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    Changing Seats - wiring issues.

    Thansk for your reply. My current cloth seats do not have airbags fitted, the leather ones do. Both are non electric / manual adjustment. I am not bothered about the airbags functioning in the leather seats, as i did not have them before, but I just dont want the warning light to stay on (am i...
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    Changing Seats - wiring issues.

    Hope someone can help me here! I am changing the seats in my 98(S) T sport from the standard cloth to grey leather. The problem I have is with the wiring for the airbag. My existing seats do not have airbags in but the ones I am fitting do. There are 3 wires on the plugs under the seats on...
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    Post pics of your A3/S3

    agreed. I'm not sure what make they are as they were already fitted when i got the car but they look like ebay cheapies to me.
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    Post pics of your A3/S3

    Yeah, I love the slammed look but its probably a bit too low for the roads round my way so might have to raise it a bit...although looking at the coilies, i dont think thats going to be a fun or easy task.
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    Post pics of your A3/S3

    this is mine:
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    Temp gauge not working? '98 A3 T Sport

    right tried this today and it kooks like I may need to change both then. On the climate the display went up pretty slowly to about 48/9 but no higher yet when left on tickover for 10min+ the needle did not move at all.
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    Temp gauge not working? '98 A3 T Sport

    I'm not a mechanic by a long stretch and dont really know my way round these engines well yet so any advice is appreciated, thanks again for all your replies. Cheers, I have climate control so will give this a try tomorrow.
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    Temp gauge not working? '98 A3 T Sport

    Is there any way of telling which I need or do you reckon its best just to change both? cheers for the advice
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    Temp gauge not working? '98 A3 T Sport

    cheers for the replies Will try that if and when we get a warm day. I let the car tick over for ages when i bought it and it didnt move Sounds like the symptoms i have as the maf is giving odd readings. Looking through the history the car has had a recent maf and thermostat. There are also...
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    Temp gauge not working? '98 A3 T Sport

    Hi, Not had the car long but i have noticed my water temp gauge does not seem to work / does not ever move off the bottom. Any advice for common faults or what to check? Cheers in advance. Martin
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    help identifying split pipe (A3 t sport)

    cheers for the replies. popped into my local VW dealership today and they were not sure what the pipe was so suggested i remove it to get the part number. Took it off tonight and to be honest, it looks like a pipe off another car that has been made to fit judging by how tight the jubilee...
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    help identifying split pipe (A3 t sport)

    Hi, I picked up an A3 T sport yesterday and have noticed that one of the vacuum pipes under the bonnet is split. This is my first 20v T so Im new to these engines so was wondering if anyone could identify what the pipe is so i can order another: Any help appreciated Cheers Martin