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    my S3 no more

    I cant believe it but its true :sadlike:she must go , I have given her four new tyres , timing belt , plugs, oil and filter, fuel filter, air filter, clutch pedal switch to name but a few of the maintainance tasks , she now runs great but i can no longer afford the luxury , someone will get a...
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    Help please mot problems

    heres my findings , gsf only sell srings for the 1.8t their instruction is not for sport model S3 cost circa 45 notes inc vat , eurocarparts = same , tps = same Audi want £90 a spring ic vat and delivery , Ill be fitting 2 new springs from Audi at the start of nxt month wen the pay day comes...
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    Help please mot problems

    thanx Dave thats the kinda asn spirit i like to see , cecilthesausage thanx very much for your kind and generous nature my friend but i need one sooner or i will have to pay another test fee think ive got 7days to get it fixed and back to the mot station if i dont get sorted b4 then ill gladly...
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    Help please mot problems

    hi all can anyone help im in urgent need of an original audi front spring as my car failed its mot and seems they are only available to buy as a set of 4 or can anyone tell me where i could buy 1 or 2 front springs must be oem and not lower the car anyone got some unused laying around pm cheers...
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    Very strange cold start behaviour what do you think ??

    i tried all that m8 had new filter fitted at service just 2000 miles ago along with a tin of bgk44 so the problem persisted intermittently for a while , coincidentaly it also had the clutch switch classic signs ie high revs on clutch depress , sure as eggs is eggs i plugged in the vcds cable and...
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    Car Mats Group Buy

    sorry for the delay getting back thanks alex for all your hard work m8 my matts arrived last wk embroidery looks good so i trust they fill fit in place but will leave that part till the snow clears thanks again for organising the group buy , so whats next hybrid turbos or milltek full systems...
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    Car Mats Group Buy

    Hi Alex im still waiting m8 but havent been around for a few days had a funeral to organise think im number 10 on the list, be glad if u could pm me the courier details and confirm they were sent to the correct address m8 , postal service has been diabolical here the last month or so and had to...
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    Car Mats Group Buy

    Mines are still AWOL Alex pm me the details of the courier, tracking etc I would appreciate if you can pm me as I have myself a serious issue to deal with at home , Ill be back in the new yr regards Don
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    Book time to remove s3 engine ?

    yeah James ur right m8 ,that sounds like crock o , to me , if it can be put back in ..in 5+ hours then why dbl time to take out ?? sounds like autodata want almost 5 hours to look at it on the deck , im gonna scratch my ichy **** tonight n see how long it takes me to learn if can rem i should...
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    which to buy?...

    Maintainance is high on an S3 but probably higher on a car tuned outwith its design peramiteres hence u need to upgrade all the running gear as well as the engine , also a bog standard S3 with a decent map n a Miltec etc is still above a highly tuned 1.8t quattro and has similar insurance costs...
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    which to buy?...

    An S3 is your best option if you can stretch the budjet , its not just the power its the overall package and what you spend getting the 1.8 quattro to do 230 will get you 260 from the S3 , also I must add the S3 is my first haldex 4 wheel drive and what a god send with the weather lately , U...
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    S3 Heated Seats

    yeah any news yet ?
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    Audi S3 brake lines, replace/upgrade?

    wow thats a cheap Upgrade , I paid more than that for 3 lines for my bike , from personal experience tho Id go with Hel lines over goodridge finish seems to be better quality
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    Car Mats Group Buy

    Hmmm Mattless in Seattle
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    Brake/Clutch switch........

    I understand the theory but have the switch in front of me I screw the end of the switch in its travel is reduced ( when popping back out ) , i screw it out it comes out all the way , cant pull the centre out ? just cant be done . so how can it be self adjusting i dont get it ??
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    Brake/Clutch switch........

    thats exactly what it looks like and noticed it has a pre tensioner re the twisty bit on the end of switch , it seems if I turn it clockwise its travel is reduced by about 10 percent ? if i unscrew it all way it freely activates in out ? could this be a clue to the allususive problem we have ...
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    Brake/Clutch switch........

    now im really confused , I keep getting the implausable signal from vcds re the clutch switch along with the increased hanging revs so called tps ordered a clutch switch for my 2001 amk S3 and they have sent me a 2 pin blue job with part number 6Q0 927 189 can anyone confirm this as the correct...
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    First Mod. What did you get? What should i get?

    mine arrived yesterday so guess thats my first mod lol
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    S3 Heated Seats

    has the makings of a double fix written all over it , be good too see both write ups Ali
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    Is there a trick to get the 2 sump bolts out?

    why o why is every job on these cars so fkin difficult lol