BiggDogg
A2OC Donor
Time to own up - I've bought another A2 to go alongside my TDI 90.
It's a '52 plate 1.6 FSI in Dolphin grey with 4 months MOT, under 97,000 miles and all the books, 2 working remote keys, fully working OSS and climate, DIS, 4 electric windows, Concert II with 6-disc changer in the boot, rear bench seat, light grey Alcantara with lumbar support electric adjustment, 16" originally alloys, false floor in the boot and never-been-used collapsible spare tyre.
It's a project because I bought it locally off eBay as spares or repair. So what's wrong:
Sold as a non-driver because of an "intermittently faulty servo".
EGR pipe split and leaking exhaust gases (suspect this caused servo brakes issue) - already replaced with new gaskets
The exhaust is blowing at the back too.
The driver's seat is wearing very thin on the centre suede section and has worn through in the middle.
Lots of engine fault codes initially but looks like the classic flaps not working, idles rough but smooths out at higher revs.
K&N air filter I really don't like these - will replace it once the intake is done
No evidence the timing belts have ever been changed, last owner for 4y says they didn't change it - so needs doing
Oil level sensor fault displayed in DIS in yellow
Front bumper has been replaced at some point but no other sign of accident damage; the replacement bumper has foglights but these are not wired up and the switch doesn't have a second pull-position to control them.
Having replaced the EGR pipe, saved the old fault codes, done a throttle body reset and reset the fault codes, I'm still getting the 17439 intake manifold flaps setpoint not reached. I'm halfway through intake manifold removal, expecting to find a broken actuator arm but will clean everything up even if by some miracle it's not broken and the valve or potentiometer are faulty instead. Of course I'm referring to lots of excellent posts on this forum on the subject, as well as the Audi workshop manual: https://workshop-manuals.com/audi/a...stem/removing_and_installing_intake_manifold/
Question is: since I've got that end of the engine apart, seems now is a good a good time to do the timing belts kits and death pipe too? Anyone disagree?
All the best,
Matt
It's a '52 plate 1.6 FSI in Dolphin grey with 4 months MOT, under 97,000 miles and all the books, 2 working remote keys, fully working OSS and climate, DIS, 4 electric windows, Concert II with 6-disc changer in the boot, rear bench seat, light grey Alcantara with lumbar support electric adjustment, 16" originally alloys, false floor in the boot and never-been-used collapsible spare tyre.
It's a project because I bought it locally off eBay as spares or repair. So what's wrong:
Sold as a non-driver because of an "intermittently faulty servo".
EGR pipe split and leaking exhaust gases (suspect this caused servo brakes issue) - already replaced with new gaskets
The exhaust is blowing at the back too.
The driver's seat is wearing very thin on the centre suede section and has worn through in the middle.
Lots of engine fault codes initially but looks like the classic flaps not working, idles rough but smooths out at higher revs.
K&N air filter I really don't like these - will replace it once the intake is done
No evidence the timing belts have ever been changed, last owner for 4y says they didn't change it - so needs doing
Oil level sensor fault displayed in DIS in yellow
Front bumper has been replaced at some point but no other sign of accident damage; the replacement bumper has foglights but these are not wired up and the switch doesn't have a second pull-position to control them.
Having replaced the EGR pipe, saved the old fault codes, done a throttle body reset and reset the fault codes, I'm still getting the 17439 intake manifold flaps setpoint not reached. I'm halfway through intake manifold removal, expecting to find a broken actuator arm but will clean everything up even if by some miracle it's not broken and the valve or potentiometer are faulty instead. Of course I'm referring to lots of excellent posts on this forum on the subject, as well as the Audi workshop manual: https://workshop-manuals.com/audi/a...stem/removing_and_installing_intake_manifold/
Question is: since I've got that end of the engine apart, seems now is a good a good time to do the timing belts kits and death pipe too? Anyone disagree?
All the best,
Matt
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