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My Open Sky is a unit previously refurbished by A2 Cars, and has worked without issue for the last five or six years - cleaned and re-greased once a year, and always opened regularly whenever the car’s being used. Yesterday I opened the roof to the first position and there was a loud clunk; I...

Have a small fluid weep - can anyone confirm they are the usual M10 size?

As per my other thread, I had an inside rear brake pad split from its backing plate. Before I had looked to see what had happened, the ABS exclamation mark made an appearance, and is still doing so after replacing the pads and disc. It resets with the engine off and appears again above about...

Have had a barely-worn Pagid rear inner brake pad split from its backing plate - all the friction material fell off in one piece. The caliper piston is, from the look of it, fully-extended, with just the backing plate in front of it. I can fairly easily rotate the piston clockwise, but it...

Just had to replace the driver’s door Bowden cable, which had snapped at the handle end - they are now obsolete from Audi, so I bought the only new “genuine” one I could find via eBay. After fitting it (horribly fiddly job to engage the spinning plastic connector into the lock mechanism), it...

Changed a heater hose today and drained off as much of the old watered-down coolant as I could via the temperature sensor in the bottom radiator hose. I filled with new coolant via the expansion tank, and ran the engine up to temperature with the cap off and the heater on maximum - all seemed...

Been using my A2 again recently - I replaced the Open Sky some time ago with a unit rebuilt by A2 Cars, which still works as it should, but has developed an insanely annoying constant creak roughly above the passenger front window. It sounds like it’s rubbing either against itself or the car...

The DIS on my FSI is has displayed the low oil level yellow warning a couple of times recently. The (useless) dipstick tells me that there is still oil in the sump, and running measuring block 004, address 17 (Instruments) on VCDS is giving a live level reading of 56mm with the engine off and...

Got an engine oil leak on my FSI, but I can’t see where it’s coming from - looking under the undertray it definitely isn’t coming from the filter or housing, oil filler or dipstick tubes or the sump seal or plug. Crank seals were replaced about 10k ago. Seems to be dripping on the undertray...

Have a problem with my FSI - on a couple of occasions, the engine died when warm and cruising; the revs just dropped and the engine didn’t respond to the accelerator pedal at all. This happened again and it was difficult to restart; then it wouldn’t restart at all - a scan with VCDS didn’t show...

Am I right in assuming this is more easily accessed on a ramp? I can’t actually see it from above (unless I’m looking in the wrong place...).

I’m about to order a new map controlled thermostat assembly and temperature sender, and see that there are both 2 and 4 wire senders available. Without taking it apart first (I can’t see it from above), does anyone know which one a 2004 FSI will have?

Finally got around to having Monroe Reflex shocks (E4998 and E1309) fitted to my FSI Sport, along with new top mounts, drop links, ARB bushes etc. The original Sport springs were in excellent condition, and the Monroes apparently looked shorter extended than the standard shocks. The ride is...

I know there were a number of people looking at repairing the usual OpenSky skipping/juddering/sticking problems - what's the current situation regarding a cost-effective solution?

Trying to track down the cause of misfire codes on an FSI - problem arose on starting, the car had been parked for a couple of hours after a brisk 40 mile motorway journey. Engine light was flashing at idle and the following codes weres stored: 16684 - Random/Multiple Cylinder Misfire...

Could anyone confirm if the actual in-tank pump itself (i.e. not the whole assembly with chamber, float etc.) is the same as that in the 1.4? Haven't identifed an Audi part number yet.

Are any special tools or procedures needed to change the in-tank pump on an FSI?

A2OC badge on the back and xenon lights on - looked very shiny as I went past.

Has anyone fitted Monroe Reflex dampers with the factory Sport springs? I want to improve the awful ride and avoid more bent wheels whilst keeping the factory Sport ride height - is this a viable solution, or do I need to find lowering springs with a lower spring rate too? Seems to be no real...

Does anyone have the part number for the rectangular white plastic captive nuts which fit into the crossmember to attach the rear edge of the undertray? Seem to remember they're shared with VW, Porsche etc. but I've lost the number.