Hello! grey FSI in Surrey

[richardbe]

Hi Mac, thanks for the offer, much appreciated. Unfortunately Surrey is a big county and I’m in the top right corner by the Kent/S London border.
I didn’t realise there were so few FSI’s sold originally. Today, including ours I spotted three of them!

 

[James Barrass]

Murphy my 2001 petrol 1.4 A2 shows a dash board fault when starting.The triangle and ABS come on as as soon as pull away the Exclamation light comes on.I go around the corner, turn the ignition off leave a few seconds then start up and lights disappear and car drives fine. It has been on the code reader when dash lights on and shows left front break fault. The mech at local garage cleaned the sensor and said car was now ok.I must admit I thought he would replace sensor. Suppose that will be the next job and hopefully cure the problem.

 

[3wheeler]

Murphy my 2001 petrol 1.4 A2 shows a dash board fault when starting.The triangle and ABS come on as as soon as pull away the Exclamation light comes on.I go around the corner, turn the ignition off leave a few seconds then start up and lights disappear and car drives fine. It has been on the code reader when dash lights on and shows left front break fault. The mech at local garage cleaned the sensor and said car was now ok.I must admit I thought he would replace sensor. Suppose that will be the next job and hopefully cure the problem.

My 1.4 Petrol also does this. I have been told its the Yaw sensor. There are two seperate ones on a 2001 car (but check your model). I have yet to but them refurbished. If you pay a garage to do the job, I've been quoted upto £1000. Its a simple remove trim and unplug/plugin but a pig to reach I'm told. I need to do it myself. The Yaw sensors are £65 refurbed and £165 refurbed for the other- obviously I'm going to start with the cheaper one.

 

[PlasticMac]

My 1.4 Petrol also does this. I have been told its the Yaw sensor. There are two seperate ones on a 2001 car (but check your model). I have yet to but them refurbished. If you pay a garage to do the job, I've been quoted upto £1000. Its a simple remove trim and unplug/plugin but a pig to reach I'm told. I need to do it myself. The Yaw sensors are £65 refurbed and £165 refurbed for the other- obviously I'm going to start with the cheaper one.

You must perform the relavent Basic Settings with VCDS after replacing, stability sensors, such as the yaw sensor. You may even find that running through the Basic Settings with the current sensor will clear the fault you have, particularly if the sensor has been disturbed.
Certainly worth a try, and the scan will confirm, (or otherwise), that it is actually the yaw sensor.
It's always best to confirm the diagnosis, before performing, (possibly expensive) surgery.
Edit: Also be aware that while you have an ESP fault, the stability systems, including ABS may be disabled. So best get it fixed sooner, rather than later.
Mac.

 

[richardbe]

Yes, I think if you have and ABS warning light then that big red triangle and the warning beeps as you pull away that means your ABS is not operational.

 

[Andrew]

My 1.4 Petrol also does this. I have been told its the Yaw sensor. There are two seperate ones on a 2001 car (but check your model). I have yet to but them refurbished. If you pay a garage to do the job, I've been quoted upto £1000. Its a simple remove trim and unplug/plugin but a pig to reach I'm told. I need to do it myself. The Yaw sensors are £65 refurbed and £165 refurbed for the other- obviously I'm going to start with the cheaper one.

Why not just ask Tom at Crewe Audi on here which one you need. Provide the registration.

Andy

 

[PlasticMac]

Yes, I think if you have and ABS warning light then that big red triangle and the warning beeps as you pull away that means your ABS is not operational.

The various stability, (ESP), sensors, feed into the ABS, as the ABS is the way the stability stuff intervenes to keep the car, and you, safe.
ABS is more than just an aid to braking.
Mac.

 

[3wheeler]

Why not just ask Tom at Crewe Audi on here which one you need. Provide the registration.

Andy

I know from the reg mine has two seperate ones. The later cars combined them into one unit. Therefore mine is cheaper, and by the time I've plugged it in, I may as well just replace them with refurbed ones. That way I know they'll never go wrong in the next 22 years!

 

[PlasticMac]

I know from the reg mine has two seperate ones. The later cars combined them into one unit. Therefore mine is cheaper, and by the time I've plugged it in, I may as well just replace them with refurbed ones. That way I know they'll never go wrong in the next 22 years!

The general advice is to replace sensors with genuine Audi/VW parts.
Personally I'd not fit a sensor with a "refurbed" part, which will be around 20 years old. These sensor detect changes of parts of a degree of movement. So not sure how you'd refurb them, let alone check it meets the original spec when you have. Good luck.
Whatever sensor you fit, it'll need setting up once fitted.
Mac.

 

[3wheeler]

The general advice is to replace sensors with genuine Audi/VW parts.
Personally I'd not fit a sensor with a "refurbed" part, which will be around 20 years old. These sensor detect changes of parts of a degree of movement. So not sure how you'd refurb them, let alone check it meets the original spec when you have. Good luck.
Whatever sensor you fit, it'll need setting up once fitted.
Mac.

I understand all the refurbed ones to be genuine parts. They are fitted by respected specialists who have been named on this forum, so I guess they must be OK. I understand the term 'refurb' to mean tested and cleaned with parts renewed/fixed that need doing- I am guessing electronic components inside. Setting them up again is something I haven't found out about yet. Perhaps VCDS is required, but maybe not? If I don't do it myself, it will be a specialist, and they have confirmed the use of recon parts is OK. Otherwise its about £1000.

 

[3wheeler]

The general advice is to replace sensors with genuine Audi/VW parts.
Personally I'd not fit a sensor with a "refurbed" part, which will be around 20 years old. These sensor detect changes of parts of a degree of movement. So not sure how you'd refurb them, let alone check it meets the original spec when you have. Good luck.
Whatever sensor you fit, it'll need setting up once fitted.
Mac.

This may help people. Its a link to a guide on this site. https://www.a2oc.net/community/inde...abs-fault-lights-yaw-rate-sensor.12821/page-2
Basically, if its an early A2 like mine the two seperate sensors G200 and G202 are not interchangeable with the later combi unit. They are also ranging in price where you look, and who tells you they are discontinued. A recon unit or a used one (possibly from a Mk1 TT) is possible if the sensor is discontinued. Avoiding certain death of the car. One of the sensors -G200- does not need recalibrating, and just plugs in, the other does need resorting. It could also just be 22 year old connectors that need a clean. Hope this helps

 

[richardbe]

I had quite a productive day with the A2… neighbour plugged in the code reader thingy and we got a code P0404 Exhaust Gas Recirculation Circuit Performance. He cleared it and recommended using a can of Wynns EGR cleaner on it to see if that helps. So we’re back to no warning lights.

Small jobs are my favourite. I managed to fix the glovebox handle, it took a bit of force but clipped back into place and seems to work fine, not loose or wobbly so a bit of a mystery how it came off. The rusty number plate screws were annoyoing me a bit so I swiped them for new ones with the proper covers. A tiny job that took only a few minutes but I think it makes just enough difference to be worth the bother.

 

[richardbe]

I bought a new boot catch thingy off eBay for £10 inc postage, and had a go at removing the boot trim to fit that. All worked fine and we now have a covered boot catch hole as Audi intended. The old one had all the bits there but the hinged bit had snapped so didn’t clip onto the metal plate.

I then turned my time to giving the interior a good clean. Because of the uncertainty around the ABS warning light and short MOT when I bought it, I didn’t commit any time to the car until I knew it had passed and was going to stay with us. I washed it for the first time last weekend, although I only did 2/3 of a job as it started to rain, so the interior was still a bit dirty and messy. Firstly I gave the boot cover a good clean as it was covered in marks and stains. Came up nicely.

 

[richardbe]

Then worked my way forward and got it looking nice and clean and tidy. The 'before' photos are on page 1. It was quite grubby.

I noted a few missing bits and pieces (studs for fitting mats in the passenger footwell, dash fuse cover) I managed to clean up a lot of the hard plastics like the sills and glove box cover so they all look more presentable and now it now feels a bit more like it’s our car.

I also had a proper explore of the under footwell cubby holes just in case they were packed with reams of service history, bottles of booze or £50 notes. Sadly they were empty.

I also made the mistake of trying to look up the option codes for our A2 as listed on the build sheet, and disappeared down quite a rabbit hole, emerging not much the wiser. Half the codes seem to list what isn’t specified.

Next jobs are to get some of the missing/damaged bits and pieces from Ami who is not too far away, and to get the alloys refurbished locally. Hopefully it would be long before it’s looking as good as it can.

 

[dj_efk]

I bought a new boot catch thingy off eBay for £10 inc postage, and had a go at removing the boot trim to fit that. All worked fine and we now have a covered boot catch hole as Audi intended. The old one had all the bits there but the hinged bit had snapped so didn’t clip onto the metal plate.

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I then turned my time to giving the interior a good clean. Because of the uncertainty around the ABS warning light and short MOT when I bought it, I didn’t commit any time to the car until I knew it had passed and was going to stay with us. I washed it for the first time last weekend, although I only did 2/3 of a job as it started to rain, so the interior was still a bit dirty and messy. Firstly I gave the boot cover a good clean as it was covered in marks and stains. Came up nicely.


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What did you use on the load cover out of interest?

 

[simon martyn]

Very impressed wth what you've done so far, well done.

 

[birtyA2]

Then worked my way forward and got it looking nice and clean and tidy. The 'before' photos are on page 1. It was quite grubby.

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I noted a few missing bits and pieces (studs for fitting mats in the passenger footwell, dash fuse cover) I managed to clean up a lot of the hard plastics like the sills and glove box cover so they all look more presentable and now it now feels a bit more like it’s our car.


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I also had a proper explore of the under footwell cubby holes just in case they were packed with reams of service history, bottles of booze or £50 notes. Sadly they were empty.

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I also made the mistake of trying to look up the option codes for our A2 as listed on the build sheet, and disappeared down quite a rabbit hole, emerging not much the wiser. Half the codes seem to list what isn’t specified.


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Next jobs are to get some of the missing/damaged bits and pieces from Ami who is not too far away, and to get the alloys refurbished locally. Hopefully it would be long before it’s looking as good as it can.

Looking good, when you pop down to @Ami have a chat about wheels, he refurbs them as well! A man of many talents

J

 

[richardbe]

What did you use on the load cover out of interest?

Well, I thought I was spraying interior & trim reviver stuff on it but I picked up the wrong spray bottle so it turns out glass/window cleaner and a soft brush is great for cleaning interior plastics!

 

[richardbe]

BTW Is that the same you that’s on the brown forum who’s name is rightly not allowed on here?

 

[dj_efk]

Yes indeed I'm one of the few A2 owners on autosh!te as an occasional browser / poster.