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Hi, Had to have the head gasket replaced about 18 months ago, after I got it back it felt a bit flat power wise compared to before. Had a chat with the place that did the work, they re-checked everything and said that they couldn't find anything wrong. I know somebody that works there and I'm...

Hi, just about to drive from Glasgow to Innsbruck. Never driven anywhere near that kind of distance before. Just had the timing belt, auxiliary belt and water pump replaced. Car was fully serviced about two thousand miles ago. Have got all the usual stuff - spare bulbs, oil, screen wash...

There's a place near me that sells Bio-Diesel in 50 ltr drums, think it was about £1.00 per litre last time I looked. I've noticed the taxi driver up the road filling his Octavia 1.9 Sdi with it, I'm considering trying it myself in my 1.4tdi. As I know pretty much nothing about this I...

My suspension has had it! Time to sort it out before I go bouncing off in to the scenery ;) I've decided to fit the Koni FSD's as they seem pretty popular on here and I'm not looking for anything too firm. I've found them on Ebay for £445 plus £10 postage, just wondered if anyone has...

I was asked to post these a few weeks ago and totally forgot so here they are. They look fine from the side but do look a bit skinny, and they're pretty dirty at the moment. We've not had much snow but in the four or five inches we've had on two mornings so far they've been excellent, even...

Got some work done on my ZX10R this year - here's a few pics. I'm lucky enough to have a mate that's a MotoGP mechanic so he helped me (more like I helped him really) do the work. We dropped the motor out and fitted a set of Kent Cams desinged for better mid-range then did the valve shims...

My A2 (tdi) is fast approaching 100k, I'm currently covering about 25k miles per year in it. I've heard a few people saying that the diesels will go for 300k no problem as long as they're properly maintained. Has anyone got a car that's covered this kind of mileage, who has the highest...

Every picture I can find of an A2's dash shows a chrome surround for the clocks, I even read an old review the other day and it mentioned the chrome surround. My A2 doesn't have this. It's quite an early one, a 2001 1.4Tdi SE. Did these early one's not have the chrome or is there a bit of...

My father in his infinite wisdom has decided that seat belts, speed limits, air bags, ABS etc. etc. are not the solution to deaths on the road. He has come up with a cheap but effective solution that could be retro fitted to existing cars. The system is simple. All safety devices must be...

Hi all, After much reading on this forum about wheels and tyres I finally decided to buy a new set of 15" alloys c/w winter tyres and have now fitted them to the car. When I bought the A2 it came with a cheap set of 17" alloys and also a well used set of 17" Audi seven spokes. The cheap...

Just managed to scrape the front bumper of my Mercedes along the back bumper of the A2 on the driveway - aaarrgghhh!!:mad: I can however now confirm that Mercedes paint is a lot tougher than Audi paint. So if you're going to hit anything in a car park - make sure it's not a Merc!

Hi Folks, Just had the above sensor changed on my 2001 1.4TDi I've been getting faults for quite a while and the fault codes were pointing to this sensor being the problem. Now that the new one is in the fault codes are all clear but the warning lights are staying on and I get the audible...

Hi, Not had my A2 long and I've recently noticed a rather strange noise coming from under the bonnet. When I pull away there is a noise I can only describe as "whump" that appears sometimes as I'm lifting the clutch. If I then come of the throttle on to over-run then apply some throttle...