking of getting custom exhaust

    My s4 still has the stock exhaust. Do you guys think £500 for custom made ss exhaust is worth it? It's x pipe center with quad rear. Still has stock 4 cats too.
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    oh ***!

    So, this month I had to replace the two front discs again! The last set only lasted about 2k miles before warping. Not happy. That was intotal with labour £320! Anyway, all sorted, but today, some ****ING ***** in a white car of some sort decided that its best to reverse out of a parking space...
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    [Q] Brake issue

    Hi all, So all the little problems that keep popping up are all getting solved one after the other. Todays issue is, I went to get the car wheels rebalanced as they were slightly off. All wheels and tyres are in very good nick and are all straight. Now when I brake at high speed, I do feel...
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    front parking sensors

    One (possibly two) of my front parking sensors has failed (all four of the rears had already died and been replaced). I am looking on fleebay for replacements, but when looking, I found that they say the compatibility is for the front inner two only. Is this right? Why would it be the inners...
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    fuel gauge issue

    For some reason, yesterday my fuel gauge was saying I had full-->3/4 full tank of fuel. It was showing 1/4 previously. As I wasnt sure that anyone filled it up, went to the petrol station and put in £65 of fuel. So it was pretty empty. Is there a way that the car fuel sensor got recalibrated to...